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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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1. Long overdue

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   BUSINESS - MINING | 2013-08-05
Construction of Husab uranium mine progressing well by
WINDHOEK – The construction of the world-class Husab uranium mine in the Erongo Region is making good progress, evidenced by the issuance of contracts worth close to N$ 5 billion. Read more...

   BUSINESS - COMPANIES | 2013-08-05
Business personalities urged to invest in Ondangwa Airport by
ONDANGWA – The extension and upgrading of the Ondangwa Airport’s passenger terminal forms an integral part in the economic progress and success of the nation. The project will cost N$58 million. Read more...

   BUSINESS - ECONOMY | 2013-08-05
Big rewards beckon in Angola, but little transparency by
LISBON – Hot to tap into Angola’s booming oil economy for over a decade, foreign investors are finally seeing the country open up new financial avenues. But will woeful transparency and corruption thwart them? Read more...

   NEWS - AFRICA | 2013-08-05
MDC to challenge vote in court by
HARARE - Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) will challenge in court an election victory by President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party which the MDC rejects as a fraud, MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Saturday. Read more...

   NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-08-05
War against poaching proves effective by Theresia Tjihenuna
THE Ministry of Environment and Tourism director of regional services and parks management, Colgar Sikopo, last week declared that the war against poaching has been won. Read more...

   OPINIONS - NOTABLE QUOTES | 2013-08-05
Notable Quotes by
MONEY spent on judicial reform initiatives is an important investment in itself. – Chief justice Peter Shivute emphasises the importance of an efficient judicial system for a country’s development. Read more...

   OSHIWAMBO - | 2013-08-05
Eyonagulo lyetsokumwe lyopakuthithwa? by
SIDNEY Martin ngoka e li omilionaire okuza mokumuna noonkwandambi (noongombe) nokuli oshipuna ngele tashi ya poongeshefa oodhindji, mwene gwetukutuku lyondilo lya kotha oomiliona N$4,4 lyedhina Ferrari ke shi omuyengeli nando okashona. Read more...

   NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-08-02
O’Portuga survives eviction threat by Werner Menges
A POPULAR Portuguese restaurant in Windhoek, O’Portuga, reopened for business this week, after starving off a threat to evict the restaurant from the premises it has been renting for the past five years. Read more...

   BUSINESS - COMPANIES | 2013-08-02
NMC Construction appoints new MD by
NMC Construction Namibia, a member of the NMC Construction Group, has announced the appointment of Chris McMinn as Managing Director. Read more...

   OPINIONS - EDITORIALS | 2013-08-02
Simply Collateral Damage? by
SIDNEY Martin, the multi-millionaire cattle-breeder, a magnate in an assortment of businesses, N$4,4m Ferrari owner... is not an angel. He must have stepped on too many people’s toes [including business partners]. Some who know him say he is shrewd, if not outright ruthless, in his business dealings. He may, therefore, deserve harsh treatment, as karma goes. But his clash with Namibia’s Agricultural Bank should be viewed from another angle. Read more...

   OPINIONS - COLUMNS | 2013-08-02
‘Ninja’ Microfinance Can Dent Poverty by
Job Amupanda

AS I write this article, I am in Kenya analysing the Kenyan microfinance for youth development. I make no reference to the discovery that drinking water from the tap in Kenya is done at own peril. I have also not decided which is the most delicious between Kenya’s ‘Nyamachoma’ and Namibia’s ‘Kapana’. Kenya cutting ministries from 44 to 18 is also not discussed herein for there shall be another time for that. Read more...

   OPINIONS - COLUMNS | 2013-08-02
Political Perspective by
IT SPEAKS to the priorities of our Government to learn that Cabinet’s current preoccupation seems to be the lucrative pay packages of parastatal chiefs rather than the predicament that hundreds of thousands of Namibians find themselves in poverty as a result of rampant unemployment and adverse socio-economic conditions. Read more...

   NEWS - ENVIRO | 2013-08-02
Kaokoveld Revisited Scientist, conservationist John Ledger returns to Kunene by
STEVE FELTON

JOHN Ledger is reading an article on fairy circles at Puros Campsite in the heart of Kaokoland. Read more...

   NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-08-02
Cabinet endorses honours regulatory body by Shinovene Immanuel
CABINET on Tuesday endorsed the establishment of a regulatory body to administer and process conferment of national honours. Read more...

   NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-08-01
Suspended CEOs should not be paid by Chamwe Kaira
DELOITTE & Touche, in a report released yesterday on governance, said it was worrying that chief executive officers or managing directors of State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) who have been suspended or dismissed have been offered compensation by the boards of the companies. Read more...

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