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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

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NEWS - AFRICA | 2013-07-25
Pioneer South African chief justice dies by
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s former chief justice Pius Nkonzo Langa, who fought for the release of jailed anti-apartheid activists and also served on the bench in Namibia’s Supreme Court, died in a Johannesburg hospital yesterday at the age of 74, the presidency said.

ENTERTAINMENT - | 2013-07-25
From The Twittersphere by
EISH, Wednesday was the kind of day that made it easy, for some to think that Wenger was the name of ‘another prophet’ in Namibia. Believe it! Even if you don’t believe the Arsenal manager’s transfer twerking. And, of course, global post-natal depression has set in after the Royal ‘Mufaso-Simba’ moment… Still the ‘collective we’ on Twitter made it through the day!!

SPORT - FOOTBALL | 2013-07-25
Jordaan appointed advisor to Hayatou by
SOUTH African Football Association (Safa) vice-president and 2010 Fifa World Cup local organising committee chief executive Danny Jordaan has been appointed as advisor to Confederation of African Football (Caf) president Issa Hayatou.

2013-07-25

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NEWS - AFRICA | 2013-07-24
Mozambique looks less loveable after attacks by
BOBOLE - At Bobole a bustling refreshment stop on Mozambique’s north-south highway, brightly-painted kiosks lined with bottles offer drinks to thirsty travellers while hawkers sell bananas, paw-paws and carrots in a typical African roadside scene.

NEWS - AFRICA | 2013-07-24
Tsvangirai challenges Mugabe to TV debate by
CAPE TOWN - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has challenged his arch rival President Robert Mugabe to a live television debate to discuss their party policies ahead of elections scheduled for next week, a Daily News report says.

NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-07-24
Taxi strike turns nasty in Windhoek by Clemans Miyanicwe
THE strike by taxi drivers which was called by the Namibian Transport and Taxi Union (NTTU) was characterised by chaos yesterday as some drivers harassed and threatened passengers who had boarded taxis of the few drivers who did not to join the industrial action.

NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-07-24
Sugar daddies are a social evil - Pohamba by
DIVUNDU - President Hifikepunye Pohamba has advised young girls to refrain from dating ‘sugar daddies’, saying it is a social evil which undermines girls’ efforts to obtain an education.

NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-07-24
Sculptor walks into SA stonewall by Yochanaan Coetzee
AS Nelson Mandela lies in a hospital bed in South Africa, many who prospered as a result of his generosity, suffered when the senior statesman withdrew from public life.

BUSINESS - ECONOMY | 2013-07-24
EU to decide on curbing loans to coal plants by
LONDON/WASHINGTON – The EU’s main lending arm, the European Investment Bank, was yesterday expected to decide whether to stop financing coal-fired power stations to help the 28 nation bloc reduce pollution and meet its climate targets.

SPORT - FOOTBALL | 2013-07-24
Fifa overturns global ban on Cameroon by
FIFA has lifted its global ban on Cameroon after a normalisation committee began its work on Monday to run the country’s football federation.

BUSINESS - MINING | 2013-07-23
Bid to avert Sudan oil shutdown by
ADDIS ABABA-African goverments stepped up their efforts to prevent a shutdown of oil production in South Sudan yesterday, agreeing to send three generals to investigate Sudanese allegations that Juba is supporting anti-Khartoum rebels.

NEWS - AGRICULTURE | 2013-07-23
Worst drought in 30 years by
NAMIBIA is suffering its worst drought in a generation, with more than 100 000 children at risk of malnutrition, the United Nations said on Thursday.

NEWS - AFRICA | 2013-07-23
Sex scandals cloud Zimbabwe PM’s election campaign by
MUTARE - Zimbabwe’s sole television station, state-owned and tightly controlled by President Robert Mugabe, is targeting the private life of his arch rival Morgan Tsvangirai with ‘attack ads’ aimed at discrediting him before 31 July elections.

NEWS - AFRICA | 2013-07-23
Mali presidencial race hots up by
BAMAKO - Mali goes to the polls next week to pick a new president for the first time since a military coup last year toppled a regime once held up as a beacon of democracy in troubled west Africa.