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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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SPORT - | 2013-08-08
Exciting fistball championship in home stretch by Staff Reporter
NAMIBIA’S fistball players will meet for the Fourth Round of the Bank Windhoek Fistball League in Swakopmund on Saturday. Matches will be contested in both the Bank Windhoek National A League and B League from 8h00 at the Swakopmund Fistball Club Sport Club.

NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-08-08
Mild earthquake shakes Windhoek by Theresia Tjihenuna
A MILD earthquake of unknown magnitude was felt in several parts of Windhoek late on Tuesday evening leaving several residents shaken.

NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-08-08
Errant driver fined over use of car by Werner Menges
A SHORT but unauthorised ride with a government vehicle has cost a driver employed with the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare dearly, leaving him with a criminal conviction, an effective fine of N$2 000, and a suspended sentence hanging over him.

OPINIONS - NOTABLE QUOTES | 2013-08-08
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I thank my neighbour for what he did. I advise people to get to know their neighbours for a time such as this. – Morton van Kradenburg, a Cimbebasia resident whose house was broken into on Tuesday morning while he was at work. Windhoek City Police shot the suspect in the knee after he struck a policeman with an iron bar.

NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-08-08
Criminal record returns to haunt robber by Werner Menges
CONVICTED armed robber Matheus Tjappa has been clashing with the law for the past 38 years, it was revealed in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday.

SPORT - ATHLETICS | 2013-08-08
FEI World Jumping Challenge by Staff Reporter
THE Namibian Equestrian Federation (Namef) will host the FEI World Jumping Challenge between 24 and 26 August.Windhoek equestrian club Nubuamis Riding Club won the bid to present this prestigious event in 2013.

2013-08-08

WELCOME RETURN ... Andre Meng in action for the SFC Sport Club in the Bank Windhoek National A League. Meng is one of the newly capped U18 national players that will be back in ac- tion on Namibian soil after participating in the U18 European Championship in Austria last month.

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NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-08-07
Suspect injured in police shoot by Ndanki Kahiurika
THE Windhoek City Police yesterday morning acted in self- defence and shot a robbery suspect in the knee after he struck a policeman with an iron bar in Cimbebasia.

BUSINESS - COMPANIES | 2013-08-07
NBL to fight smuggling of its beer in Tanzania by
WINDHOEK – Namibia Breweries Limited (NBL) is rendering management assistance to its distributor in Tanzania, Mabibo Beer, Wine and Spirits Limited, in a fight to curb the smuggling of its Windhoek Lager beer into that country.

BUSINESS - ECONOMY | 2013-08-07
House prices remain high by Chamwe Kaira
THE FNB House Price Index fell by 5,7% in March with prices remaining under pressure since peaking in September last year.

BUSINESS - GENERAL | 2013-08-07
BREAKING NEW WAVES by Jordaania Andima
With the next great strides in the use of electronic equipment, Transit Ads Namibia, an electronic advertising company, has found a new way to enhance the value of 20 taxis in Windhoek.

ENTERTAINMENT - | 2013-08-07
From The Twittersphere by
LOVE, life and taxis. And petrol increases. Namibian tweeps romance the day, do some subtexting from Platform Nine and Three Quarters, wish they could bend it like Beckham, and wonder if their Mom has taken ‘Orange Is The New Black’ to extremes!

NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-08-07
LPO to celebrate 50th annivesary by Clemans Miyanicwe
AS part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, the Livestock Producers Organisation (LPO) which is an affiliate of the Namibia Agricultural Union, will hold a conference at the Safari Hotel in Windhoek in early October.

NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-08-07
Kamwi commends pharmacists by Nomhle Kangootui
THE Minister of Health Richard Kamwi has commended Namibian pharmacists for their positive contribution to the country’s health sector in the face of financial and other constraints.

ENTERTAINMENT - ARTS | 2013-08-07
Namibia’s first Word Festival to take place in September by
Bank Windhoek has sponsored N$100 000 which goest towards Namibia’s first Word Festival (Woordefees), taking place from 2 to 7 September.