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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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LETTERS | 2013-08-09
No Sympathy For Mercenaries
LATELY, there have been out-of-place demands by men who served in former South African military and para-military formations in Namibia against freedom fighters of Plan [People’s Liberation Army of Namibia]. Read more...
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LETTERS
  | 2013-08-02
Sidney And The 458 Ferrari Spider
MY DEAR, if Sidney Martin can afford that N$4.4 million Ferrari [The Namibian Friday 05 July 2013 page 5], probably an import at that, then I don’t even want to know what type of house he stays in! Read more...
  | 2013-08-09
National Security At Risk
ALLOW me a space in your poor man’s friend newspaper to inform and educate my fellow Namibians as well as our security agents of the beloved land. It’s a pity that whoever advises the head of the state on security issues lacks a comprehensive understanding of what security entails and the thin line between that and the promotion of personal interests. Read more...
  | 2013-08-09
Heed The Fire Alarm Signal
PAIN is a common occurrence in our daily lives. Read more...
  | 2013-08-09
No Time And Energy?
IN YOUR ‘Letter of the week’ of Friday 2 August 2013, the writer wrote about the investment of time and effort to lay the foundation of a new movement in the form of a political party for the poor in our country. You, dear editor, reacted very sceptically. You reminded us that the poor amongst us do not have the time and energy to organise themselves because of their daily fight to simply stay alive. Read more...
  | 2013-08-09
Underground water at Omundaungilo
THE MOST urgent and alarming threats for the water in our country are climate change and security. The situation will continue to get worse every year, if we are not willing to build a green Namibia and give priority to the environment and people’s health as well as nutrition and eco-living practices. Read more...
  | 2013-08-09
Listen To The Voice Of Reason
WELL, well, can people differ again with regard to the credibility of elections in Zimbabwe? Are some of us naïve? If the previous elections were completely rigged, why should something have changed? Read more...
  | 2013-08-09
No Safe Place For Women
NAMIBIA is renowned as an exemplary tourism destination in Africa. This is owing to critical aspects, such as infrastructure, cultural diversity and vastness, but most of all, its political stability and peace. Read more...
  | 2013-08-09
Telecom’s New ‘Trojan Horse’
COMMUNICATION is of the highest importance in any democracy; without communication democracy fails. Because Telecom is not a private business, this axiom should apply to it, too. Read more...
  | 2013-08-09
Act Against The Rich
FARMING is a major economic activity in Namibia. How can you evict people and reserve land for conservancies while people have no land to live on and farm? Read more...
  | 2013-08-09
No Production, No Money
AFTER the national conference on education, Cabinet directed NIED (National Institute for Educational Development) to review the curriculum to respond to the challenges and needs of the Namibian society. Read more...