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 SMS Of The Day * MINISTRY of Gender and Child Welfare, TEARS are rolling down as I write this SMS. The killing of women in Namibia is now like reciting a poem. Are we really getting the protection we deserve while women not being treated as part of this c
 Food For Thought * SO the Zimbabwe elections were free and peaceful and not free and fair?
 Bouquets And Brickbats * NURSES at Katutura Hospital must stop wearing those big plastic sandals at work because they are not the official working shoes. We want to see you looking smart and beautiful with your full uniform.
 SMS Of The Day * THIS nation is in dire need of a massive conference on housing. When we experienced a crisis in the education sector a crisis-control brain-storming conference was organised which resulted in the best deal ever for the Namibian child, nam
 Food For Thought * BOURGEOISIE has become a daily occupation if not the order of the day of the upper-echelons, President Hifikepunye Pohamba we urge you to revisit this unpatriotic geocentricism among your staff and the well-connected, for everybody to r
 Bouquets And Brickbats * COMMISSIONER of Prisons, can you please explain the strategies you use to appoint officers to certain positions? It is my observation that you are being fed with wrong information then you just promote individuals without making p
 SMS Of The Day * I THINK Paulus ‘The Rock’ Ambunda lost his belt because of this promoter and trainer. How can a world champion still be training at the Katutura Youth Complex where there is not enough equipment. I think they must follow the example of Ha
 Food For Thought * NAMIBIA Dairies are unable to match low prices of imported milk and this ultimately means the consumer will have to pay more for local milk. Look at the prices of the local chicken. All these profits are going in the pockets of a few in
 Bouquets And Brickbats * I AM pleased to hear that Cabinet has responded positively to the proposal of Namibia Dairies to support the industry. The restrictions which support the industry by reducing competition to ensure the survival of the industry is a
 SMS Of The Day * CEO’s golden handshakes. Somewhere on our statute books there must be a provision that if a board of directors suspends/dismisses a CEO without due regard to legal provision (substantive/procedural law) such board must carry the costs for
 Food For Thought * JACKY Asheeke was so right with her last column- why are the fathers of the dead children not being prosecuted? (Reference to the children who died in shack fires last week) Our justice system still protects men over women. In this cont
 Bouquets And Brickbats * ALEXACTUS Kaure, your column in Friday’s newspaper opened my eyes. One hardly finds impartial case study analysers in Namibia. Let’s not destroy the Polytechnic’s strong foundation (Tjivikua) as yet. At least wait until the transf
POLL
What do you think of the renaming and addition of regions and constituencies?

1. Long overdue

2. A waste of money

3. We have bigger issues

4. I don't care


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ARTS | 2013-08-09
They’ve Got Jokes... And Jewellery
If you and your best friend are both stand-up comediennes in the bawdy business of shocking all and sundry with politically incorrect puns and the reality of your lack of underwear, it goes without saying that the most logical thing to do with your spare time is to make jewellery just as quirky and custom crazed as you are. Read more...
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ARTS
  | 2013-08-10
Finest Fashion at the African Renaissance Show
A relatively small crowd braved the cold to attend the African Fashion Renaissance fashion show which was held at the Protea Hotel Thuringerhof last Friday. Five young designers made the line-up for the fashion show, which also doubled as a competition on whose line featured the most creative and unique designs. Read more...
  | 2013-08-09
That Awkward Moment When You’re Not NawaZone
Photo Whoritis is a disorder that affects women, who have not taken a selfie, posted to Instagram or received significant press attention for up to 30 minutes.

Though the symptoms of this disorder vary, women suffering from this disease often find themselves feeling dazed and confused at launches, exhibitions and parties while journalists go about their business of taking photos of story subjects. Read more...
  | 2013-08-10
Inside La Mode
Fashion reigns in this country and yet our fashion industry is dead. I fail to understand how we have killed such a lucrative industry in our society. As a people, Namibians are very stylish and therefore we have a craving for fashion, beauty, and all that comes with it. However, as much as our industry has grown, a real foundation for this industry is yet to be laid. Read more...
  | 2013-08-02
Cowley Celebrates Women and the Wild at the NBIC
Kay Cowley is a sand sorceress. She gathers her ingredients from as near as the Namib and as far as the Kalahari to fashion fertility shrines and celebratory mandalas from all that Mother Nature sees fit to send gliding to the ground from bushes, trees and animals inevitably ageing. Read more...
  | 2013-07-26
Namibian Graphic Art History 101
Who can deny the infinite possibility of paper? For some it is the home of scribbled diagrams and plans, for others it is a site on which to build worlds with words and for a sure handed few, it is a thing that captures reality as it is seen, bent or entirely imagined. Read more...
  | 2013-07-26
Forget Milan! Nigerian boutiques creating Lagos Fashion Hub
Shoppers ready to spend lavishly on clothes by elite designers sipped champagne in a discreetly located store that only those in-the-know know exists. Read more...
  | 2013-07-26
Under Construction
I’m walking past the rubble that is Klein Windhoek Police Station and because the 11th commandment is secretly ‘Construction workers shall whistle at anything with even the vaguest hint of a vagina’, I do my best to take my licks while simultaneously mulling over the existence of the special school that teaches these blue clad and dusty fellows to act like utter Neanderthals. Read more...