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39 Articles found on Tuesday, 28 February 2006
Praise For NWR
28-02-2006
LAST year much was written or said about poor service in some of the Namibia Wildlife Resorts.Please let me share this positive experience: as a tourist guide I had to pick up a group of about 30
readPostal Theft Continues
28-02-2006
UPON receiving an EMPTY, taped-shut-again envelope, that should have contained a corporate gift, I took the matter up with Nampost.Guess what... you get to fill out a form and that's probably where
readCritics and Credits
28-02-2006
PENDAPALA raised relevant issues in his/her response to my recent public activities (letter of 24/02).I agree that criticism for the mere sake of a destructive blame game is anything but helpful. But
readCommon global reporting rules set
28-02-2006
BRUSSELS - Two major organisations that set accounting rules published a detailed roadmap yesterday toward fashioning a common set of global reporting rules that would make it easier and cheaper for
readMwanawasa bans maize exports
28-02-2006
LUSAKA - Zambian president Levy Mwanawasa said on Sunday he was banning maize exports because the impoverished southern African country needed to store any surplus it might reap in case of lean times
readSeaweed an overlooked resource
28-02-2006
MANY resources that can contribute to the country's economic enhancement remain untapped and there is still an opportunity for government to explore ways how to invest in such resources.This was said
readMittal commited to preserving jobs
28-02-2006
CHICAGO - The world's biggest steel maker, Mittal Steel, on Sunday underscored its commitment to preserving jobs if its takeover offer for the sector's number two concern, Europe's Arcelor, goes
readSasol to invest in reactor
28-02-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's Sasol, the world's biggest producer of synthetic fuel from coal, will invest 200 million rand to help cut fuel production costs, the company said yesterday.The cash will
readOM operating profit climbs 30%
28-02-2006
LONDON - South African insurer Old Mutual reported a 30 per cent increase in 2005 operating profit on Monday on the back of good life and investment sales in South Africa and an earnings recovery at
readJapan eyes deal with oil-rich Gulf
28-02-2006
TOKYO - Japan plans to begin talks with six oil-rich Gulf Arab states this year toward a free-trade agreement in the aim of securing stable energy supplies, officials said yesterday.Tokyo plans to
readGoing-concern sales for VAT
28-02-2006
The going-concern sale provision in the VAT Act is a very handy way to ensure you can save the VAT payable when acquiring someone else's business.Most sale agreements have a clause that provides for
read!Uri Khubis Abattoir debt 'not written off'
28-02-2006
THE Agricultural Bank of Namibia will not give up in trying to recover what it can from the directors of the now bankrupt !Uri Khubis Abattoir at Witvlei, to which it loaned N$46,9 million.Finance
readMissing boy found dead
28-02-2006
THE body of 14-year-old Hurney Jansen has been found more than 60 hours after he was swept away by a raging river south of Rehoboth.An uncle, Wandy van Wyk, confirmed to The Namibian yesterday that
readFlood damage could reach N$30 million mark
28-02-2006
THE focus at Mariental yesterday began to shift from saving lives to assessing the damage caused to houses, businesses and surrounding farms in the flooded area.Houses are drenched in muck, electrical
readArson murderer jailed for 35 years
28-02-2006
FORMER teacher Efraim Rachimo Haradoëb was sentenced to 35 years' imprisonment yesterday for the murder of his girlfriend in late 1998.Judge Mavis Gibson convicted Haradoëb, a 35-year-old
readMariental counts the cost
28-02-2006
AS the floodwater at Mariental subsided yesterday, temperatures soared over whether NamWater had precipitated the devastating flood by delaying the release of water from the Hardap Dam.The town was
readTax revenue up after anti-corruption drive
28-02-2006
TAX revenues have increased by N$1,161 billion for the fiscal period ending January 2006 since the Ministry of Finance started doing audits of their satellite Oshakati offices, Permanent Secretary of
readSeveral changes to SOE Bill proposed
28-02-2006
A NATIONAL Council Select Committee is proposing wide-ranging changes to the State-Owned Enterprises Bill in line with majority views expressed at public hearings two weeks ago.Among these is that
readSOEs draw flak in National Council
28-02-2006
NATIONAL Council parliamentarian Bartholomeus Shangheta yesterday accused State-owned enterprises of having forgotten the purpose they were created for.The Swapo MP said instead of providing good
readHouse of Review passes child bill with changes
28-02-2006
THE National Council yesterday passed the Children's Status Bill with amendments suggested by its Standing Committee on Gender, Youth and Information.When the bill was tabled, the House of Review
readHealth sector to be scrutinised in parliament
28-02-2006
THE poor state of the country's health facilities is to come up for discussion in the National Assembly in March.The DTA's McHenry Venaani last week gave notice to the House that he will expect
readWomen want their rightful place in unions
28-02-2006
REALISING that women's presence was lacking in the top echelons of the union, the Women's Desk of the Public Service Union of Namibia (PSUN) decided to hold a three-day workshop to advocate for
readEfundja enene lya dhenga Aamalinda
28-02-2006
OMEYA ga nyika ontatya oga kala taga matuka kombinga yolutenda pOmalinda mpoka mehuliloshiwike naantu oyendji oya kala ye li momikweyo omile ya tala ko, omanga iihwa, omiti nuuthano womoondjila tau
readOmukalimo gwomOshakati ta mono iihuna
28-02-2006
M EME omugundjuka gwomOshakati Loiny Gideon, a tseyika wo nawa nedhina Nekulu gwoomvula 23, okwe ya kOshifo shetu oshiwike sha zi ko ta nyenyeta kutya oku li muudhigu uunene pamwe nuunona we utatu,
readEfundja lya hanagula po omagumbo nomaliko gAakwashigwana pOmalinda nomoshitopolwa
28-02-2006
E TATA lyondoolopa ya Mariental moshitopolwa sha Hardap olya ponokelwa ishewe kefundja enene, sho omiyelo dhondama ya Hardap dha egululwa molwashoka omwa li omeya ogendji noonkondo.Oofaalama dhimwe
readElephants may not go to World Cup
28-02-2006
ABIDJAN - The Ivory Coast may not go to the World Cup finals in June if there is still no peace in the war-torn country, the president of the Ivorian Football Federation warned yesterday.Jacques
readUnam champs in indoor hockey
28-02-2006
THE University of Namibia (Unam) Giants came from three goals down to win the annual Pepsi Unam Indoor Hockey tournament in Windhoek on Saturday.Unam beat defending champions Deutscher Turn und
readSamaria quits Black Africa
28-02-2006
BLACK Africa mentor Bobby Samaria yesterday resigned as head coach of the black and red outfit.He told Nampa on inquiry yesterday that it was a career decision and he would now concentrate on coaching
read2008 African Nations Cup qualifying fixtures Only Group 1 & 2
28-02-2006
Group 1 Sept 1-3 Djibouti v Ivory Coast Gabon v Madagascar Oct 6-8 Ivory Coast v Gabon Madagascar v Djibouti Mar 23-25 2007 Madagascar v Ivory Coast Djibouti v Gabon June 1-3 Ivory Coast v
readPohamba calls on local athletes to perform at C'wealth Games
28-02-2006
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba urged the Namibian Commonwealth Games team to compete to the best of their abilities to obtain the desired results when they paid a courtesy call at State House
readArroyo tightens Philippine crackdown
28-02-2006
MANILA - The Philippines yesterday detained four police officers and filed charges against 16 opposition figures for trying to overthrow the government, as President Gloria Arroyo widened a crackdown
readCorruption in the spotlight in South African local elections
28-02-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Large-scale corruption in municipalities, notorious for their low-quality service to the poor masses, has emerged as a key concern for South Africa's ruling party ahead of local
readRussia downplays Iran nuclear 'pact'
28-02-2006
MOSCOW - Russia yesterday downplayed progress on its plan to allay concern over Iran's nuclear programme, saying there was still work to be done and warning that time was quickly running out ahead of
readZim opposition head seeks unity against Mugabe
28-02-2006
BULAWAYO - New Zimbabwean opposition leader Arthur Mutambara vowed on Sunday to unite his divided party against the regime of Robert Mugabe which he accused of creating chaos in the
readIn Brief
28-02-2006
* SADDAM ENDS STRIKE - Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (above) has ended his hunger strike for "health reasons", his chief lawyer Khalil Dulaimi said.Saddam staged a hunger strike to protest
readIraq needs reforms to avoid civil war
28-02-2006
BAGHDAD - Iraq can only avert a slide to civil war if it takes serious steps to form a national unity government, changes the constitution and halts human rights abuses, the International Crisis Group
readIndia calls out riot troops to guard Bush
28-02-2006
NEW DELHI - India yesterday began a major security drill for this week's visit of US President George W.Bush, calling out commandos and riot police for the world's most powerful man. Bush arrives in
readSaudi forces clash with suspects of refinery plot
28-02-2006
RIYADH - Saudi security forces yesterday killed five men linked to a bid to blow up the world's largest oil-processing plant, during an armed clash in a Riyadh suburb, security forces and media
readWalkout at Saddam trial, bombs kill 30
28-02-2006
BAGHDAD - Bombs killed at least 30 people in Baghdad and wrecked the tomb of Saddam Hussein's father yesterday as the ousted leader was in court for the first time since days of sectarian violence
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