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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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ARTS -
| 2013-07-26
Namibian Graphic Art History 101 by Martha Mukaiwa
Who can deny the infinite possibility of paper? For some it is the home of scribbled diagrams and plans, for others it is a site on which to build worlds with words and for a sure handed few, it is a thing that captures reality as it is seen, bent or entirely imagined.
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ARTS -
| 2013-07-26
Under Construction by Martha Mukaiwa
I’m walking past the rubble that is Klein Windhoek Police Station and because the 11th commandment is secretly ‘Construction workers shall whistle at anything with even the vaguest hint of a vagina’, I do my best to take my licks while simultaneously mulling over the existence of the special school that teaches these blue clad and dusty fellows to act like utter Neanderthals.
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LETTERS -
| 2013-07-26
Shameful by
I WAS very shocked to read about the conditions at Windhoek Central Hospital in The Namibian (17 July 2013); the burst pipes and how the staff have to use water supplied from the tanker. I was so ashamed to read of such irresponsibility.
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LETTERS -
| 2013-07-26
Reconsider Older ‘Grey Imports’ by
AT THE end of 2004, the government banned the importation of vehicles older than five years. Apparently someone convinced them that these so-called ‘grey imports’ are substandard and that the owners will in future struggle to find parts and support for them.
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LETTERS -
| 2013-07-26
The Plundering Of Old Buildings by
WE FELT a sense of horror when we drove along one of our favourite old streets in Windhoek to find that two of the historical houses in Love Street were in the process of being gutted.
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OPINIONS - COLUMNS
| 2013-07-26
Opposition must get real by
We’ll become the next government.” A bold but laughable statement by every new fly-by-night wannabe political party who decides to register with the Electoral Commission of Namibia.
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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.
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NEWS - NAMIBIA
| 2013-07-26
Road safety show starts by Helge Schutz
THE Private Sector Road Safety Forum (PSRSF) is participating in the Ethimbo Road Show, an initiative of the National Road Safety Council (NRSC), over the next month.
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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.
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NEWS - NAMIBIA
| 2013-07-26
Fraud charge balloons by Werner Menges
THE amount of money involved in a fraud case against a former employee of a Windhoek-based drilling contractor has ballooned to N$17 million, it was revealed in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
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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.
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NEWS - NAMIBIA
| 2013-07-26
Child killer gets sentencing date by Werner Menges
A MALTAHÖHE area farm resident convicted of murdering his girlfriend’s four-year-old daughter is due to be sentenced in early August.
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NEWS - NAMIBIA
| 2013-07-25
Aupindi’s lawyer withdraws from trial by Werner Menges
THE trial of former Namibia Wildlife Resorts managing director Tobie Aupindi was thrown into uncertainty and disarray yesterday, when Aupindi’s defence lawyer withdrew from the matter after a test of wills with the presiding magistrate in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court.
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BUSINESS - ECONOMY
| 2013-07-25
Windhoek to get N$80 million new shopping centre by Chamwe Kaira
CONTRUCTION of a new shopping centre worth N$80 million has started in Windhoek’s Pionierspark Extension 1, close to Concordia College and the Windhoek International School. The complex to be called Westlane Shopping Centre is located at the corner of Scheppmann Street and David Hosea Meroro Road.
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BUSINESS - GENERAL
| 2013-07-25
First black female owned Radiography services by
“START a business that you are passionate about,” advises Renathe Gawanas, an entrepreneur who opened the first black female owned X-Ray services centre in Windhoek.
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