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41 Articles found on Monday, 16 May 2005
HAN extends base
16-05-2005
IN a bid to include all sectors in the hospitality industry the Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN) is to add more members to build a new, more flexible, representative and dynamic structure.This
readComesa sees customs union within next five years
16-05-2005
NAIROBI - Africa's major trade bloc Comesa aims to establish a customs union within the next five years to deepen economic integration and boost investment in one of the world's poorest regions, a
read2005-06 Tax Pointers
16-05-2005
Deloitte & Touche comments on the tax announcements made by the Minister of Finance, Saara Kuugongwela-Amadhila, in her Budget Speech last Thursday.It is interesting to note that some of the proposed
readPascal Lamy set for top WTO job
16-05-2005
GENEVA - Former European Union trade chief Pascal Lamy was set on Friday to become the next head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after his only rival said he planned to pull out.Uruguayan
readMore views on Budget
16-05-2005
OLD Mutual Namibia Managing Director Johannes !Gawaxab has expressed disappointment with the announcement that the Government is considering taxing the interest income on unit trusts.The announcement
readTourism expo hosts SME workshop
16-05-2005
WINDHOEK - A two-day workshop on Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) formed part of the Namibia Holiday and Travel Expo held in the capital last week.Addressing participants, who included Grade 11
readTiboth tipped for second term
16-05-2005
WITH the Keetmanshoop Mayor's election due for today, incumbent Simon Petrus Tiboth is expected to retain his mayor's chain for yet another one-year term in office.A reliable source close to the Town
readGrootberg Lodge breaks new ground
16-05-2005
A conservancy-owned lodge in the Kunene Region, which is set to open at the end of next month, is intended to serve as a groundbreaking model for communities across Namibia.What makes the Grootberg
readNew CEO and board for Nored
16-05-2005
The Northern Regions Electricity Distribution Company (Nored) has appointed Gotlieb Amanyanga as Chief Executive Officer.Amanyanga, a former Director of Energy in the Ministry of Mines and Energy,
readLet us stop retrenchments, urges Iyambo
16-05-2005
"I HATE retrenchments."These harsh words came from Minister Abraham Iyambo of Fisheries and Marine Resources at Walvis Bay on Thursday when he gave the fishing industry a public scolding for the
readFish stocks 'in a good state'
16-05-2005
THE fishing industry is not worse off than similar industries elsewhere in the world, says Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Abraham Iyambo.He opened a new long-line processing facility of
readWavered crew, actors finally paid
16-05-2005
FILMING of the Sam Nujoma biopic 'Where Others Wavered' proceeded in the capital yesterday after organisers paid actors and crew members who had threatened to quit en masse.As per promise made by
readPohamba tells regional party leaders to sort out their own problems
16-05-2005
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has told Swapo leaders at Otjiwarongo and Okahandja to solve the "mess" they have landed the party in with their personal vendettas.Addressing the party's leadership at
readChaotic scenes at Okahandja meeting
16-05-2005
A COMMUNITY meeting organised by the Okahandja Town Council to allay accusations of mismanagement, graft and corruption against it ended in a shambles on Thursday when most of the audience walked out
readAlcohol, vandalism'a regional curse'
16-05-2005
RUNDU - Information and Broadcasting Deputy Minister Raphael Dinyando on Saturday encouraged Namibians to protect Government property, such as schools and clinics, against vandalism and theft.Dinyando
readN$116m for Air Namibia
16-05-2005
GOVERNMENT is to continue pouring money into Air Namibia this financial year.Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila revealed no figures when she turned her attention to the struggling national
readBanks in Finance Minister's sights
16-05-2005
NAMIBIA'S banks are not pulling their weight in helping businesses develop, and thereby helping the economy to grow, Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila cautioned in her Budget speech last
readOmbudsman's Office probes TransNamib
16-05-2005
THE Office of the Ombudsman swooped on TransNamib on Friday to investigate allegations of corruption, favouritism and nepotism against some of the parastatal's top management.To the fore are
readOshigongi sho HIV-AIDS pUukwangula
16-05-2005
OMUUNGANEKI gwaElcin AIDS Action mOshikandjongerki shUuninginino Omusita Hosea Emuno Iyambo, okwa tseyitha kutya mEtitatu lyoshiwike shika ano meti 18 Mei 2005, otaku ka kala oshigongiilonga oshinene
readOsekuriti ya pewa oomvula omulongo mondholongo
16-05-2005
OMULUMENTU gwoomvula 29, George Imalwa gwomOshakati, ngoka a li Osekuriti mOkampani yedhina 707 Security Company ya Joram Kandjengo, okwa monika ondjo moshipotha sheyugo a homata nokwa pewa oomvula
readIishoshela yiinima yimwe otayi ka londa
16-05-2005
I ISHOSHELA nenge tutye otexa ndjoka hayi gwedhwa kiinima mbyoka Epangelo lya tula mongundu yiinima yilwe oya gwedhelwa.Iinima mbyoka oyo nee ngaashi uusekeleta, omakaya niikolitha, ngashiingeyi
readOondanda dha Heroes Acre dha shunwa ko
16-05-2005
WINDHOEK - Olaata yOomonumenta mu Namibia nenge tutye Namibian Monument Council oya pangele nenge tutye oya ningi nawa iitopolwa yethanomanya lyomukwiita e li miita ngoka a thanekwa koshungo
readGotlieb Amanyanga oye ta wilike NORED
16-05-2005
OMUWILIKI omukulu gwIikwankondo yOlusheno mUuninisteli wOomina nIikwankondo tate Gotlieb Amanyanga okwa ulikwa a ninge Omunambelewa Omukuluntu gwEhangano lyokutopola olusheno mOondoolopa dhimwe
readTransNamib na shunithe miilonga Kauami; Ompangu
16-05-2005
OMPANGU yOpombanda oya gandja elombwelo kutya ehangano lyondalasipota mu Namibia nenge tutye TransNamib nali kale lya shunitha miilonga omuniilonga gwalyo ngoka a tidhilwe miilonga pOtjiwarongo
readOmufekelwa omutiyali a kwatululwa
16-05-2005
OMUFEKELWA omutiyali gwomaafekelwa mboka yi iyaka mokakuma kOpolisi pOmaruru mOlyomakaya ga zi ko, okwa dhitikululwa ongulohi yOmaandaha oshiwike sha zile ko.Otaku hokololwa kutya Hans Kooper
readAashana nonuumvo inaye ya ko kOshigongi shAaniilonga
16-05-2005
NGASHI naanaa shito, nonuumvo Oshigongi shokudhimbulukwa Esiku lyAaniilonga mOshitopolwa sha Shana mOshakati, shoka sha li ko mesiku lyOtango lyOmwedhi nguka, kasha li sha kaliwa kaantu oyendji, mwa
readOparliamende ya ulika iilyo yOkomisi
16-05-2005
OSHIWIKE sha zi ko, Egumbo lyOpashigwana olya ulike aantu yaali mboka ya gwedhwa mOkomisi yEgameno (Security Commission), oshinima shoka kwa talika kutya otashi ka eta euliko lyOmukuluntuwiliki-Ndjayi
readBenfica a point away from title
16-05-2005
LISBON - Benfica beat Sporting 1-0 on Saturday and now need a point from their last match to clinch the Portuguese title for the first time in 11 years.Leaders Benfica have 64 points, three clear of
readPirates, BA dish out exciting football despite draw
16-05-2005
THE hordes of fans that flocked to the Independence Stadium for a premiership derby between Black Africa and Orlando Pirates were treated to tantalising football which captured their attention for
readMatches postponed due to late bookings
16-05-2005
BLUE Waters and Eleven Arrows could not travel to Oshakati for their league matches, as league authorities did not book the field in advance.The two were due to meet Oshakati City and KK Palace in
readDemo runs into trouble
16-05-2005
LAHORE - A group of female rights activists were arrested on Saturday after attempting to lead a rally demanding women the right to run in marathons alongside men.Among the arrested were Pakistan's
readBurundi's president meets rebel leaders
16-05-2005
DAR ES SALAAM - Burundi's President Domitien Ndayizeye yesterday met for the first time Agathon Rwasa, leader of his country's last rebel movement fighting a civil war, and the two embraced before
readEthiopian PM says will accept defeat
16-05-2005
ADWA - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said yesterday he would accept the verdict of his country's 26 million voters even if he loses the hotly contested general election.Casting his ballot in
readJackson lawyers admit he slept with kids
16-05-2005
SANTA MARIA, California - After 11 weeks of trial, even Michael Jackson's lawyers don't deny their client slept with young boys, though they insist it entailed love and no sex.Jackson himself has
readNo peace in Middle East without Palestinian state'
16-05-2005
RAMALLAH - Palestinians marked the blackest day in their history yesterday with warnings that there would be no Middle East peace until they are handed independence and the plight of their refugees
readSectarian violence in Nigeria
16-05-2005
KANO - Police in northern Nigeria's city of Sokoto arrested 43 youths on Saturday, suspected of involvement in sectarian violence between rival Sunni and Shia Muslim sects which left two dead and
read400 Iraqis killed in 2 weeks
16-05-2005
BAGHDAD - A recent upsurge in rebel violence has claimed over 400 Iraqi lives within the space of two weeks, Iraq's government spokesman said yesterday, blaming foreign extremists for spurring the
readUzbeks bury dead after bloody uprising
16-05-2005
ANDIZHAN - The families of some of the estimated 500 people killed by Uzbek troops in Andizhan buried their dead yesterday to the sound of continued sniper fire in the eastern town.Two days after an
readIN BRIEF
16-05-2005
*VISIT - Condoleezza Rice made her first visit to Iraq as US Secretary of State to show support for a fledgling government struggling to tame communal rivalries and battle a raging insurgency.*REFORM
read'An alarming first'
16-05-2005
CAIRO - Two women died in a botched attack on a busload of Israeli tourists in Cairo at the beginning of the month in a first for conservative Egypt."Normally activists' mothers and wives try to
readLeaders spell out their commitments, goals
16-05-2005
KUALA LUMPUR - Rich and poor countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America have pledged to rescue women in their regions from poverty, disease and war, and to ensure they are given a greater political
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