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The Namibian
Mon 12 Aug 2013
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
| 2013-07-29
Witvlei eviction threat intensifies by Werner Menges
THE Agricultural Bank of Namibia has won another round in its legal battle with abattoir operator Witvlei Meat, which is now facing a renewed threat of being evicted from the slaughterhouse it has been renting from Agribank over the past seven years.
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SPORT - ATHLETICS
| 2013-07-29
Nambala wins gold in Lyon by Helge Schutz
Johannes Nambala made history by winning a gold medal at the IPC World Championships in Lyon, France on Saturday when he came first in the Men’s T13 400m final.
In a close race, Nambala won a sprint to the line in a new championship record time of 49,07 seconds to win the gold medal, ahead of Alexander Zverev of Russia who won silver in 49,26 and Luis Galano of Cuba who won bronze in 49,52.
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NEWS - NAMIBIA
| 2013-07-26
About 100 farms in red by Shinovene Immanuel
THE Agricultural Bank of Namibia’s Affirmative Action Loan Scheme appears severely troubled after it emerged that over 100 beneficiaries are in serious arrears.
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BUSINESS - COMPANIES
| 2013-07-26
Tower Resources to raise N$136 million for oil drilling by
TOWER Resources plc, which is listed on the Alternative Investment Market AIM part of the London Stock Exchange, plans to raise US$13,9 million (about N$136 million) for oil drilling in Namibia. The drilling is expected to start in February 2014.
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BUSINESS - COMPANIES
| 2013-07-26
NaCC to train judges on competition policy and law by
WINDHOEK – The Namibian Competition Commission (NaCC) will next month hold a national workshop to train the country’s judges on competition policy and law. The workshop will be held on 12 September. The NaCC’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Secretary Heinrich Mihe Gaomab II announced on Wednesday during a media briefing in the capital, that the national workshop will assist in setting the tone on competition judicial proceedings, also in light of the respective judicial functions of the High
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BUSINESS - COMPANIES
| 2013-07-26
NaCC handled 221 mergers since 2009 by
WINDHOEK-The Namibian Competition Commission (NaCC) has, since its inception in 2009, handled 221 mergers and acquisitions, as well as 30 cases on the enforcement of restrictive business practices through Namibian capacity.
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BUSINESS - COMPANIES
| 2013-07-26
Valencia still developing – under the radar by Adam Hartman
AN addition to a road sign along the B2, about halfway between Swakopmund and Usakos, is a sign that things are still happening at the Valencia uranium project of the Canadian mining company, Forsys Metals – even though it has seemingly been under the radar for the past five years.
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NEWS - AFRICA
| 2013-07-26
Activists slam Zille’s Motshekga defence by
JOHANNESBURG – Equal Education slammed Western Cape Premier Helen Zille yesterday for her article defending Education Minister Angie Motshekga, saying she had made “factual errors”.
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OPINIONS - EDITORIALS
| 2013-07-26
The Great Disconnect – Education by
ONE step forward: The Namibian President, Hifikepunye Pohamba, officially launched a brilliant concept of schools of excellence this week. They call them ‘vision schools’. Omake! A loud round of applause, indeed!
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SPORT - GENERAL
| 2013-07-26
Sport to employ 228 promoters by
KAYENGONA – The Ministry of Sports will employ 228 sports development promoters countrywide during the 2013/2014 financial year. This was revealed by the Deputy Sport Minister Juliet Kavetuna on Wednesday during a meeting held with a number of youths at the Kayengona tribal office, situated some 10 kilometres east of Rundu.
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OPINIONS - COLUMNS
| 2013-07-26
Hail The Migrant Workers: Namibia’s Hardworking Generation by
Ndumba J Kamwanyah
THE migrant worker generation of the colonial contract labour system is dying out.
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OPINIONS - COLUMNS
| 2013-07-26
An Aimless Blind Quest For Knowledge by
Alexactus T Kaure
IN 2010 six African countries made it to the World Cup in South Africa. Zambia has just hosted a successful Cosafa Cup competition. This week Namibia hosts the 44th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association meeting. These are to be applauded. But they get overshadowed by other dramatic political events taking place on the continent.
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OPINIONS - COLUMNS
| 2013-07-26
The Rehabilitation of Robert Mugabe by
Gwynne Dyer
ROBERT Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe, is now 89 years old but he is running for another five-year term in the elections on 31 July. Perhaps his optimism is justified, given that his mother died at 100, but why is he doing it? More importantly, why is the ruling party, Zanu-PF, still backing him as its presidential candidate, considering that he has spent the past decade as an international pariah?
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FEATURES -
| 2013-07-26
Lewis Pugh The One Man Enviro Task Force by Yochanaan Coetzee
Nicknamed the Human Polar Bear by the Icelandic media, Briton Lewis Gordon Pugh is the embodiment of mind conquering matter.
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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.
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