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48 Articles found on Tuesday, 31 July 2007
Mbeki mulls cutting tariffs on imports
31-07-2007
PRETORIA - South African President Thabo Mbeki said yesterday his government may cut tariffs on some imported equipment and goods in a bid to boost the manufacturing sector and make it more
readFlood of foreign shoppers may fuel inflation in SA
31-07-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South African shopkeepers are benefiting from a flood of people crossing the border to stock up on goods no longer available in crisis-hit Zimbabwe, but there could be trouble in store
readFreedom Of Religion Violated
31-07-2007
AS a citizen I have taken it upon myself to read my country's Constitution, because I strongly believe that one needs to know about one's individual rights.I am glad that Namibia has secured certain
readNew Labour Bill's Missing Links
31-07-2007
Dear Minister Alpheus !Naruseb, APART from outlawing the labour hire companies, which the same Parliament has legalised some years back, why is the new Labour Bill silent on the following: The terms
readRamatex Workers Worried
31-07-2007
NAMIBIAN Government, please open your blind eyes to what is happening at Ramatex textiles.We are foreign workers at Ramatex textiles in Namibia. We want you guys to realise that Ramatex will close
readRoessing Pension Fund Shocker
31-07-2007
I READ, with utter disgust, the article in The Namibian on July 12 regarding the Roessing pension fund surplus.How can a company morally hold on to such a vast surplus while many of their former
readCall A Spade A Spade
31-07-2007
RESPECTFULLY, can our leaders please stop calling HIV and AIDS 'Killer Disease' or is this the new name of HIV and AIDS? After all, which disease does not kill? Just call it HIV and AIDS
readReligion's Arrogant Claims To The Moral High Ground
31-07-2007
JUST a point or two in reply to the highly erudite Mr Wright, currently defending Christianity from Australia (The Namibian, last Friday).First I am rather confused about what the 'gay left' has to do
readSMS responses on issues of the day
31-07-2007
Please take note * OUR leaders must not ignore what we are talking about on this page - we want to see changes. I know they read The Namibian - Kambosha* I WANT the State President to very seriously
readUranium price to recover and set new records
31-07-2007
LONDON - Uranium prices have fallen by 12 per cent from a record high at the end of June with an earthquake in Japan dampening sentiment, but most traders and analysts believe the market is still far
readVAT amendments effective August 1 200
31-07-2007
In this series of articles, Cameron Kotze - the Tax Partner at Ernst and Young - discusses some topical tax issues for our readers.THE amendments to the Value-Added Tax Act become effective August 1
readOngwediva Annual Trade Fair ready to roll
31-07-2007
ABOUT 458 exhibitors will showcase their products at the 2007 Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair, which will run from August 24 to September 1.The Chairman of the organising committee, Damian Egumbo, says
readAngola building hotels as oil boom fuels demand
31-07-2007
LUANDA - Booming Angola is building dozens of hotels and guesthouses to meet rising demand that has pushed the price of a room in the capital Luanda to US$250 (N$1 750) per night, the country's
readSmall miners get a market in Erongo
31-07-2007
USAKOS - Small miners in the Erongo region will soon have a decent market from where they can sell their gemstones.Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony over the weekend, former President Sam Nujoma
readOil over US$76
31-07-2007
LONDON - Oil eased towards US$76 a barrel yesterday on profit taking amid weak financial markets, with lingering supply concerns and stronger economic growth in top fuel consumer the US lending
readJohncom rejigs management after M-Net, supersport sale
31-07-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South African media firm Johnnic Communications has rejigged management as it focuses on expanding its media and entertainment business after selling its stake in pay-TV channels M-Net
readShake, rattle and roll - Permanent Secretaries reshuffled in 'turnaround plan'
31-07-2007
PRIME Minister Nahas Angula dropped a bombshell yesterday when he announced that no fewer than 10 permanent secretaries had been reshuffled to improve the efficiency of Government service
readTreason trial: Judgement days
31-07-2007
THE second Caprivi high treason trial entered the home stretch in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday with the start of the delivery of a verdict on the high treason charge faced by the 10 remaining
readCoD congress election 'null and void'
31-07-2007
THE results of the leadership elections of the Congress of Democrats (CoD) opposition party held at Keetmanshoop in May were declared null and void yesterday by a specially appointed audit panel.Panel
readUS Peace Corps volunteers for Caprivi next year
31-07-2007
FIVE Peace Corps volunteers from the United States of America will be deployed in the Caprivi Region in January next year.Raymond Castillo, Public Affairs Officer of the US Embassy in Namibia,
readTrust fund for brave Odette
31-07-2007
AFTER reading about 17-year-old cancer sufferer and amputee Odette Madjiet in The Namibian, a group of people decided to establish a trust fund for her.The trust will ensure that she receives medical
readNampa's Farayi Munyuki dies
31-07-2007
WINDHOEK - Veteran Zimbabwean journalist Farayi Albert Munyuki, known for his column 'Farayi on Friday' in Namibia's New Era daily, died yesterday at his home in the Zimbabwean town of Gweru, aged
readChurch burns after service for healer
31-07-2007
MUKWE - A Roman Catholic Church in the Kavango Region burnt to the ground immediately after a memorial service for a traditional doctor who died last week.The thatched-roof Shamangorwa Catholic
readDa Silva murder trial wraps up
31-07-2007
MURDER suspect Manuel Alberto da Silva, who is accused of killing his girlfriend in Windhoek on New Year's Eve 2003 by shooting her five times in the head, should be found guilty of murder with a
read84 rural water meters stolen in the North
31-07-2007
OSHAKATI - The water utility NamWater suffered a setback in northern Namibia after criminals stole 84 water meters between Ondangwa, Oshakati and Ogongo last week.Constable Slogan Matheus of Police at
readAn old con never dies...
31-07-2007
A WINDHOEK resident says he recently found out the hard way that "translators belong in court, not on the street".Riaan Van Eden (21) says he was swindled out of N$100 in cash as well as his cellphone
readNSHR snubs Zim
31-07-2007
THE National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) has refused to give a copy of its submission to the International Criminal Court for the prosecution of former Namibian President Sam Nujoma to the
readJuvenile murder suspect gets bail
31-07-2007
THERE were mixed emotions in the Katutura Magistrate's Court yesterday when the boy charged with murdering 17-year-old Duarte Hendrickse in Khomasdal last week was granted bail.The families of both
readItatu zimo manga: Brown
31-07-2007
L ONDON - Omupilima gwa Britain Gordon Brown ita gandja manga uuyelele kombinga yoonkundathana ndhoka ya ninga nOmupresidende gwa Amerika George W Bush kombinga yokukutha mo omatanga ga Britain mu
readGumwe a pewa omimvo 10 mokakuma oshipotha shedhipago
31-07-2007
O MULUMENTU gwomimvo 28 okwa pewa egeelo lyokukala mondholongo omimvo omulongo (10) moshipotha shokudhenga omukadhona gwe sigo omeso nomupini gwombike.Jan Blokstaan okwa li ta monika a gundjila
readAapangi mOpenzela ya gongala pEndola
31-07-2007
O NGUNDU onene yAapangi mboka ye li mOpenzela, mehuliloshiwike lya zi ko oya kala ya gongala pEgongalo lya Elcin pEndola, mOntanda yawo ndjoka haye ningi aluhe konima yomvula yimwe.Omunashipundi
readObazaar yOsikola pu Mupewa pOshikuku
31-07-2007
O MUKULUNTU gwOsikola ya Mupewa pOshikuku m Oshitopolwa sha Musati tate Wilhelm Angala okwa tseyitha kutya okuza meti 3 sigo 5 Aguste 2007 pOsikola yawo otapu ka kala Osumina, ano Obazaar yi na sha
read'Swapo na lele Namibia sigo aluhe'; tatekulu Nujoma ta ti
31-07-2007
A ANAMIBIA ayehe naya hogolole Opaati yoSwapo opo yi kale hayi sindana aluhe omahogololo, molwashoka oyo owala ongundu yopapolitika tayi vulu okunawapeka onkalo yAanamibia ayehe, Omupresidende gwayo
readOmpangu ya ICC tayi tala oshipotha shoka sha ningilwa tatekulu Nujoma
31-07-2007
O MPANGU yOpaigwana yedhina International Criminal Court (ICC) otayi ka tala eindilo ndyoka ya pewa okupangula Omupresidende Omukuntu gwa Namibia tatekulu Sam Nujoma nosho wo yakwawo yalwe yatatu -
readWenger denies Arsenal takeover bid
31-07-2007
LONDON - Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has denied that his meeting with David Dein last week meant that the former director could be returning to the Premier League club.Wenger was spotted dining with
readBotswana upset Angola in penalties
31-07-2007
GABORONE - Hosts Botswana upset Angola to win Sunday's Cosafa Castle Cup Group C final with a 3-1 victory on penalties following a goalless draw after 90 minutes.Goalkeeper Modiri Marumo was the hero
readLiverpool could spend more:Parry
31-07-2007
LONDON- Liverpool will not be standing still in the transfer market even though they have already made the high-profile signings of Dutch winger Ryan Babel, Israel midfielder Yossi Benayoun and Spain
readSpain's Alberto Contador captures Tour de France
31-07-2007
PARIS - Alberto Contador won the doping-scarred Tour de France on Sunday, a new, young and unlikely winner for the three-week race shaken to its core by scandals.The 24-year-old rider for the American
readNFA in stand-off over league kick-off
31-07-2007
LAGOS - A controversy between the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) and the Nigeria Football League (NFL) has erupted over when the Nigerian league should begin.The NFL has slated August 18 as the
readCycling looks back to drug-tainted Tour
31-07-2007
PARIS - The 2007 Tour de France ended on Sunday after three weeks of unwelcome controversy and drama which has led to calls for far-reaching reforms ahead of 2008.One of the most tainted editions of
readIngmar Bergman, legendary film director
31-07-2007
STOCKHOLM - Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman, widely regarded as one of the great masters of modern cinema, died yesterday.He was 89. Reaction from London, Paris and Copenhagen - where a Bergman
readChinese astronaut food to hit supermarket shelves
31-07-2007
BEIJING - Coming soon to China: A taste of the taikonaut life.Dishes like roast pork and stewed duck specially concocted for taikonauts - the Chinese term for astronauts - will be sold in supermarkets
readNo word on hostages as Taliban deadline passes
31-07-2007
KABUL - A Taliban 'final deadline' for resolving a crisis over 22 South Korean hostages the group is threatening to kill passed yesterday, but there was no word on their fate from either the rebels or
readIvorian leader makes landmark visit
31-07-2007
BOUAKE - Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo yesterday visited the former rebel-held north for the first time since a 2002 uprising against his rule divided the country.Gbagbo made the landmark trip
readPolice faked 'MDC bombers' evidence, 13 freed
31-07-2007
A ZIMBABWEAN judge ruled police faked evidence against opposition activists accused of mounting a petrol-bombing campaign and freed them after five months in jail, the activists' lawyer said on
readJapanese women, Icelandic men world's longest-lived
31-07-2007
Japanese girls born last year can expect to live to an average age of 85,8 years, making them the longest-lived in the world, according to figures released by the government on Thursday.Their male
readClinton and Obama get nasty
31-07-2007
WASHINGTON - A fierce and increasingly personal row is raging between rival White House hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, opening a testy new phase in the battle for the 2008 Democratic
readJapan PM to stay after poll defeat
31-07-2007
TOKYO - Hawkish Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to stay in his post despite a crushing defeat for his ruling camp in an upper house election, but policy gridlock loomed and Abe's grip on his
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