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39 Articles found on Thursday, 27 March 2008
Ministry of Education responds
27-03-2008
* THE Ministry of Education has taken time out to respond to a number of the complaints about the Education Sector, which have been SMSed to The Namibian:* WE are waiting for the Education Minister to
readSMSes of the Day : Thursday
27-03-2008
* THE Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, you have to know that our people referred to Windhoek hospitals are not attended to. They are not even briefed about the procedures they are about
readProminent locals strike BEE deal
27-03-2008
TELECOM Namibia yesterday announced that TDS Directory Operations (Namibia), having secured the responsibility to manage the Namibian telephone directory in partnership with Telecom Namibia, has
readNew tax office at Keetmanshoop
27-03-2008
THE new Regional Revenue Office at Keetmanshoop will from April 1 also handle payments of income tax, Value Added Tax, PAYE and Land Tax, the Directorate of Inland Revenue has announced.Ministry of
readNew tax office at Keetmanshoop
27-03-2008
THE new Regional Revenue Office at Keetmanshoop will from April 1 also handle payments of income tax, Value Added Tax, PAYE and Land Tax, the Directorate of Inland Revenue has announced.Ministry of
readWorld food prices continue climbing
27-03-2008
MEXICO CITY - If you're seeing your grocery bill go up, you're not alone.From subsistence farmers eating rice in Ecuador to gourmets feasting on escargot in France, consumers worldwide face rising
readConsumers warned to tighten their belts
27-03-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's central bank Governor Tito Mboweni warned consumers yesterday to tighten their belts further as higher food and fuel prices fan out into wider inflation.South Africa's
readCholera cases up to 455
27-03-2008
THE number of cholera cases reported in the Engela Health District has risen to 455, while the number of deaths remains at two, the Director of Health in the Oshana Region, Dr Naftali Hamata,
readPoliticians adding fuel to fire: Viljoen
27-03-2008
ETHNICITY, tribalism and racism have the potential to destroy good relations among Namibians, especially when political differences were not handled with care and wisdom, a member of the opposition
readFive jailed over highway heist
27-03-2008
PRISON terms ranging from five to 17 years were yesterday handed to the five people who were last week convicted of having been involved in the third largest cash-in-transit heist case to have gone on
readVictims of Arandis accident identified
27-03-2008
THE three people killed in a car accident between Arandis and Usakos on Friday have been named by the Police.They were Pierre Jansen van Rensburg (40) and his 12-year-old son, Claude Jansen van
readSwapo co-ordinator Nepembe dies
27-03-2008
THE Swapo Party Women's Council regional co-ordinator in Oshana, Julia Nepembe (67), was found dead in her bedroom at Ongwediva yesterday morning.The Oshana Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner
readPandeni given a hero's farewell
27-03-2008
THE late Minister of Local and Regional Government, John Alfons Pandeni, whose body was taken to the North for memorial services at his home village of Omundjalala and at the Anamulenge Roman Catholic
readRamatex was not honest: Minister
27-03-2008
"THEY were not very honest. When Ramatex closed down, they told Government less than 24 hours before the day before they locked out the workers - how can you deal with someone dishonest to such an
readCollege staff to strike
27-03-2008
EMPLOYEES of the Windhoek College of Education (WCE) and other colleges of education across the country have threatened to strike on Friday unless Government agrees to their salary demands.During a
read2003 UDF list dispute heads back to court
27-03-2008
A DECISION by some top officials in the United Democratic Front to leapfrog a candidate on its party list for the National Assembly has landed them in court.In February 2003, the party's Executive
read77 more Zim farmers appeal to tribunal
27-03-2008
AN appeal by a Zimbabwean farmer to a regional tribunal to prevent President Robert Mugabe's government from seizing his farm was postponed on Tuesday to allow for the hearing of 77 new applications
readLonger wait on the cards for SSC fraud suspects
27-03-2008
THE Office of the Prosecutor General was yesterday given one more chance to reach a decision on the further prosecution of 64 people charged with defrauding the Social Security Commission of N$432 000
readKoomvula 13 ka sa momuthima
27-03-2008
O KAKADHONA koomvula 13 oka si momuthima gwomeya moshitopolwa sha Musati mOlyomakaya ga zi ko.Opolisi oya lopota ngeyi kutya nakusa oye Maria Petrus. Otaku hokololwa ngeyi kutya oshiningwanima shika
readNiko Bessinger a hulitha
27-03-2008
G UMWE gwomaakondjelimanguluko mboka ya dhana onkandangala mokweeta emanguluko lya Namibia, ngoka wo a li a ningwa Ominista yotango yOmatalelopo mu Namibia lya manguluka, Niko Bessinger a
readYaali ya dhipagwa iipundjamenye mOvenduka
27-03-2008
A AKWIITA yatatu yEtanga lyEgameno lya Namibia (NDF) oya taalela oshipotha shedhipago nosho wo onkambadhala yedhipago konima aniwa sho ya yaha omugundjuka gumwe nokulemaneka omukwawo sha landula
readKansela Julia Nepembe a hulitha mOngwediva
27-03-2008
O MUKALIMO gwomOngwediva na Akweenyanga a tseyika nawa Julia Nepembe okwa penduka a hulithila megumbo lyawo mOngwediva ongula yohela meti 26 Maalitsa 2008.Nando ina ku tseyika naanaa kutya meme
readAantu 65 000 oya dhengwa kefundja mOnooli
27-03-2008
K ONYALA aantu ye li 65 000 lwaampoka oya dhengwa kefundja muumbangalantu wa Namibia, nepangelo olya pumbwa nee oomiliyuna 61,2 opo li vule okugandja iikulya kaantu mboka muule woomwedhi ndatu tadhi
readRamatex a zimina okufuta aaniilonga
27-03-2008
R AMATEX okwa zimine okufuta aaniilonga ye mboka a kutha miilonga ondjambi yoomwedhi mbali, oshimaliwa shepango nosho wo omasiku gefudho ngoka ya li ye na ko.Pahokololo lyoonzo dhi shi okwiinekelwa,
readU17 experience worth more than medals
27-03-2008
Namibia's second string U17 national soccer side may not have won any medals or any match during the recent Four Nations Tournament at the coast, but the team's officials think the experience they
readGlorious milestone for David Beckham
27-03-2008
PARIS - David Beckham, already the world's most famous footballer, was expected to reach another career highlight last night by becoming only the fifth player to win 100 caps for England.Beckham, who
readSouth Africa flay India's bowlers in first Test
27-03-2008
CHENNAI, India - South Africa revelled in good batting conditions to pile up 304-4 on the opening day of the first cricket Test against India yesterday.Neil McKenzie (94), skipper Graeme Smith (73)
readIndongo outpunches South Africa's Mbira
27-03-2008
Namibia's Julius Indongo gave a brilliant performance to beat South Africa's Owethu Mbira in a lightweight fight at the AIBA African Olympic Games qualifying tournament on Tuesday.Indongo came out
readJohannes qualifies for Beijing Olympics
27-03-2008
Helaria Johannes gave an outstanding performance to come seventh at the Seoul Marathon on March 15 and qualify for the Olympic Games in Beijing.In the process she once again broke the Namibian record
readBomb in Afghan market kills 8
27-03-2008
KABUL - A car bomb exploded in a market in the southern Afghan province of Helmand yesterday killing at least eight people and wounding 17, police said."The explosives were inside a car parked in a
readClinton related to Jolie, Obama related to Pitt
27-03-2008
BOSTON - This could make for one odd family reunion: Barack Obama is a distant cousin of actor Brad Pitt, and Hillary Rodham Clinton is related to Pitt's girlfriend, Angelina Jolie.Researchers at the
readClinton in push for green building
27-03-2008
NEW ORLEANS - Former President Bill Clinton says energy efficient, green building can be a key part of New Orleans' comeback from Hurricane Katrina.Clinton, at the town recently for a gathering of
readUN climate chief calls for carbon tariffs
27-03-2008
BRUSSELS - The head of the UN intergovernment climate change body yesterday voiced strong concern at the accelerated melting of the polar ice caps, calling for international tariffs on carbon
readPilot sends 'help' SMS from Zim
27-03-2008
JOHANNESBURG - A South African pilot was still being held at Harare's central police station late on Tuesday after being arrested by the Zimbabwean intelligence service at the airport on Tuesday
readBig chunk of Antarctic ice shelf falling apart
27-03-2008
WASHINGTON - Antarctica's massive Wilkins Ice Shelf has begun disintegrating under the effects of global warming, satellite images by the University of Colorado's National Snow and Ice Data Center
readBug discount
27-03-2008
Dubai - A group celebrating a birthday at a Dubai diner were cheered by a 25 per cent discount but not necessarily the reason: "Bug on food".The restaurant cut the bill for seven customers at a
readCalm returns to capital of freed Comoros island
27-03-2008
ANJOUAN - Comoros government troops, now in control of the capital of Anjouan island, freed all the prisoners from the main jail in its capital yesterday to the cheers of local residents.African Union
readForeign journalists allowed in Tibet
27-03-2008
China yesterday announced the surrender of hundreds of people over anti-government riots among Tibetans and allowed the first group of foreign journalists to visit the regional capital since the
readIraqi PM gives Basra gunmen ultimatum
27-03-2008
BAGHDAD - Iraq's prime minister yesterday gave gunmen in the southern oil port of Basra a three-day deadline to surrender their weapons and renounce violence as clashes between Shiite militia fighters
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