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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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LETTERS - | 2013-07-26
Taking Issue With Editorial On Mugabe by
THIS is in response to The Namibian’s editorial which appeared on 12 July 2013 entitled “Standing Idle as a Bully Disintegrates SADC”.

NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-07-26
Vision school aims at quality education by
OLAVI HAIKERA

THE Rukonga Vision School, which opened its doors for learners for the first time earlier this year and is the first of its kind in Namibia, is situated some 200 kilometres east of Rundu in the Mukwe constituency.

NEWSMAKERS - | 2013-07-26
Togo Family Dynasty May Be Tested In Polls by
Pierre Warga is among the majority of Togo’s six million citizens who have spent their entire lives ruled by the Gnassingbe family.

HISTORY - | 2013-07-26
Helen Thomas, trailblazer, journalist of note by
Former White House correspondent Helen Thomas (92), a trailblazing journalist who reported on every US president from John Kennedy to Barack Obama, died on Saturday after a long illness.

NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-07-26
Taxi drivers hand petition to parliament by Clemans Miyanicwe
THE Namibian Transport and Taxi Union (NTTU) yesterday handed over a petition to parliament in which they call for the intervention of lawmakers.

NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-07-26
Nudo urges Kamwi to resign by Tileni Mongudhi
THE National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) has called for Health Minister Richard Kamwi to resign.

NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-07-26
CoD condemns evictions of illegal farmers by Hileni Nembwaya
THE president of the Congress of Democrats (CoD), Ben Ulenga, has condemned the eviction of the drought-stricken farmers from outside the communal areas around the country as illegal.

2013-07-26

VISION ... A section of the country’s first-ever Rukonga Vision School, which was officially inaugurated by President Hifikepunye Pohamba on Monday. Nampa

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2013-07-26

IRREPRESSIBLE … Veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas (left) celebrates her 89th birthday with President Barack Obama, celebrating his 48th birthday, in the White House press briefing room in Washington DC on August 4 2009.

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2013-07-26

ACCEPTED ... Secretary of the National Assembly Jakes Jacob signs the petition from the Namibia Transport and Taxi Union (NNTU) while the chief organisers of the strike Joseph Kalimbo and NTTU president Werner Januarie look on. Photos : Henry van Rooi

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NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-07-25
Global Fund money won’t revive NGOs by Theresia Tjihenuna
THE Namibia Network of AIDS Service Organisations (Nanaso) says the N$200 million that was allocated to the HIV-AIDS programmes by the Geneva-based Global Fund should not be expected to breath new life into the NGOs that have shut down due to lack of funds.

NEWS - AFRICA | 2013-07-25
Zimbabweans literally running SA by
CAPE TOWN – President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday said Zimbabweans were “literally running” the South African economy, adding however that he was not to blame for the high number of citizens who had fled the country, a Business Day report said.

NEWS - AFRICA | 2013-07-25
Glenmark launches child healthcare CSR in Kenya by
NAIROBI - Glenmark, the leading research-driven, global, integrated pharmaceutical company has announced the launch of its Child Health Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Programme in Kenya.

NEWS - AFRICA | 2013-07-25
Zimbabwe diaspora doubtful over polls by
JOHANNESBURG - Many of the millions of Zimbabweans living abroad won’t return home for key general elections next week, sceptical of a fair outcome after years of election violence.

NEWS - AFRICA | 2013-07-25
Rwanda told to stop support M23 rebels by
WASHINGTON - The United States on Tuesday called on Rwanda to end support for M23 rebels in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, saying there was evidence Rwandan military officials were involved.