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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 - NAMIBIA | 2013-08-13
SME Bank woes drag on by Tileni Mongudhi
THE Ministry of Trade and Industry will renegotiate its stake in the SME Bank and change the current shareholding structure which does not comply with the law and disadvantages government.

NEWS - AGRICULTURE | 2013-08-13
Big increase in Nam food insecurity by
THE biggest increases in the number of food insecurity have been recorded in Namibia (11-fold increase), according to a Regional Summary of the 2013 SADC National Vulnerability Assessment Results.

NEWS - AFRICA | 2013-08-13
Our work in Zim is done - Jacob Zuma by
PRETORIA – President Jacob Zuma is expected to inform the Southern African Development Community (SADC) next weekend that the four-year facilitation process, which he headed, is over, following the conclusion of Zimbabwe’s elections.

NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-08-13
Municipalities get training on enviro management by Theresia Tjihenuna
POLYTECHNIC of Namibia rector Tjama Tjivikua yesterday said there is need for policy formulation to preserve water, air, land and the trees in the face of advances in industrial development.

2013-08-13

GOING GREEN ... Delegates from the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Ministry of Regional and Local Government, Hous- ing and Rural Development with staff of the Polytechnic of Namibia.

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BUSINESS - GENERAL | 2013-08-12
Single visa for Kavango-Zambezi Park in December by
FIVE southern African countries including Namibia are expected to have a uniform visa by December this year, Zambia’s Minister of Tourism and Arts, Sylvia Masebo told Times of Zambia on Friday.

BUSINESS - OPINION | 2013-08-12
Encourage Gratitude on Your Team by
When employees feel valued, they are more satisfied, willing to work longer, and motivated to do their best. As a manager, it’s your job to make them feel appreciated. In addition to saying “thank you,” you can foster gratitude by:

BUSINESS - MINING | 2013-08-12
Oil demand outlook trimmed, OPEC squeezed by
PARIS – World oil demand is set to lose some momentum in line with unsteady economic growth, the IEA said on Friday while spotlighting threats to OPEC from shale energy and unrest.

NEWS - INTERNATIONAL | 2013-08-12
Somali Islamists steal aid by
LONDON - Members of the Shebab Islamist group have stolen US$750 000 worth of British government-funded humanitarian materials and supplies in Somalia, it emerged yesterday.

NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-08-12
WAD urges govt to hasten 50/50 representation by Theresia Tjihenuna
THE Women’s Action for Development (WAD)’s Executive Director, Veronica de Klerk, has called on women to fill up the 50% gender representation quota announced by the Swapo Party for all its local, regional and national level structures.

NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-08-12
Govt to build 10 000 houses countrywide by Hileni Nembwaya
GOVERNMENT through the Ministry of Regional, Local Government, Housing and Rural Development (MRLGHRD) has plans to build more than 10,000 houses in informal settlements within the next 16 months.

NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-08-12
Govt mulls new resettlement criterion by Luqman Cloete
THE government is in the process of introducing a new resettlement farm allocation criterion to cater for the needs of the poor.

NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-08-12
Conservancy takes first step to sue illegal occupiers by Theresia Tjihenuna
THE High Court on Friday gave police the go-ahead to serve court documents on a group of 32 farmers accused of illegally occupying communal land in the Tsumkwe area.

SPORT - CRICKET | 2013-08-11
Namibia ready for ICC World Twenty20 qualifier by
The Namibian national cricket team will be part of the International Cricket Council (ICC) tournament taking place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 15 to 30 November this year.

A media statement issued by Cricket Namibia on Thursday said Namibia will take part along with 15 other cricket-playing countries to qualify for the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014.

NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-08-09
Caprivi is no more by Shinovene Immanuel
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba yesterday rushed through recommendations by the Delimitation Commission for the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to start preparations for next year’s elections.