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36 Articles found on Tuesday, 30 August 2005
Cracks In The Monolith
30-08-2005
MANY readers have queried why the highest authorities have not acted decisively on the current financial scandal and all the previous ones.Why is the incumbent President (one even has to qualify
readLand Of The Blind?
30-08-2005
NAMIBIA is called the land of the brave, but we need to add the word 'blind' to complete the true picture.Meles said a preliminary report on the May 15 polls by the EU Election Observation Mission
readError In Column
30-08-2005
I WISH to draw your attention to an error in Gwynne Dyer's column on your website.He erroneously argues that Zimbabwe's draft constitution contained clauses intended to effect a one-party state ("and
readYou're Worth More
30-08-2005
AS an Englishman who fell in love with your country a few years ago I beg every decent, honest, law-abiding Namibian to say 'enough' to the corrupt practices that are currently being reported in the
readA New Sun Rising?
30-08-2005
SINCE the very start of the SSC-Avid saga, I've been following Namibian news very closely.A good manifestation of this devotion to national news is the letter that I wrote to The Namibian on 13
read-Tax Talk- VAT objections and appeals
30-08-2005
THE Value-Added Tax Act prescribes in section 27 and 28 what procedures must be followed to object or appeal against a tax assessment.A taxpayer can lodge an objection against an appealable decision
readHistoric Kimberley underground mine shut
30-08-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Diamond giant De Beers quietly ceased underground mining at its historic Kimberley mines some two weeks ago and will probably not reopen them, the company said yesterday.Diamonds have
readPam Golding lands Northland
30-08-2005
RENOWNED estate agency, Pam Golding International (Windhoek Branch), pipped 15 other companies to be appointed for the leasing and selling of space within Namibia's envisaged largest business
readZim talks with IMF not concluded
30-08-2005
HARARE - Zimbabwe is still in talks with an IMF team a week after it arrived to meet President Robert Mugabe's government, which has struggled to repay its debt to the fund, Finance Minister Herbert
readOil shoots to US$70 as Katrina wreaks havoc
30-08-2005
LONDON - Oil hit a record high above US$70 a barrel yesterday, hurting stocks and the dollar on fears that global economic growth may be curtailed, but benefiting safe-haven assets like government
readLalandii's last assets to be sold
30-08-2005
A REARRANGEMENT of the Namibian fishing industry that has followed the financial collapse of one of the country's oldest fishing companies, Namibian Fishing Industries (Namfish), and two of its main
readTjihumino launches a legal challenge to 'illegal' suspension
30-08-2005
THE suspended Chairman of the Government Institutions Pension fund, Maru Tjihumino, is challenging his suspension as Accountant General of the Ministry of Finance, his lawyers said yesterday.In a
readDiplomat's grandson to stand trial in Pretoria
30-08-2005
THE Namibian Government has agreed to waive immunity from prosecution on all 67 charges in the case of a grandson of a Namibian diplomat stationed in South Africa.Zondi Ashipembe (20) is accused of
readWhere are ODC's millions?
30-08-2005
THE Offshore Development Company's missing millions - nearly N$100 million - remain just that, missing. By yesterday, no progress could be reported on recovering the long-overdue investments made by
readA Matter of Fact
30-08-2005
CONFUSION arose in yesterday's report under the headline 'Top prisons officials arrested for fraud', because of the fact that two different suspects, both named Martin, were charged with fraud,
readDinyando calls for unity, sobriety
30-08-2005
THE Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Raphael Dinyando, has called on people in the Karas Region to strive for unity in order to maintain peace and stability.Addressing the Heroes' Day
readCommunal land reform workshop postponed
30-08-2005
OSHAKATI - A workshop on communal land reform organised by the Ministry of Lands and Resettlement at Oshakati had to be postponed last week because only four people turned up.The workshop for
readPolice investigate 3 deaths
30-08-2005
THE Police at Ondangwa are investigating the death of Joseph Elias, who drowned in a dam at Omahenene location in the Ondangwa area last Monday.No foul play is suspected. Ondangwa Police have opened
readMedia rights campaigner scoops Misa award
30-08-2005
VETERAN South African journalist and campaigner for press freedom, Raymond Louw, was the recipient of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Press Freedom Award on Friday night.The ceremony
readJustice will be done: Pohamba
30-08-2005
OPUWO - President Hifikepunye Pohamba has declared that Government will leave no stone unturned until all forms of crime are dealt with and the criminals who steal, murder and rape defenceless women
readWAD shuns corruption
30-08-2005
A women's organisation has encouraged other non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to speak out against corruption in Namibia, as thousands of citizens are faced with hunger, HIV-AIDS and
readGerman govt urged to honour its pledge
30-08-2005
DISAPPOINTMENT and anger featured prominently in the keynote speech at Herero Day celebrations at Okahandja on Sunday.Herero Paramount Chief Kuaima Riruako elaborated on a petition that he handed
readIthana warns corrupt officials
30-08-2005
OPUWO - Minister of Justice Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana has encouraged her staff to serve the Namibian people with dedication and desist from corrupt practices."For those who make themselves guilty of
readLegal Shield given clean bill of health
30-08-2005
THE largest legal services insurance firm in Namibia, Legal Shield Namibia, has been placed back under the control of its board of directors and Managing Director.Legal Shield emerged from more than
readOmakonakonokongo goshimaliwa sha SSC otaga tsikile
30-08-2005
ESO lya Lazarus Kandara itali ka sitopa omakonakono gOmpangu gokukonga oshimaliwa shOondola oomiliyuna omilongo ndatu, dhoka Okampani ya Social Security Commission (SSC) ya kanithile mu Avid
readKapia a thiga po opoosa yUupeviminista
30-08-2005
OMINISTA yopevi yIilonga nOmakwatakanithokumwe gopangodhi, Paulus Kapia, mEtine lya zi ko okwa thigi po iilonga ye mbika.Kapia shika okwe shi ningi omolu omapopyo ngoka ge li po kutya okwa li
readEsiku lyomapendafule lya ningilwa pu Opuwo
30-08-2005
O PUWO - Omupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa ningi eindilo koshigwana kutya nashi kale sha tala kutya uuwanawa mboka we etwa kemanguluko ou uka komeho."Inatu dhimbwa nande kutya pethimbo ele
readKandara okwiidhipagela nee shike?
30-08-2005
OYENDJI ya popiwa nayo koThe Namibian moNooli otaya ti kutya oya uvithwa nayi keidhipagomwene lyomusamane Lazarus Kandara, Omukuluntu gwa Avid molwashoka oye kwa li yi inekela a holole uulingilingi
readTeams out of league
30-08-2005
FORMER Nationwide First Division teams, Blue Boys, Pupkewitz Unam and Zambezi United "have relegated themselves" from the newly formed Southern Stream League after they failed to arrive for playoffs
readBoxers bring home gold
30-08-2005
FIVE Namibian boxers punched their way to gold medals, while also securing an overall winner spot for their country at the recently concluded Four Nations Boxing tournament in Gaborone, Botswana.The
readMugabe says Zim no home for traitors
30-08-2005
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe warned mourners at the funeral of a top ruling party official on Sunday that Zimbabwe was "threatened by treachery from within" and indirectly blamed the country's
readIn Brief
30-08-2005
* NUCLEAR - North Korea is refusing to show up for six-party talks on its nuclear weapons programs in Beijing this week and the other nations have accepted there will be a delay, a South Korean
readMonster hurricane claims first victims as it hits US islands
30-08-2005
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana - Hurricane Katrina claimed its first victims in Louisiana early yesterday as it slammed into barrier islands while dumping torrential rain on a wide swathe of the US Gulf of
readRebels execute 15 Iraqis
30-08-2005
BAGHDAD - Insurgents executed 15 Iraqis after ambushing their vehicle on a road north of the rebel stronghold of Fallujah, police said yesterday.The gunmen ordered the passengers out of the vehicle
readFrance's Chirac calls for action on enlarging UN Security Council
30-08-2005
PARIS - French President Jacques Chirac said yesterday the world had delayed for too long an expansion of the UN Security Council, backing the inclusion on the key body of Brazil, Germany, India and
readEthiopian PM slams EU
30-08-2005
ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi yesterday angrily denounced European Union criticism of his country's disputed May elections as a "pack of lies" and warned of diplomatic reprisals
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