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46 Articles found on Wednesday, 25 April 2007
Tax impact of repairs and improvements
25-04-2007
In this series of articles, Cameron Kotze - the Tax Partner at Ernst and Young - discusses some topical tax issues for our readers.THE normal test to determine whether an expense incurred is tax
readWolfowitz to change, not resign
25-04-2007
WASHINGTON - World Bank chief Paul Wolfowitz met with top managers to discuss ways of changing his leadership style amid a favouritism scandal that has prompted calls for him to resign, a US media
readSpain mulls constructing offshore wind farms
25-04-2007
MADRID - Spain is looking at building several offshore wind parks along its vast coastline as a way to boost its use of renewable energy sources, an industry ministry spokesman said yesterday.The
readFNB introduces cellphone banking
25-04-2007
FIRST National Bank Namibia (FNB) last week launched a cellphone banking service which allows customers to perform banking transactions from any location with cellphone reception.Cellphone banking
readOmuthiya and Otjinene to be proclaimed
25-04-2007
THE Minister of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development announced on Monday that Otjinene in the Omaheke Region and Omuthiya in the Oshikoto Region will be proclaimed as local
readOil climbs further above US$68 on Nigeria
25-04-2007
LONDON - Oil climbed further above US$68 (N$476) a barrel yesterday as traders eyed the possibility of more disruptions to Nigerian oil output after election results, which were condemned by
readFamily sues The Namibian over 'Mafia link' report
25-04-2007
THE Palazzolo family has it in for The Namibian.The allegedly Mafia-linked family is demanding that the newspaper's Editor, Gwen Lister, and The Free Press of Namibia, the company that owns and
readFive years for baby's murder
25-04-2007
THE High Court at Oshakati has sentenced a young woman to an effective five years in prison for killing and burying her newborn baby.Vistolina Ekandjo Uupindi (29) from Onandjo village in the Omusati
readNBC debt reaches record high of N$242 million
25-04-2007
THE Namibia Broadcasting Corporation has accumulated debts of N$242 million, of which N$35,2 million is operational debt.Motivating the budget for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in
readKobi to court, bursary fund off table
25-04-2007
THE launch of a science and technology scholarship fund for young Namibians that is to be funded by the Israeli-born - and United States-wanted - businessman Kobi Alexander was postponed at the
readMinibus accident claims life
25-04-2007
A 30-year-old man was killed after being hit by a minibus in Windhoek on Monday.The deceased was identified as Appel Ipinge. The accident happened at the corner of Monte Christo and Abraham Masheko
readNWR raises salaries
25-04-2007
EMPLOYEES at Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) will receive an eight per cent salary increase on July 1, the company's Managing Director announced in Windhoek yesterday.Tobie Aupindi said the agreement
readArrest warrant against Nabta President
25-04-2007
MAGISTRATE C Quendonz at Oshakati has issued a warrant for the arrest of the President of the Namibian Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta), Magnus Nangombe.Nangombe was found guilty of contempt of court
readBulk of education vote goes to ETSIP
25-04-2007
TEACHING children in their home language during the first three school years is of the utmost importance and requires greater attention, a Member of Parliament emphasised during the debate on the
readTough questions on Home Affairs
25-04-2007
THE plight of Zimbabweans coming to Namibia seeking greener pastures because of the collapse of that country's economy was briefly mentioned in the National Assembly on Thursday.MacHenry Venaani of
readWeatherly ahead of schedule at Tsumeb
25-04-2007
WEATHERLY International, the company that took over operations at Ongopolo, has announced that it will commission the Tsumeb concentrator ahead of schedule to take full advantage of current copper
readNamibia first in Africa to start wind park
25-04-2007
HISTORY was made in the energy sector when a licence was granted to investors for the erection of a large wind-power project that could eventually generate 25 per cent of Namibia's electricity
readCity chief defends personnel policy
25-04-2007
THE City of Windhoek has denied that its recruitment policy and staff structure favour certain individuals while others are denied promotion.Its Chief Executive Officer, Niilo Taapopi, says all
readTeen (16) held for murder
25-04-2007
A 16-year-old boy was arrested and charged with murder over the weekend, after a patron of the Y2K bar at Grootfontein was stabbed in the chest on Friday night.The victim was identified as 22-year-old
readBusinesses fine with BEE, but say it must be properly rooted
25-04-2007
THE private sector is prepared to embrace black economic empowerment (BEE), but says it should be achieved according to economic realities and not be forced by rules and regulation.This was the
readStandard pOkahandja a ugwa
25-04-2007
A ALUMENTU yatatu ya homata oya yugu Ombaanga ya Stadard Bank pOkahandja ongula yOmaandaha goshiwike shika.Oshikondo shomakwatathano mOmbaanga ndjika osha popi ngeyi kutya oshimaliwa shoondola/N$218
readAaihupuli ya dhipaga aantu 12 mu Baghdad
25-04-2007
A AIHUPULI yaali oya topitha oomboma dhomiihauto mOsoondaha pOsasiona yOpolisi mu Baghdad nokudhipaga aantu ye li 12 moshiponokela shimwe sha kindja shoka sha li sha ningilwa aakalekipoveta
readOshigongi sha simana poombelewa dhoshilongo mUukwaluudhi
25-04-2007
O MUKWANIILWA gwUukwaluudhi tatekulu Josia Shikongo Taapopi, ota tseyitha kutya mOlyomakaya ngaka twa thinda geti 28 Apilili 2007, mUukwaluudhi otamu ka kala oshogongi oshinene tashi ka popya kombinga
readYatatu ya sa kekakamo mu Chile
25-04-2007
S ANTIAGO - Onkundana okuzilila ku Santiago sha Chile otayi ti aatondokinkugo oya mona omidhimba dhaantu yatatu mboka ya undulilwa mefuta kekakamo enene lyevi.Yamwe ya heyali kaye wetike sigo onena.
readOmidhimba dha mbutila momapandaanda mu Somalia
25-04-2007
M OGADISHU - Ooshela dha kindja odha dhenge mu Mogadishus sha Somalia mOmaandaha, ndyoka lya ningi esiku etihamano lyomalugodhi pokati kaakwiita yEpangelo nOorebele dheitaalo lyOshIslama.Aantu ye li
readBoris Yeltsin a hulitha
25-04-2007
M OSCOW - Onkundana okuzilila ku Moscow sha Russua otayi ti kutya Omupresidende omukulu gwoshilongo shika Boris Yeltsin okwa hulitha.Yeltsin okwa talika ko kaantu oyendji muuyuni kutya oye a teya po
readAapolisi inaya pula we aantu uumutse, Gurirab ta indile
25-04-2007
A APOLISI mboka haya kala poomboloka naya hulithe po okupula aantu uumutse molwashoka, Namibia ke na oveta tayi ti kutya omuntu oku na okukala ha ende nokamutse ke.Ta popi pethimbo lyoombata kombinga
readFuta nenge u taalele oveta, LAC ta londodha Tony Mbok ngaaka
25-04-2007
O MUSAMANE Tony Mbok okwa pewa sigo opehulilo lyoowili dhiilonga ohela opo a kale a futa aantu mboka ye na iiyemo yi li pevi mu Katutura oondola/N$5 250 mboka a li a kutha oshimaliwa shoka miineya,
readCyclist Ivan Basso suspended
25-04-2007
ROME - The Discovery Channel team suspended Italian Ivan Basso from racing yesterday after the Italian Olympic Committee's anti-doping office reopened an investigation into the 2006 Giro d'Italia
readChelsea's Essien arrested
25-04-2007
LONDON - Chelsea's Ghanian midfielder Michael Essien was arrested for drunk driving in the early hours on Monday after leaving a nightclub, The Sun reported.Citing a Chelsea insider and a witness, the
readThai star to wed
25-04-2007
BANGKOK - Thai tennis hero Paradorn Srichaphan and former Miss Universe Natalie Glebova announced their engagement yesterday in a nationally televised live news conference.Paradorn, 28, said he
readWebb Ellis rugby trophy comes to Namibia
25-04-2007
THE famous Webb Ellis rugby trophy will be brought to Namibia on May 12, before it goes to South Africa on May 15 to form part of the build-up to the Rugby World Cup, which will be held in France in
readWoolmer's body released by coroner
25-04-2007
KINGSTON - The body of murdered Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer has been ordered by a coroner to be released to his family in South Africa, the Daily Gleaner newspaper reported yesterday.The body
readSouth Africa aim at top order
25-04-2007
GROS ISLET - South Africa will take aim at Australia's strongest area by targeting their top-order batsmen in their World Cup semi-final today, skipper Graeme Smith said.Australian opener Matthew
readProteas out to solve Aussie puzzle
25-04-2007
GROS ISLET - South Africa's Graeme Smith today confronts a riddle that no captain has so far unravelled - how to beat Ricky Ponting's Australians in the World Cup.Smith has already failed once when
readWimbledon reveals highest prize purse
25-04-2007
WIMBLEDON - The total prize money purse at this year's Wimbledon championships will make it the most lucrative tennis tournament ever, the All England Club announced yesterday.Both men's and women's
readLiverpool go for glory
25-04-2007
LONDON - Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has told his team to look to the future rather than dwell on their 2005 victory over Chelsea when the sides meet again in the semi-finals of the Champions
readGunners on verge of making MTC Cup history
25-04-2007
APRIL 28 will be a memorable day for Mighty Gunners coach Dawid Snewe and his players, as they will be standing on the verge of becoming the first first-division football team to reach the MTC Cup
readVatican slams gay and abortion unions
25-04-2007
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican's second-highest ranking doctrinal official on Monday forcefully branded homosexual marriage an evil and denounced abortion and euthanasia as forms of 'terrorism with a
readNasa releases 3D images of the sun
25-04-2007
GREENBELT, Maryland. - Nasa released the first three-dimensional images of the sun on Monday, saying the photos taken from twin spacecraft may lead to better predictions of solar eruptions that can
readPentagon mulls strategic site of new Africa command
25-04-2007
WASHINGTON - The United States is to announce within six months the location of a new Africa command to oversee US military activities on the continent, a top Defence Department official said
readSomalia battles for 7th day
25-04-2007
MOGADISHU - Shelling and artillery fire shook northern Mogadishu yesterday, the seventh day of fighting between allied Somali-Ethiopian forces and Islamist gunmen that has killed hundreds of
readMan hacks off penis in eatery
25-04-2007
LONDON - A man stormed into a London restaurant and hacked off his own penis in front of horrified diners, said the Italian eatery yesterday.The man charged into a branch of a pizza and pasta chain
readProtests go on as judicial crisis entangles Pakistan
25-04-2007
ISLAMABAD - Thousands of lawyers and political activists protested outside Pakistan's Supreme Court yesterday, during the latest round in a legal battle between President Pervez Musharraf and a top
readNine US soldiers killed
25-04-2007
BAGHDAD - Gunmen disguised as Iraqi soldiers raided a remote village near the city of Baqouba yesterday, killing six people, wounding 15, and burning five homes, police said.The attack by about 70
readState funeral for Boris Yeltsin
25-04-2007
MOSCOW - Russians yesterday mourned their first post-Soviet leader, Boris Yeltsin, preparing a grandiose state funeral for the flamboyant ex-president while at the same time debating the way he
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