Notable Quotes

That we should still be talking about that ban … is a sheer waste of time. The whole thing tarnishes everybody’s integrity. – Theo-Ben Gurirab, Speaker of Parliament, said he wanted to renew a call he had made earlier in writing for Government and his party, Swapo, to act to bring the ban to an end. He was speaking at the 25th anniversary function of the newspaper on Saturday.

 

Namfisa found that the minutes to verify loans and their approval either did not exist or were not signed. – A report tabled by the Central Executive Committee(CEC) of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) at last weekend’s congress claimed that the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) pumped millions into projects against professional investment advice, and at times against the Companies Act, and without receiving formal applications for security.

As a member for the Southern African Development Community (SADC), which is now chaired by Namibia for the next 12 months, Namibian authorities have to move away from a Stone Age mentality.  – Jeremiah Nambinga, information secretary of the Rally for Democracy (RDP) says. The RDP demands that voting for the upcoming local and regional elections be done in one day instead of two, while ballot boxes should be audited. 

 

From The History Books

Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind. – Elizabeth I (born September 7 1533) was Queen regnant of England and Ireland from November 17 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. The daughter of Henry VIII, she was born a princess, but her mother, Anne Boleyn, was executed two and a half years after her birth, and Elizabeth was declared illegitimate.

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