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47 Articles found on Tuesday, 24 October 2006
On The China Debate
24-10-2006
READING the letter of Mr Yangunfu, one comes to the conclusion that you are one of the Chinese construction managers.Yes, the Chinese may be cheaper than the local Namibian builders. Why? Do they have
readProtect The Helpless
24-10-2006
THANK you for highlighting once again the plight of the Cape fur seal, which appears to be under ever-increasing pressure, and hats off to Namibian journalist Donna Collins and to Francois Hugo of
readOpposed To Neo-Liberals
24-10-2006
SWAPO must see to it that paternalistic and egocentric behaviour being championed by some senior white officials in some Government ministries, parastatals and state-owned agencies in cohorts with
readGold Fields listing in Dubai
24-10-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's Gold Fields Ltd. plans a secondary listing on the Dubai International Financial Exchange by the end of October and may seek further listings in Asia to boost liquidity of
readAirZim hikes fares 500%
24-10-2006
HARARE - Zimbabwe's state-owned national airline has hiked domestic and international fares by between 200 and 500 per cent as it seeks to stay aloft despite deepening economic problems, official
readZambia discovers oil and gas reserves
24-10-2006
LUSAKA - The first-ever reserves of oil and gas have been discovered in Zambia near the border with Angola, the presidential office said yesterday.Samples taken at 12 sites in the northwestern
readMTN starts Iran cellular operations
24-10-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South African cellphone operator MTN has started commercial operations in Iran, aiming for a million subscribers by the end of the year, the group said yesterday.MTN said in a statement
readSA says investor concerns risk to rand
24-10-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Investor concerns over South Africa's current account deficit pose risks to the rand currency and could threaten the inflation outlook in the long term, Reserve Bank Governor Tito
readFinancial crime on increase: Tweya
24-10-2006
THE Deputy Minister of Finance, Tjekero Tweya, says law enforcement agencies are overwhelmed by the size and sophisticated nature of financial crimes.He told Bank of Namibia (BoN) employees, law
readTax Talk
24-10-2006
Allowances and PAYE In this series of articles, Cameron Kotze - the Tax Partner at Ernst and Young - discusses some topical tax issues for our readers.SOME employees receive a range of allowances as
readUS fugitive: Extradition countdown set in motion
24-10-2006
THE United States of America has submitted a request for the extradition of former software company executive Jacob 'Kobi' Alexander to Namibia's Ministry of Justice.The extradition request was
readNamibian artists mourn loss of Lebo
24-10-2006
NAMIBIAN music artists have expressed shock at the death of South African kwaito star Lebo Mathosa, who was killed in a car accident early yesterday morning.The vehicle she was travelling in
readTearful father in court
24-10-2006
THE Khomasdal man who shot his baby daughter, wife, son and sister-in-law on Friday night tried to shoot himself in the head, but the bullet only grazed his forehead, it has emerged.Michael Endjala
readNamibian tourism: a new dimension
24-10-2006
ERINDI Ranch is teeming with wildlife and hundreds of eland, oryx, kudu and zebra roam the vast space of over 65 000 hectares.The presence of some 300 giraffe - the largest population outside the
readBeijing summit beckons
24-10-2006
NAMIBIA is to send a delegation to the first ever summit of the forum on China-Africa co-operation in Beijing, China, next month.Cabinet announced last week that the same delegation will also attend
readWoman charged with rape
24-10-2006
THE Police at Okatope in the Oshikoto Region are investigating a rape charge against a 20-year-old woman.Toini Nambata from Omatyatya village has been charged with the alleged rape of a nine-year-old
readOusted Nabta officials hit back
24-10-2006
THE dismissed Chairman of the Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) in the Oshana Region and three suspended members of Nabta's Executive Committee have called for an extraordinary Nabta congress
readOpposition targets labour unions
24-10-2006
TRADE unions in Namibia should take their responsibilities towards their members more seriously, as workers belonging to a trade union are currently better off than those who don't, an opposition
readNews editor takes his paper to court
24-10-2006
SUSPENDED New Era News Editor Da'oud Vries has taken his employers to the Labour Court, claiming "systematic abuse" by the newspaper, which he described as "grossly unprincipled".Vries was suspended
readThree convicts escape
24-10-2006
POLICE and prison warders at Keetmanshoop have launched a manhunt after three convicted prisoners escaped from the town's prison early yesterday morning.A spokesman for the Department of Prisons and
readRundu gets largest road-building project since Independence
24-10-2006
BY the year 2010 the crumbling and dusty gravel road between Rundu and Elundu will disappear from the face of Namibia, Government said yesterday.Phase one of the project, the rebuilding and tarring of
readAccounts frozen in Oranjemund scam
24-10-2006
THE Bank of Namibia and the Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (Namfisa) have suspended the operations of West Coast Financial Aid after around N$15 million invested with the company
readAnthrax confirmed in Caprivi
24-10-2006
ABOUT 32 wild animals have died of anthrax in the Caprivi Region since the end of last month, a senior official in the Ministry of Agriculture told The Namibian yesterday.Dr Frank Chitate from the
readOmusamane a yaha aakwanezimo lye
24-10-2006
O KANONA koomwedhi omulongo nahamano, okamatyona koomvula hetatu naakulukadhi yaali, oye li mOshipangelo konima sho ya yahwa komulumentu gumwe ngoka a li aniwa a hala okudhipaga ofamili uusiku
readOmbelewa yAanamukithi gwOsuuka ya talelwa po kAanambelewa yUuhaku
24-10-2006
A ANAMBELEWA yUuministeli wUuhaku omasiku ga zi ko oye yile okutalela po Ombelewa yEhangano lyAanamukithi gwOsuuka mOngwediva nOshakati nokuninga oonkundathana nOmutotipo gwEhangano ndika Omundohotola
readOmukiintu a ponokelwa nekende
24-10-2006
O MUKIINTU gwomimvo 20 gwopoGobabis okwa thigwa muumbanda notashi vulika a ninge omuposi sigo aluhe konima sho a ponokelwa nokutsuwa moshipala nekende lya tatuka komulumentu gwomimvo 18.Omulumentu
readShalli a ningwa Ndjayi gwOmatanga
24-10-2006
M ETITANO lya zi ko Omupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa ningi eyinyengo enene sho a ulike omukalelipo gwa Namibia ko Zambia Leitenanda-Ndjayi Martin Shalli a ninge omutse gwEtanga lyEgameno lya
readAlonso thanks team, hails Schumi
24-10-2006
SAO PAULO - Fernando Alonso saluted his Renault team and departing Ferrari rival Michael Schumacher on Sunday after winning his second Formula One championship in a row in Brazil."I think it was good
readIt just wasn't meant to be, says Schumi after final race
24-10-2006
SAO PAULO - Ferrari's Michael Schumacher said farewell to Formula One on Sunday with a stirring drive from last to fourth place against the odds in his final Brazilian Grand Prix."The race was rather
readFisichella blamed for puncture
24-10-2006
SAO PAULO - Ferrari technical director Ross Brawn blamed Renault's Giancarlo Fisichella for a puncture that wrecked Michael Schumacher's hopes of winning his final Formula One Grand Prix."I don't
read15 million watch Schumi finale
24-10-2006
BERLIN - A staggering 14.8 million fans watched Germany's seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher's final race at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday, German television broadcaster RTL said
readICC Trophy wide open: Moody
24-10-2006
AHMEDABAD - Sri Lankan cricket coach Tom Moody yesterday said the Champions Trophy tournament was wide open even after a few surprise results in early group matches."We have seen too many teams
readMutorwa still awaits IAAF response on Namibian athletics leadership crisis
24-10-2006
WINDHOEK - The Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture, John Mutorwa, is still awaiting a response to his call for a meeting with officials of the International Association of Athletics
readChess record for Mexico
24-10-2006
MEXICO CITY - Mexico City's largest square was jammed Sunday with some 14 000 chess players who claimed a new Guinness record for the largest number of simultaneously played games.So many showed up,
readWenger fires title warning as Arsenal wins
24-10-2006
READING - Arsene Wenger watched Thierry Henry and Cesc Fabregas combine to destroy Reading 4-0 and then warned Arsenal's Premiership title rivals: We are getting better and better.Henry and Fabregas
readWindsurfing world champs crowned
24-10-2006
FINIAN Maynard from the British Virgin Islands and Karin Jaggi from Switzerland were crowned as the men's and women's speed windsurfing world champions at the coast over the weekend.The two dominated
readIn Brief
24-10-2006
THREAT-Zimbabwe Home Affairs Minister Kembo Mohadi at the weekend told ZimOnline that he was considering banning opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party
readRemembering in Namibia
24-10-2006
Laszlo Nagy (70), who now lives in Namibia, was one of the many people who participated in the three-night, four-day battle in the streets of Budapest in 1956."It was an historical event because this
readOne of several formidable challenges
24-10-2006
THE Hungarian uprising that began on October 23 1956, was one of several formidable challenges to the Soviet Union's grip on the countries of Eastern Europe which had become its communist satellites
readA divided Hungary remembers 1956 uprising
24-10-2006
BUDAPEST - Hungarians commemorated the 50th anniversary of their uprising against Soviet rule yesterday, more divided than at any time since the collapse of communism in 1989.More than a month of
read4 die after flu vaccinations
24-10-2006
JERUSALEM - Israel suspended flu vaccinations nationwide on Sunday after four men who had been inoculated died in the past week, the health ministry said."I ordered to stop the vaccinations until
readChina questions N.Korea ending nuke plans
24-10-2006
TOKYO - China is not optimistic that North Korea will end its nuclear program or re-enter disarmament talks soon, reports quoted a Japanese lawmaker as saying yesterday. Beijing has asked Pyongyang
readClashes as Hungary marks 1956 uprising
24-10-2006
BUDAPEST- Police expelled several hundred protesters early yesterday from a square outside parliament where official commemorations of the 50th anniversary of the 1956 revolution will be held.Protests
readDavid's father not for adoption
24-10-2006
BLANTYRE - The biological father of 13-month-old "Baby David" said he was misled into agreeing to give up his son to American pop diva Madonna, injecting new controversy and confusion into the
readOfficial apologises for 'arrogant and stupid' remark
24-10-2006
WASHINGTON-A senior US diplomat apologised for saying US policy in Iraq displayed "arrogance" and "stupidity."A day after his remarks in an interview were broadcast by the pan-Arab satellite channel
readCanal widening gets nod
24-10-2006
PANAMA CITY-Panamanians have overwhelmingly approved a 5,25-billion-dollar plan to widen their transcontinental canal, a project that will allow the world's biggest ships to sail between the Pacific
readSudan expels UN envoy
24-10-2006
KHARTOUM-The top UN official in Sudan recently accused the army of mobilising Arab militias after suffering major losses in fighting in Darfur.Now the government has struck back-ordering the envoy to
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