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35 Articles found on Tuesday, 8 May 2007
Bad Service At Bank
08-05-2007
AS I am totally discouraged, I am contacting the media. I was a client of Standard Bank for years, when I changed my bank for personal reasons.Although I was living in Swakopmund, I made a special
readOur People In Uniform
08-05-2007
ALLOW me to sympathise with our fellow brave men and women in blue uniforms.First I would like to register my disappointment to our parliamentarians both from the ruling and opposition parties. Much
readKauluma Is A Hero
08-05-2007
LET me congratulate the brother of the late Bishop Peter Kauluma for raising a debate on the issue of who qualifies to be interred in the Heroes' Acre, especially at the critical moment that he is
readIs Namibia's telecommunications sector robust?
08-05-2007
IN Namibia's 17th year of statehood, many a commentator has taken a critical look at the achievements to date and the challenges that lie ahead for Namibia.This opinion piece will examine the
readCalls for pause in global trade talks
08-05-2007
PARIS - France has called for a pause in global trade talks as it believes a deal in the five-year-old Doha round of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is unlikely in the near future."We should face
readTax Talk
08-05-2007
Objection to own mistakes allowable In this series of articles, Cameron Kotze - the Tax Partner at Ernst and Young - discusses some topical tax issues for our readers.SECTION 71 of our Income Tax Act
readGoanikontes uranium mine on way to being '2nd Roessing'
08-05-2007
A PLANNED uranium mine near Goanikontes in the Namib-Naukluft Park is estimated to have at least 55 million tonnes of low-grade uranium, Australian exploration and development company Bannerman
readCoD N$2m in the red
08-05-2007
FORMER Congress of Democrats Secretary General Kalla Gertze says the party is in the red by N$2 million and has been "virtually on its knees" since its 2004 congress."It was hold on or drop it
readNHE labour case goes to court
08-05-2007
THE Katutura Magistrate's Court yesterday became the official battleground for the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) and eight former managers dismissed from the company last year.The ex-employees
readUnion claims that Weatherly is a 'fair weather' owner
08-05-2007
THE Mineworkers' Union of Namibia (MUN) claims that Weatherly International, the new owner of Ongopolo Mining and Processing Limited, is not trustworthy and does not deserve sympathy.Weatherly
readNew date for axe murder hearing
08-05-2007
WILBARD MBAVU (27), who allegedly murdered Walvis Bay resident Gerda van Heerden (44), made his second appearance in the Walvis Bay Magistrate's Court yesterday.The case was postponed until June 8 for
readDisunity? What's that, asks Ulenga
08-05-2007
A WALKOUT by nearly half of the 300 delegates at the extraordinary congress of the main opposition party on Sunday did not matter much and is not a sign of disunity, its leader says.Ben Ulenga
readSwapo, Nujoma taken to court
08-05-2007
A PARTY political battle involving former Okahandja Mayor Christophine Paulus, municipal CEO Regina Alughodhi and Swapo, which dates back to the ruling party's bitter presidential battle in 2004, has
readMeatco reinstates 23 workers
08-05-2007
TWENTY-THREE of the 149 workers at the Meat Corporation of Namibia's Windhoek plant who had been suspended following an alleged illegal strike in mid-April returned to work yesterday.The 23 admitted
readNamPower heading for disaster: expert
08-05-2007
AN electricity industry expert has painted a gloomy picture on the future of NamPower if political interference in the running of the power utility continues.Imker Hoogenhout, who retired from
readProgrammes for AIDS, TB could do better
08-05-2007
CHURCH and civil society organisations deliver important support services to communities and people affected by HIV-AIDS and tuberculosis but this could improve with better co-ordination.This
readPimp your ride!
08-05-2007
FROM next month, Namibian motorists can display personalised licence plates on their cars - but it comes at a price.The plates must conform to certain standards: they may not be obscene, offensive or
readGobabeb teaches Aussies how to harvest fog
08-05-2007
THE harvesting of fog may offer an alternative source of water to lighten the burden of drought in the rural areas of Australia's New South Wales state, according to Inga Henschell of the Gobabeb
readAnother South African tourist dies on Solitaire road
08-05-2007
ANOTHER South African man died on the road between Solitaire and Walvis Bay on Friday.He was the second SA tourist to die on this road in a matter of a week. The accident took place on Friday morning
readOhole ondulu ya vala eso pu Aroab
08-05-2007
D OMIKUS Klaaste (36) okwi idhipaga e ta dhipaga wo okamonamati ke koomvula ne Elvin Vries, konima sho a fike po okambashu komukiintu gwe sha zi mokwaauvathana.Omudhimba gwa Klaaste nogwokamonamati ke
readNakunyangula omukulukadhi okampunda ke a pewa oomvula 5 mondholongo mOmpangu yOpombanda
08-05-2007
O MPANGU ya Mengestrata mOshakati meti 24 Apilili nuumvo oya mona omugundjuka gwoomvula 20 Johannes Petrus ondjo moshipotha sheyako po lyokampunda komukulukadhi gumwe gwoomvula 57 ha landitha onyama
readEvundakano pOkongresa yoCoD
08-05-2007
A AKWASHIGONGI yamwe mboka ya li inaya nyanyukilwa iinima yontumba noyongandi pethimbo lyOkogresa yoCongress of Democrats (CoD), oya zimo mOsaala yOkongresa konima yomahogololo
readWoods hangs on for Wachovia victory
08-05-2007
CHARLOTTE - Tiger Woods stumbled on the back nine but still hung on to win the $6.4 million Wachovia Championship by two strokes on Sunday."This week I didn't really have my best stuff," Woods told
readECB appoints Flower as assistant
08-05-2007
LONDON - England have appointed former Zimbabwe captain Andy Flower as assistant coach, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.Flower, 39, was chosen by new England coach Peter
readErik second in Germany
08-05-2007
NAMIBIAN national cyclist Erik Hoffmann finished second as he rode for the Team 3C Group-Lamonta at the Baden-Wuerttemberg championships in Ellmendingen in Germany on Sunday.The 26-year-old watched as
readLock Williams sent home for drinking
08-05-2007
SYDNEY - New Zealand lock Ali Williams has been dumped from Auckland's Super 14 squad because off repeated bad behaviour, including drinking alcohol on the night before matches.The Auckland Blues
readCivics to part with Buschschule
08-05-2007
TRIPLE Namibia Premier League champions Civics Football Club face an uncertain financial future as their sponsorship deal with Buschschule Namibia comes to an end at the end of May.Buschschule
readBrave Gladiators to meet Banyana
08-05-2007
THE Brave Gladiators will lock horns against their southern neighbours Banyana Banyana in an international friendly match in Johannesburg on Sunday.The match will, according to the Namibia Football
readIn Brief
08-05-2007
Spiders 'live' in ear of boy ALBANY, Oregon - These guys were not exactly Snap, Crackle and Pop.What began as a faint popping in a 9-year-old boy's ear - 'like Rice Krispies' - ended up as an
readSarkozy triumphed by milking France's fears
08-05-2007
PARIS - Nicolas Sarkozy defeated Socialist Segolene Royal by bluntly telling the French some of the things they fear most: that they need to work longer hours and enjoy fewer job protections - but
readIran minimises brief Condoleezza encounter
08-05-2007
TEHRAN - Iran on Sunday minimised the extent of contacts with arch-enemy the United States at a conference in Egypt on Iraq's security, saying the only meeting between the two sides lasted just
readSearchers dig through wreckage in US town destroyed by tornado, 10 killed
08-05-2007
GREENSBURG - Rescue workers searched for anyone still buried in the heaps of splintered wreckage left after a massive tornado obliterated most of this Kansas town.At least 10 people were known dead
readNight of violence after Sarkozy win
08-05-2007
PARIS - Hundreds of cars were set alight and hundreds of people arrested by police in a night of violence following the election victory of rightwinger Nicolas Sarkozy, police said yesterday.But
readDrug mule vomits bag of heroin
08-05-2007
HANOI - A passenger on an Australian-bound plane vomited a nylon bag of white powder suspected to be heroin, causing the plane to return to Vietnam in the latest drug mule case between that country
readSurvivors 'very unlikely' on Kenyan plane: official
08-05-2007
MBANGA-PONGO - Aviation officials say a plane carrying 114 people nose-dived into a thick mangrove forest, disintegrating on impact and making it unlikely any passengers survived.Villagers wielding
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