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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


Results so far:
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OPINIONS - EDITORIALS | 2013-08-09
A Flippant President?
IF PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba cares about being respected well beyond his head of state title and into the hereafter, he must do more than simply summon “the powers vested in me by the Namibian Constitution”. Read more...
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OPINIONS
 COLUMNS | 2013-08-09
Writing the book on credible elections
ZANU-PF, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and the voters of that country wiped their collective arse with the last bit of credibility they had left. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission announced a landslide victory for ZANU-PF last weekend. Read more...
 NOTABLE QUOTES | 2013-08-09
Notable Quotes
I am willing to stand by them provided that the workers stand up and rise to the occasion. They need to take ownership of the labour movement. They need to change the status quo. – Plans by fired NUNW secretary-general Evilastus Kaaronda to form a new umbrella body are at an advanced stage with people close to him confirming that he had been consulting widely. Read more...
 COLUMNS | 2013-08-07
Chasing the dots ... The Devil in Divide and Rule?
It is an inescapable “fact” that worldwide there seems to be an increasing distrust and dislike of governments and their players especially as economic weakness exposes both their inability to solve problems but perhaps worse, how they and their self interest are actually a large part of the problem! The streets are overflowing with dissatisfaction and even worse rebellious intention, all unfortunately without a clue as to alternatives. Read more...
 COLUMNS | 2013-08-09
Sport Perspective: Promote yourselves
EVERY season, our football administrators harp on about the need to improve the image of the local game. They castigate the media for pointing out flaws in their modus operandi and ‘not doing enough to promote local football’, yet they do little else to endear their product to the Namibian public. Read more...
 COLUMNS | 2013-08-09
Angels’ death cannot be blamed on mothers alone
Jacqueline W Asheeke

RECENTLY, there were two tragic shack fires in which several very young children died. The immediate response has been to arrest and lay charges against the two young mothers who were off somewhere drinking in a shebeen while their babies were dying in the flames. Read more...
 COLUMNS | 2013-08-09
Juvenile Justice in Namibia: A Promise Deferred
THE protection of children–including the State’s responsibility to ensure that young children do not enter deeper into the criminal justice system – is a sacred duty. Read more...
 COLUMNS | 2013-08-09
Political Perspective
IF WE really want to give national meaning to the concept of Heroes Day, then we must not exclusively associate it with the war of liberation and the sacrifice of Plan combatants any longer. Read more...
 COLUMNS | 2013-08-09
In defence of institutional autonomy at The Polytechnic of Namibia
Alexactus T Kaure

MOST public institutions or parastatals have been at the receiving end of their respective line ministries. The Polytechnic of Namibia has particularly been struggling hard in its search for institutional autonomy, befitting an institution of higher learning, as opposed to ministerial control. The Poly has not been spared by its Council in recent months either. The battle started when its Rector, Tjama Tjivikua, asked government for a status change of the Poly to a u Read more...
 NOTABLE QUOTES | 2013-08-08
Notable Quotes
I thank my neighbour for what he did. I advise people to get to know their neighbours for a time such as this. – Morton van Kradenburg, a Cimbebasia resident whose house was broken into on Tuesday morning while he was at work. Windhoek City Police shot the suspect in the knee after he struck a policeman with an iron bar. Read more...