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36 Articles found on Tuesday, 16 August 2005
Thanks To Acting Judge Heathcote
16-08-2005
I THINK all the lawyers in Namibia should express a great thank you to Acting Judge Heathcote for the manner in which he acted in the N$30 million Social Security scandal.The manner in which he
readAngry At Advert
16-08-2005
WE write to register our repugnance towards the advert that appeared on page TR12 of The Namibian of 10 Augusts 2005.The advert depicts a VW Polo with the words "Top Speed 850 km/h". The advert is
readNujoma Did Not Benefit
16-08-2005
UTTER nonsense! Why should he? I don't believe this story and I don't know anyone who does.What I do believe is that some crook went into the SSC offices and lied to make someone believe that Sam
readAgribank, Loans And Conf lict
16-08-2005
CABINET Ministers and Members of Parliament who purchased farms with loans from the Agricultural Bank (The Namibian of 10 August 2005) raise fundamental questions of serious conflict of
readBA says chaos nearly over
16-08-2005
LONDON - British Airways said it hoped to operate a near-normal service yesterday, while talks will resume to try to end an industrial dispute which stranded thousands of passengers for days at
readTax Talk: Ring-fencing business activities
16-08-2005
In this series of articles, Cameron Kotzé, the Tax Partner at Ernst and Young, discusses topical issues for our readers.THE Minister of Finance announced in her budget speech this year that some
readPlant gives mine new lease of life
16-08-2005
THE Elizabeth Bay Mine near Luederitz was first commissioned in 1992 with a life expectancy of 10 years.Last week, however, a new section of the plant was inaugurated which will enable the mine to
readAgric shows support initiatives
16-08-2005
OKAPYA - The President of the Namibia National Farmers Union (NNFU), Manfred Rukoro, says the union has mobilised various stakeholders to support agricultural shows in the country.Speaking at the
readInflation goes up
16-08-2005
INFLATION went up again in July, with the annual inflation rate recorded at 1,7 per cent up from the annual inflation rate for June, which was at 1,3 per cent.This marks a rise in the two consecutive
readSocial grant suspects to be arrested today
16-08-2005
SOME 163 South African government officials will be arrested today on charges of defrauding social grant schemes, the Department of Social Development said in a statement.Most accused will face
readCorruption: 'Investors are watching'
16-08-2005
CIVIL society leaders, members of the private sector and economic analysts have expressed concern at the rising level of corruption in Namibia, warning that the country's image in the international
readNet widens in ODC case
16-08-2005
THE ring of alleged fraudsters involved in the so-called N$100 million investment of the Offshore Development Company widened yesterday, with the name of notorious South African conman Vloog Theron
readMore fuel price increases inevitable
16-08-2005
COMMUTERS should brace for yet another round of fuel price increases in the near future, as the world grapples with dwindling oil resources and soaring crude oil prices.Government says there is only
readWindhoek lawyer dies in car accident
16-08-2005
A PARTNER in one of Windhoek's up-and-coming young law firms, Eduard Kisting, died in a car accident in the capital over the past weekend.Kisting, who was a partner in the law firm Kauta, Basson
readLong-distance bus fares hiked even further
16-08-2005
FOLLOWING complaints by long-distance bus operators that a 10 per cent increase in fares was too low, the Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) upped bus fares by 11,5 per cent yesterday.Nabta's
readCoD demands action
16-08-2005
THE leader of Congress of Democrats, Ben Ulenga, says President Hifikepunye Pohamba's failure to sack embattled Paulus Kapia has exposed his weakness."These weaknesses emanate from the fact that
readCourt hears confessions of murder suspect brothers
16-08-2005
ONE of the men accused of kidnapping, robbing and murdering Windhoek businessman Gero Schaum in early 2002 broke down in tears and cried about the senselessness of a killing that was motivated by
readThomas Medusalem a pewa oomvula 20 mondholongo
16-08-2005
O MUKALIMO gwoomvula 44 gwomomukunda Oshatotwa mUukwanyama ngoka a kala ta pangulilwa oshipotha shekwatonkonga lyokanona koomvula 12, meti 9 Aguste, okwa monika ondjo kOmpangu yOpashitopolwa mEenhana
readOombesa dha gwedhwa noN$10
16-08-2005
EHANGANO lyOotaxi nOombesa mu Namibia nenge Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) olya tseyithwa kutya ondando yOombesa ndhoka hadhi felefula iinano iile oya gwedhelwa nOondola omulongo (N$10)
readOmunasikola gwa Poly a hulitha
16-08-2005
O MUKALILO gwomomukunda Oshitutuma mOndonga gwedhina meme Maria Tega Ileni-Keumbo ya Elago okwa hulitha moshipangelo shEpangelo moKatutura mOvenduka mEtitano lya zi ko (12 Aguste 2005) konima
readShailemo na Nangombe oya hala Epangelo li linda omahangu
16-08-2005
A ANFAALAMA yaali pOmangetti oya hala Epangelo li kale hali landa ootona dhomwaalu gwontumba dhiilya yomahangu kaalimi yomapya momahala gokomikunda omumvo kehe, ngashi naanaa hali landa epungu
readOtashi vulika Kapia a tidhwe miilonga mbala
16-08-2005
OMUPEVIMINISTA mUuministeli wIiyenditho nOmakwatathano, Paulus Kapia otashi vulika a ka tidhwe miilonga meendelelo ngele a galukile ishewe mombelewa okuza mefudho moka e li ngashiingeyi, The Namibian
readOmunangeshefa gwOsuuka pOshomeya a dhitikwa
16-08-2005
O MUNANGESHEFA a tseyika nawa momudhingoloko gwa Shomeya, Kallie Grunschloss okwa futu obooloha yomiliyuna mEtitano lya zi ko konima sho a li a dhitikwa nokutulwa miipandeko oshiwike shoka
readUuyelele moshinima sha ODC onkee tau patanekathana
16-08-2005
O MULUMENTU OmuBotswana - ngashiingeyi ke na uukolele nokuli mopenzela nomulumentu gumwe a li nale Omuwilikikuluntu gwOlaata yi na sha negandjo lyomeya mu South Afrika, otaku popiwa kutya oya li
readBond's best wrecks Zim
16-08-2005
BULAWAYO - New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond destroyed Zimbabwean hopes of a Test cricket recovery here yesterday by taking a career-best five wickets for just 11 runs.On the first day of the second
readChuene warns SA athletes
16-08-2005
HELSINKI - Show some desire to win medals at next year's Commonwealth Games, or forget about wearing South Africa's green athletics vest ever again.This clear warning to the country's top athletes
readZim are Cosafa Cup champions
16-08-2005
ZIMBABWE upset the formbook to take the Cosafa Castle Cup on Sunday and in the process register a first-ever win in a competitive international against northern neighbours Zambia.Francis Chandida
readOkahandja Beauties are victorious
16-08-2005
OKAHANDJA Beauties won the inaugural Nedbank Khomas Women's League when they drew their final match 0-0 against Rehoboth Queens on Sunday evening.Scenes of wild jubilation played off at the Unam
readMozambique sets up new anti-graft office
16-08-2005
MAPUTO - A new, independent anti-corruption office will be created to stamp out graft in the public sector, Mozambique's attorney general said on Saturday.Francisco Madeira told state radio that the
readAfrica opens disaster centre
16-08-2005
NAIROBI - Eleven mainly east African nations opened a US military-funded disaster management centre yesterday to boost their ability to respond to the natural and man-made calamities that often
readChechnya toll could be 160 000
16-08-2005
MOSCOW - Up to 160 000 civilians and troops have died or gone missing in the two wars Russia has launched in rebel Chechnya, but only a quarter of them were ethnic Chechens, a top pro-Moscow official
readDiscord stalls Iraq constitution as deadline looms
16-08-2005
BAGHDAD - Iraqi lawmakers were struggling to avert a political crisis yesterday as they raced to meet a midnight deadline for submitting the draft of a new constitution to parliament under intense US
readCrash victims were 'frozen solid'
16-08-2005
ATHENS - Most of the bodies recovered from the Cypriot plane that crashed into a mountain near Athens with 121 people on board were "frozen solid," a Greek Defence Ministry source said
readAnger, bitter memories as Asia marks war's end
16-08-2005
MANILA - Many in Asia found it difficult to forgive and impossible to forget the Japanese aggression that still haunts the region 60 years after the end of the Pacific war but others let the
readIsrael launches Gaza Strip pullout
16-08-2005
NEVE DEKALIM, Gaza Strip - Defiant Jewish settlers blocked the gates of Gaza's most hardline settlements yesterday, preventing soldiers from delivering 48-hour eviction notices as Israel began its
readS'truth! Surf's up for Australian rodents
16-08-2005
SYDNEY - Australia - land of sun, sand and ...surfing mice? Australian Shane Willmott is training three mice, named Harry, Chopsticks and Bunsen, to surf small waves on tiny mouse-size surf boards at
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