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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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ARTS - | 2013-08-09
That Awkward Moment When You’re Not NawaZone by Martha Mukaiwa
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.

NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-08-09
Bring the Bible back to schools – Mutjavikua by Adam Hartman
ERONGO Governor, Cleophas Mutjavikua, says Namibia should bring back Bible studies to schools in order to win the war on the rampant abuse of women and children.

OPINIONS - NOTABLE QUOTES | 2013-08-09
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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.

NEWS - AFRICA | 2013-08-09
Tsvangirai files court challenge against Mugabe poll win by
HARARE - Lawyers for Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's party filed a court appeal Friday against the outcome of the crunch election which gave veteran President Robert Mugabe another five-year term.

OPINIONS - COLUMNS | 2013-08-09
Writing the book on credible elections by
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.

NEWSMAKERS - | 2013-08-09
Africa’s Urban Challenge by
My mother, like her mother, her grandmother, and so on, was born into poverty in the rural village of Rarieda, Kenya. I, too, was born in the village, and lived there until it was struck by a brutal famine when I was two years old.

FEATURES - | 2013-08-09
Jeff Bezos, tech pioneer to turn media baron by
Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com Inc and soon to be the new owner of the Washington Post, is one of the few chief executives in corporate America who refuse to bow to Wall Street’s quarterly profit demands. Since starting Amazon in 1994, he has frequently upset investors by spend- ing heavily on long-term investments, even if it means missing analysts’ financial targets and sending the e-commerce giant’s stock price plunging.

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N DIALOGUE ... Russian president Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Barack Obama in discussion during a previous meeting. in the latest disappointment russia’s embrace of a fugitive who leaked uS secrets pushed president Barack obama to cancel a one-on-one summit with russian president vladimir putin next month. – Nampa-AP

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CHALLENGER ... Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of Zimbabwe's Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) arrives at his party's offices in Harare on Thursday. Zimbabwe's election commission has acknowledged some mistakes in disputed elections last week, but says they were not enough to sway what it said was a landslide victory for President Robert Mugabe. Photo: AP

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NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-08-08
Pohamba summons MPs to amend Act by Shinovene Immanuel
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has summoned Members of the National Assembly and their counterparts in the National Council for a special session that will enable Parliament to amend the Electoral Act.

BUSINESS - ECONOMY | 2013-08-08
Zim wants black stock exchange by
HARARE – As Zimbabwe’s liquidity declines and its stock market slumps, President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party says it will soon launch a racially exclusive stock exchange in which only black people will be able to trade shares in foreign-owned companies it plans to seize.

NEWS - AFRICA | 2013-08-08
Egypt army chief politically astute by
CAIRO - For a man who says he doesn’t want to be president, Egypt’s army chief is proving to be a skilful politician so far.

NEWS - AFRICA | 2013-08-08
Free prisoners to resolve crisis, Egypt told by
DOHA - Egypt must release jailed Muslim Brotherhood leaders to help resolve a political crisis following the overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, Qatar’s foreign minister said yesterday.

NEWS - AFRICA | 2013-08-08
Zuma mulling new arms probe appointment by
JOHANNESBURG - The inquiry into the arms deal will continue as a two-person commission while President Jacob Zuma considers whether to appoint a third member, the presidency said on Tuesday evening.