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37 Articles found on Tuesday, 8 November 2005
How complete is your tax return disclosure?
08-11-2005
OUR current tax return requests you to provide a lot more information compared to the returns of the past. Many taxpayers simply ignore the completion of the additional schedules that have been added
readDiplomatic spouses, SMEs join hands
08-11-2005
WINDHOEK - Members of the Association of Diplomatic Spouses (ADS) from 20 different countries came together at the weekend to raise funds and support local charitable projects focusing on Namibian
readWorld energy policy is not sustainable
08-11-2005
PARIS - The world must change its energy habits or struggle with choking fumes, runaway oil demand and a growing dependence on the volatile Middle East for fuel, the International Energy Agency said
readStandard Bank to buy into Nigerian bank
08-11-2005
LAGOS - Standard Bank, South Africa's largest bank by assets, has agreed to pay US$200-US$300 million for a minority stake in Nigeria's Oceanic Bank, sources close to the deal said on Saturday.The
readPublic order is top priority
08-11-2005
PARIS - The leader of the French employers' federation, Laurence Parisot, said that the top priority in areas of France hit by rioting was the re-establishment of public order, in remarks on French
readProgress on Kudu
08-11-2005
SEVEN groupings of local, regional and international financial institutions have made the cut to pre-qualification status as potential Mandated Lead Arrangers (MLA) for the Kudu Power Project,
readNeighbourhood watch winning the crime fight
08-11-2005
IT started as a small action group involving a handful of residents in a Klein Windhoek street, and has evolved into a crime-fighting association of more than 80 members who say they have reduced
readCity woman loses N$7m in Great Triangle rip-off
08-11-2005
THE United States Federal Reserve, a triple-A-rated bank in Botswana, the Metropolitan Police of the United Kingdom and an investment company in Mayfair, London, were allegedly all players in yet
readOkavango Water commission meets
08-11-2005
FOR the eleventh time since its inception in 1994, the Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (Okacom) met in Windhoek last week to discuss projects and issues surrounding the management of
readTwo shot in the North
08-11-2005
TWENTY-TWO year old Joshua Kalumbu was shot and seriously injured with a shotgun on Tuesday morning at around 01h00 at Ohangwena.The suspect, 23-year-old Sakaria Kalenga, has been arrested. * On
readTwo shot in the North
08-11-2005
TWENTY-TWO year old Joshua Kalumbu was shot and seriously injured with a shotgun on Tuesday morning at around 01h00 at Ohangwena.The suspect, 23-year-old Sakaria Kalenga, has been arrested. * On
readVicki runs the race of her life in NY
08-11-2005
NAMIBIA'S Vicki Erenstein Ya Toivo was among 37 000 runners who crossed the finish line of the greatest race in the world - the New York City Marathon - on Sunday.She completed the gruelling 42,2
readDefence lawyers zero in on treason witness's 'mistakes'
08-11-2005
THE defence assault on the testimony of the tenth prosecution witness in the main Caprivi high treason trial started in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday.By the end of the first day, one
readThe Boonzaaier connection
08-11-2005
EVIDENCE is growing that embattled local insurance broker Pieter Boonzaaier played a pivotal role in introducing Great Triangle Investments to Namibian companies.Not only is Boonzaaier believed to
readNew electric distributor says no to SELCo
08-11-2005
SOUTHERN Regional Electricity Distributor (Sored) has shot down Southern Electricity Company (SELCo)'s hopes of becoming an operator within Sored.The newly organised distributor of electricity
readNamdeb pins hope for future in the sea
08-11-2005
NAMIBIA'S biggest diamond producer Namdeb is gearing up to expand output of gems from the seabed, which this year will overtake production from increasingly lower-grade land mines, a top official
readHinda reinstated at NHE
08-11-2005
THE National Housing Enterprise has reinstated Maureen Hinda as Katutura Central Branch Manager.Hinda had been suspended since May because of allegations that she had exceeded her powers by granting
readSex workers urged to get organised
08-11-2005
A FORMER parliamentarian yesterday called on sex workers to organise themselves or to join women's organisations.The co-ordinator of Women's Solidarity Namibia, Rosa Namises, said this would enable
readNamibian Police locate stolen cars in Angola
08-11-2005
THE Angolan police have not yet helped their Namibian counterparts to recover two vehicles that were stolen in Namibia last year, a senior Police officer said yesterday."We have located the vehicles,"
readID waiting game over, pledges Ministry
08-11-2005
THE Ministry of Home Affairs made a new promise to the nation yesterday - to produce identity documents within 24 days of application from next year.Over the years, several promises have been made to
readEpangelo ta li ka longa mo mboka ye na omankolo omanene unene
08-11-2005
O SHIWIKE sha zi ko poshigongi shiilyo yOkabinete shoka sha li koSwakopmund opwa li pwa ningwa etokolo kutya Epangelo nali longithe oveta onkulu hayi ithanwa Bantustan okukutha ko oondhalate nenge
readOshidhigu okugalulila iihauto ya yakwa ku Namibia
08-11-2005
O POLISI ya Namibia oya ekelahi omapopyo kutya oya fa ya nyengwa okugalulila kegumbo iihauto iyali ya yakwa mu Namibia omumvo gwa zi ko, e tayi falwa ku Angola.Opolisi otayi popi ashike kutya iihauto
readOtashi vulika Zimbabwe a etele Namibia oondjamba
08-11-2005
H ARARE - Oondjamba dhomwaalu gwontumba okuza ku Zimbabwe otashi vulika dhi ye dhi tekulwe nokuhupila mu Namibia olwoshikukuta shoka tashi hepeke iinamwenyo mu Zimbabwe pethimbo ndika.Onkundana yetu
readIigwanga ya kwatwa ko kOpolisi mOvenduka
08-11-2005
OSHIKONDO hashi kondjitha omalanditho nomalongithi giingangamithi shOpolisi ya Namibia, osha kwata ko iingangamithi yi na ongushu yOondola/N$80 000.Iingangamithi mbika oya adhika momagumbo gaali
readOombwanda kadhi na oompito dhilwe
08-11-2005
W I NDHOEK - Ethimbo olya li uusiku wOlyomakaya moshitopolwa sha Ausspanplatz mOvenduka.Omapandaanda oga li ga fa ga fadhukwa po kaantu, ihe onkalo oya lunduluka sho mu limwe mwa holoka
readRecycled seamer carries Proteas spin hopes in India
08-11-2005
CENTURION - South Africa will pin their spin hopes in India later this month on an off-spinner who not much more than a year ago was a conventional medium-pacer.Johan Botha, 23, was a moderately
readTergat takes New York City Marathon
08-11-2005
NEW YORK - World record holder Paul Tergat of Kenya sprinted to victory ahead of defending champion Hendrick Ramaala of South Africa in the New York men's marathon on Sunday.The 36-year-old Tergat
readArtistic gymnastics draws record entries
08-11-2005
A total of 176 gymnasts from nine clubs took part in the 2005 NamPort National Women's Artistic Gymnastic Championships held in Walvis Bay at the weekend.The two-day event featured participation from
readEto'o, Drogba in hunt for CAF awards
08-11-2005
LAGOS - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has named two-time winner Samuel Eto'o of Cameroon and Didier Drogba of the Cote d'Ivoire among five top nominees for this year's African Footballer
readNFA under fire over new division
08-11-2005
THE Namibia Football Association (NFA) Executive Committee is under fire after it decided to abolish the former Central West First Division (CWFD) and replace it with the Southern Stream First
readFormer UN man in Namibia heads for Kosovo
08-11-2005
HELSINKI - Former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari, picked last week as the United Nations special envoy to lead talks on the status of Kosovo, will be returning to an unresolved problem that
readDRC urged to speed up poll process
08-11-2005
KINSHASA - The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must speed up its political transition to meet a deadline for holding elections next year, a United Nations delegate said at the weekend at the start
readJapan mulls Iraq troop pullout
08-11-2005
TOKYO - Japan is considering pulling its troops out of Iraq in the first half of next year and expanding Iraq-related air missions from Kuwait, a news report said yesterday.A 200-member Air
readSomali PM escapes attack
08-11-2005
MOGADISHU - Five people were killed and 12 injured in a grenade and bomb attack on Sunday on a convoy carrying Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi during a visit to south Mogadishu, a diplomatic
readTornadoes kill up to 20 in US Midwest
08-11-2005
CHICAGO - Tornadoes killed up to 20 people in the Midwestern US states of Indiana and Kentucky early on Sunday, as officials prepared to work through the night in hopes of finding survivors.Chief
readAmerican ambassador faces expulsion from Zimbabwe
08-11-2005
HARARE - US ambassador to Zimbabwe Chris Dell risks being expelled for what the southern African country termed his "undiplomatic behaviour and meddling with Zimbabwe's affairs", the state-run Herald
readChirac vows action against rioters
08-11-2005
GRIGNY, France - Over 30 police were hurt and more than 800 vehicles burned overnight across France as unrest spread and intensified in the 11th night of violence in poor suburbs that President
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