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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 | 2013-07-24
Keetmans traffic cop faces corruption charge by Luqman Cloete
THE Roads Authority’s investigation division has recommended to the Keetmanshoop Town Council to pass on a case implicating traffic cop Milly Cloete in an allegedly irregular roadworthy certification to the Anti-Corruption Commission.

BUSINESS - OPINION | 2013-07-24
Hagenomics for the People by Chris Smith
PLAYING chicken and milking the people. Add in school ownership, rotting hospitals, killing the flower business, the BCI joke and now some goat who wants to take a successful game farm and hand it over for execution by government. Throw in “secret” water deals and hidden promises of subsidies for wind farms plus an overpriced dam that will benefit no Namibian; this is our future?

BUSINESS - | 2013-07-24
Chasing the dots ... Hagenomics for the People by Chris Smith
PLAYING chicken and milking the people. Add in school ownership, rotting hospitals, killing the flower business, the BCI joke and now some goat who wants to take a successful game farm and hand it over for execution by government. Throw in “secret” water deals and hidden promises of subsidies for wind farms plus an overpriced dam that will benefit no Namibian; this is our future?

SPORT - ATHLETICS | 2013-07-24
NASU receives sponsporship by Staff Reporter
THE Namibia Swimming Union (NASU) on Monday received N$100 000 from Bank Windhoek towards the development of the sport and grooming athletes to compete at national and international levels.

SPORT - | 2013-07-24
Anna set to train umpires by Sheefeni Nikodemus
THE All Namibian Netball Associations (Anna) groundbreaking umpires workshop will start in Walvis Bay today.

SPORT - FOOTBALL | 2013-07-24
Fifa overturns global ban on Cameroon by
FIFA has lifted its global ban on Cameroon after a normalisation committee began its work on Monday to run the country’s football federation.

2013-07-24

LATE . . . Akende Sisamu and daughter Rosah wait for a taxi in Katutura’s Grysblok. Rosah who attends Khomasdal Primary school, was late for class yesterday. Also in the picture are some students and workers looking for transport from those few taxi drivers who did not go on strike.

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BUSINESS - ECONOMY | 2013-07-23
Milking home grown cows by Chamwe Kaira
THE local dairy industry is fighting for survival and says if the government does not take action to protect it from cheap imports, things may turn sour.

NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-07-23
Taxi drivers set to strike by Clemans Miyanicwe
THE president of the Namibia Transport and Taxi Union (NTTU), Werner Januarie, has announced that members of his union will go on a national strike today.

NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-07-23
Reho shooting accused granted bail by Werner Menges
A REHOBOTH resident who is charged with murder after a shooting incident in which one of his neighbours was killed was granted bail following an appeal hearing in the Windhoek High Court yesterday.

SPORT - GENERAL | 2013-07-23
Mickelson Open win praised by rivals by
GULLANE - Phil Mickelson’s win in the British Open at Muirfield on Sunday drew praise from fellow golfers starting with Justin Rose, who denied the American in his home Open last month.

SPORT - GENERAL | 2013-07-23
Els tops South Africa’s sport rich list by
JOHANNESBURG - The Sunday Times newspaper says Ernie Els was South Africa’s highest-earning sportsman in 2012, making N$179 million last year.

FEATURES - | 2013-07-23
Thinking of Getting Inked? by Yvonne Amukwaya
It can seem like almost everyone, young, old, conservative or liberal are sporting some sort of ink nowadays.

FEATURES - | 2013-07-23
Students invent award-winning Soap to Tackle Malaria by
Your head is pounding, burning with raging fever, your aching bones feeling like they weigh a ton. Covered in profuse sweating, your exhausted body shivers with teeth-chattering chills.

2013-07-23

TIME OUT ... Some taxis parked at Wernhil Park. Members of the Namibia Transport and Taxi Union (NTTU) are set to go on a strike today to, among other reasons, protest against the high fines given to taxi drivers to traffic offences.

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