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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 - INTERNATIONAL | 2013-07-31
Pope says gays must not be judged by
ROME - Pope Francis, in some of the most compassionate words from any pontiff on gays, said they should not be judged or marginalised and should be integrated into society, but he reaffirmed Church teaching that homosexual acts are a sin. In a broad-ranging 80-minute conversation with journalists on the plane bringing him back from a week-long visit to Brazil, Francis also said the Roman Catholic Church’s ban on women priests was definitive, although he would like them to have more leadership ro

NEWS - AFRICA | 2013-07-31
I’ll suffer heart failure if I lose - Mugabe by
CAPE TOWN - President Robert Mugabe says he would suffer heart failure if the people of Harare and Bulawayo did not vote for him in the make-or-break elections set to be held tomorrow, a News Day report said on Monday.

OPINIONS - NOTABLE QUOTES | 2013-07-31
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ALL direct and indirect role players must demonstrate utmost seriousness and work tirelessly to resolve this matter amicably with a view to return to normalcy as soon as possible. – RDP President Hidipo Hamutenya urging all concerned parties to hasten towards a resolution as the taxi strike is having serious adverse effects on citizens, businesses and the economy.

SPORT - | 2013-07-31
Namibia ready for Afghans by Helge Schutz
NAMIBIA’S national cricket team returns to action when they take on Afghanistan in an ICC Intercontinental Cup match starting tomorrow at the Wanderers Ground in Windhoek.

SPORT - BOXING | 2013-07-31
Rock buoyant in Cebu by Sheefeni Nikodemus
WORLD Boxing Organisation (WBO) bantamweight champion Paulus “The Rock” Ambunda was in high spirits as he came face to face with his challenger in the ‘Battle of the Undefeated’ Tomoki Kameda of Japan in Cebu City yesterday.

SPORT - BOXING | 2013-07-31
Simon gets date with Euro champ by Sheefeni Nikodemus
HARRY Simon will fight Serbian Geard Ajetovic for the vacant International Boxing Federation International light heavyweight on 28 September, his Public relations Officer Anita Tjombe confirmed yesterday.

SPORT - GENERAL | 2013-07-31
Windhoek Gymnasium cement league lead by
WINDHOEK – The Windhoek Gymnasium (WHK Gym) Netball Club retained their lead on the Bank Windhoek Schools’ Netball Super League after beating the Walvis Bay Private High School (WBPHS) in Walvis Bay over the weekend.

SPORT - RUGBY | 2013-07-31
Eight Bulls players leave for overseas clubs by
PRETORIA - Springbok flyhalf Morne Steyn led an exodus of players out of the three-time Super Rugby champion Bulls and to overseas clubs yesterday, the latest group of South African players to head to big-paying teams in Europe and Japan.

TOP REVS - SPORT | 2013-07-31
Montezemolo reads Alonso the riot act by
Ferrari dealt Fernando Alonso a rare public rebuke on his birthday on Monday for critical comments after Sunday's Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix.

The Ferrari website quoted company president Luca di Montezemolo as telling Alonso in a telephone conversation to wish him a happy 32nd birthday: “All the great champions who have driven for Ferrari have always been asked to put the interests of the team above their own.

2013-07-31

COOL DOWN ... Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe cools himself with an ice cream after his final campaign rally address. Nampa-AFP

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2013-07-31

BITTER RIVALS ... Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and President Robert Mugabe will square off in the crunch Zimbabwean elections today.

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BUSINESS - COMPANIES | 2013-07-30
Painting old horse turns 60 by
IF zebras are described as the painted horses of Africa, then describing Neo Paints as Namibia’s old painting horse would be a fitting description given that the company is celebrating 60 years of existence.

NEWS - AFRICA | 2013-07-30
Succession battle looms in Zanu-PF by
HARARE – A victory for Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe’s presidential elections this week would raise the prospect of him ruling well into his 90s, enflaming a succession battle that already quietly rages.

NEWS - AFRICA | 2013-07-30
SA Society split into hostile camps by
JOHANNESBURG – President Jacob Zuma said on Sunday he believed that South African society had split into hostile camps.

NEWS - AFRICA | 2013-07-30
Togo’s ruling party wins legislative vote by
LOME - Togo’s ruling party, led by a man whose family has governed the small West African nation for 46 years, increased its share of the legislature in last week’s elections, the electoral commission announced Sunday.