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56 Articles found on Tuesday, 7 April 2009
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07-04-2009
* CAN someone please explain to me how income tax / PAYE works. Can the Minister of Finance get a presenter on radio or TV to explain these things to the public? – Opgesukkel Food For Thought
readNgele itatu pewa iimaliwa yetu ayihe nena komahogololo itatu yi ko: Oonakulwa aakulu
07-04-2009
NGELE itatu pewa iimaliwa yetu ayihe yOondola/N$30,000 momuntu pethimbo limwe tayi indjipalekwa noomvula omuntu a kala muupongekwa nena osha yela kutya komahogololo gUupresidende nogOshigongi
readGwa Ambambi a pititha okaCD komaimbilo gOpaasa
07-04-2009
OMWIIMBITHI nomutoti gwomaimbilo gopambepo, Peter Ambambi – a tseyika nawa nedhina Omuwambo gwa Ambambi, okwa lombwele Oshifo shika kutya okwa pititha okaCD okape komaimbilo gOpaasa. OkaCD haka okwe
readSheya a ekelahi omapopyo gaanyasha yo Swapo
07-04-2009
OMUKULUNTUSIKOLA gwOseko yopombanda ya Haimbili Haufiku, Dineinge Sheya, okwa ekelahi gaanyasha yo Swapo moshitopolwa shas Hangwena, kutya okwa li a fala aanasikola yomOseko ye komaashinga yo RDP ya
readAanyasha yoSwapo oya hala Sheya a ye
07-04-2009
AANYASHA yoSwapo mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena mEtitano lya zi ko oya ningi ehololomadhilaadhilo moka taya pula Omukuluntusikola gwOseko yOpombanda ya Haimbili Haufiku Dineinge Sheya a kuthwe mo miilonga
readFootball Results
07-04-2009
Khomas Second Division Played Sunday, April 5 Spoilers 2-2 Arcadia; Red Fighters 4-0 Trans Namib Colts; Ongete United 2-0 Young Ones (pts); Windhoek Utd 2-1 Golden Rivers Played Saturday,
readDHPS win on first attempt
07-04-2009
DEUTSCHE Höhere Privatschule (DHPS) were the surprise winners of the recent First National Bank schools’ table tennis tournament at their first participation in the five-year-old tournament.The German
readACT Brumbies rocked by teammate’s death
07-04-2009
SYDNEY – ACT Brumbies forward Shawn Mackay died in a Durban hospital early yesterday just over a week after he was hit by a car, team officials said, plunging the Australian rugby club into
read‘A case of justice denied’
07-04-2009
ANC president Jacob Zuma has been denied the chance to prove his innocence or guilt after charges against him were dropped, the SA Catholic Bishops’ Conference said yesterday.“The NPA decision not to
readDonations flood in for flood victims
07-04-2009
THE Dare to Care Disaster Fund, which is made up of Meatco, Agra, Meat Board, Agronomic Board, Feedmaster and Namib Mills, donated 10 tents valued at N$50 000 to the Namibia Red Cross Society last
readN$1billion roads contract to SA company
07-04-2009
SOUTH African road construction and rehabilitation company Raubex has been awarded two contracts, worth a combined N$1 billion, by the Namibian Roads Authority for the rebuilding and tarring of two
readEU’s market opening would help recovery: WTO
07-04-2009
GENEVA – The strength of the European Union’s economic recovery will be influenced by the extent to which it liberalises agricultural and services markets, the World Trade Organisation said
readIndia’s gold imports at zero
07-04-2009
MUMBAI – India, long famed as the world’s largest gold buyer, has stopped importing the precious metal as people sell their scrap jewellery and coins to exploit high world bullion prices, dealers said
readConsumer credit still tight, new data show
07-04-2009
TIGHT monetary policy continues to slow growth in credit to the private sector - businesses and households in South Africa.Data released by the Reserve Bank last week showed growth fell to 11,1 per
readDevelopment Bank pumps N$190m into new projects
07-04-2009
THE Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) approved projects to the value of N$190,59 million between November 2008 and March 2009.It says these projects could lead to the creation of 367 permanent jobs.
readZimbabwe’s shops stock up as Harare drops restrictions
07-04-2009
THERE are hopeful signs of recovery in Harare, with shops able to restock now that trading in foreign currency is legal and price controls to rein in inflation have been abandoned.But a spokesperson
readExtract gets market thumbs-up
07-04-2009
EXTRACT Resources, the Australian-based exploration company owning the world class uranium deposit at Rössing South, has been a “stand-out sharemarket performer”, independent experts Resource Capital
readWorld body orders ban on Zim diamonds
07-04-2009
HARARE – The global diamond certification body on Friday ordered a ban on trade in diamonds from eastern Zimbabwe over concerns about human rights violations. President of the World Federation of
readUS$5 trillion war chest for economic crisis
07-04-2009
LONDON - World leaders pledged a huge raft of new spending Thursday and a crackdown on tax havens and excess corporate pay to step up the battle against the economic crisis.The Group of 20 summit said
readBundchen, Brady wed a second time
07-04-2009
SANTA TERESA, Costa Rica – The second time’s a charm for top supermodel Gisele Bundchen, who late Saturday celebrated anew her recent marriage to American football star Tom Brady at a posh Costa Rican
readUnderwood, Swift, Hough: Women rule the ACMs
07-04-2009
LAS VEGAS – The women of country have taken the wheel.Carrie Underwood captured entertainer of the year on Sunday night at the Academy of Country Music Awards, winning the top honour that has eluded
readHabre must not leave Senegal
07-04-2009
THE HAGUE – Belgium told the World Court yesterday that exiled former Chadian President Hissene Habre should not leave Senegal while Belgium is seeking to force the African country to either try to
read‘US not at war with Islam’
07-04-2009
ANKARA – Barack Obama, making his first visit to a Muslim nation as president, declared yesterday the United States “is not and will never be at war with Islam.”Urging a greater partnership with the
readUK boys held over brutal torture
07-04-2009
LONDON – British police said yesterday they were questioning two schoolboys aged 10 and 11 after a bloodthirsty attack on contemporaries that reportedly involved bricks, knives and cigarette burns.
readSomali pirates hijack three ships off gulf of Aden
07-04-2009
NAIROBI – Somali pirates hijacked three vessels in less than two days, diplomats and officials said yesterday, with the pattern of attacks suggesting the pirates are trying to evade warships
readZuma off hook on graft charges NPA does a ‘soap-in-the-shower’
07-04-2009
PRETORIA - South African prosecutors dropped corruption charges against ruling party leader Jacob Zuma yesterday ending a long legal battle that had raised doubts over his ability to govern the
readA day with Frank Fredericks!
07-04-2009
WE gathered in Victoria, Canada, for the Commonwealth Games. Frank Fredericks, Namibia’s all-time greatest athlete, arrived from the United States where he resided as student, in the company of his
readOvambanderu on road to unity
07-04-2009
THE deeply divided Ovambanderu community has decided to bury the hatchet in a drawn-out succession dispute that followed the death of Chief Munjuku II Nguvauva in January 2007.A special meeting was
readAppeal on Teek acquittal heard in Supreme Court
07-04-2009
THE future of former Supreme Court Judge Pio Teek, and the fate of the case in which he was charged with abducting and sexually molesting two girls in Windhoek over four years ago, are now in the
readCar-wash staff charged with theft
07-04-2009
THE entire staff of a Swakopmund car wash was arrested last week in connection with the theft of N$57 000 in cash from a tourist bus.According to Erongo’s Police Commander, Commissioner Festus
readFirst 3 armed robbery suspects denied bail
07-04-2009
NANDE Valombola, the youngest surviving member of the gang charged with last week’s foiled robbery at Windhoek’s Pool Bar gambling house, yesterday limped into the dock for his first appearance in the
readZuma off hook on graft charges NPA does a ‘soap-in-the-shower’
07-04-2009
PRETORIA - South African prosecutors dropped corruption charges against ruling party leader Jacob Zuma yesterday ending a long legal battle that had raised doubts over his ability to govern the
readRDP ‘will focus on issues’
07-04-2009
THE Rally for Democracy and Progress has told its critics to write the party off at their own peril.Launching the party’s election manifesto in Windhoek yesterday, RDP President Hidipo Hamutenya said
readVillagers in Caprivi at risk
07-04-2009
THE waters of the Zambezi River, which reached Katima Mulilo in the Caprivi Region over 10 days ago, are now pouring into the floodplains near Ngoma bridge and towards the Bukalo channel on their way
readFloods spark hunger claims
07-04-2009
FLOOD victims relocated to centres at Oshoopala, Oshakati and Omungwelume say they haven’t received food since February.Those at Oshoopala and the Ekuku tents at Oshakati, told The Namibian that they
readEuropean Parliament sides with Namibia on trade
07-04-2009
THE European Parliament has sided with Namibia and other countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) who have reservations about the controversial Economic Partnership Agreement
readNoteable Quotes
07-04-2009
IT’S just beyond belief. – Colleague of Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on hearing of the death of the Prime Minister’s todler grandson barely a month after losing his wife in a motor
readCountdown to Newspaper Cup
07-04-2009
THERE are only two days to go before the biggest regional football competition in Namibia hits the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek with what could possibly be the biggest bang in the nine years of its
readOver 70 die and 1 500 injured in Italian quake
07-04-2009
L’AQUILA - A powerful earthquake in mountainous central Italy knocked down whole blocks of buildings early yesterday as residents slept, killing more than 70 people in the country’s deadliest quake in
readInvestor defies Rio Tinto over Namibia
07-04-2009
WINDHOEK – A group of investors is engaged in a battle of wills with mining giant Rio Tinto Ltd, which the group feels is trying to take control of a prized uranium deposit in Namibia without paying a
readJacob Zuma, SA’s political Houdini
07-04-2009
CAPE TOWN – Jacob Zuma, who is almost certain to become South Africa’s next president, is a veteran of the anti-apartheid movement whose earthy style has earned him both loyal followers and fierce
read‘A case of justice denied’
07-04-2009
ANC president Jacob Zuma has been denied the chance to prove his innocence or guilt after charges against him were dropped, the SA Catholic Bishops’ Conference said yesterday. “The NPA decision
readBundchen, Brady wed a second time
07-04-2009
SANTA TERESA, Costa Rica – The second time’s a charm for top supermodel Gisele Bundchen, who late Saturday celebrated anew her recent marriage to American football star Tom Brady at a posh Costa Rican
readUnderwood, Swift, Hough: Women rule the ACMs
07-04-2009
LAS VEGAS – The women of country have taken the wheel. Carrie Underwood captured entertainer of the year on Sunday night at the Academy of Country Music Awards, winning the top honour that has eluded
readHabre must not leave Senegal
07-04-2009
THE HAGUE – Belgium told the World Court yesterday that exiled former Chadian President Hissene Habre should not leave Senegal while Belgium is seeking to force the African country to either try to
read‘US not at war with Islam’
07-04-2009
ANKARA – Barack Obama, making his first visit to a Muslim nation as president, declared yesterday the United States “is not and will never be at war with Islam.”Urging a greater partnership with the
readUK boys held over brutal torture
07-04-2009
LONDON – British police said yesterday they were questioning two schoolboys aged 10 and 11 after a bloodthirsty attack on contemporaries that reportedly involved bricks, knives and cigarette burns.
readSomali pirates hijack three ships off gulf of Aden
07-04-2009
NAIROBI – Somali pirates hijacked three vessels in less than two days, diplomats and officials said yesterday, with the pattern of attacks suggesting the pirates are trying to evade warships
readN$1billion roads contract to SA company
07-04-2009
SOUTH African road construction and rehabilitation company Raubex has been awarded two contracts, worth a combined N$1 billion, by the Namibian Roads Authority for the rebuilding and tarring of two
readEU’s market opening would help recovery: WTO
07-04-2009
GENEVA – The strength of the European Union’s economic recovery will be influenced by the extent to which it liberalises agricultural and services markets, the World Trade Organisation said
readIndia’s gold imports at zero
07-04-2009
MUMBAI – India, long famed as the world’s largest gold buyer, has stopped importing the precious metal as people sell their scrap jewellery and coins to exploit high world bullion prices, dealers said
readConsumer credit still tight, new data show
07-04-2009
TIGHT monetary policy continues to slow growth in credit to the private sector - businesses and households in South Africa.Data released by the Reserve Bank last week showed growth fell to 11,1 per
readDevelopment Bank pumps N$190m into new projects
07-04-2009
THE Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) approved projects to the value of N$190,59 million between November 2008 and March 2009. It says these projects could lead to the creation of 367 permanent
readZimbabwe’s shops stock up as Harare drops restrictions
07-04-2009
THERE are hopeful signs of recovery in Harare, with shops able to restock now that trading in foreign currency is legal and price controls to rein in inflation have been abandoned.But a spokesperson
readExtract gets market thumbs-up
07-04-2009
EXTRACT Resources, the Australian-based exploration company owning the world class uranium deposit at Rössing South, has been a “stand-out sharemarket performer”, independent experts Resource Capital
readWorld body orders ban on Zim diamonds
07-04-2009
HARARE – The global diamond certification body on Friday ordered a ban on trade in diamonds from eastern Zimbabwe over concerns about human rights violations.President of the World Federation of
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