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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
| 2013-08-09
Bring the Bible back to schools – Mutjavikua by Adam Hartman
ERONGO Governor, Cleophas Mutjavikua, says Namibia should bring back Bible studies to schools in order to win the war on the rampant abuse of women and children.
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NEWS - NAMIBIA
| 2013-08-09
500 birds poisoned by Adam Hartman
THE discovery of about 500 poisoned carrion birds’ (which include other species besides vultures) carcasses in the Caprivi (now renamed Zambezi) this past weekend is considered by expert conservationists as one of the worst cases in the history of Southern Africa.
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NEWS - NAMIBIA
| 2013-08-08
Seal industry expands despite activism by Adam Hartman
DESPITE aggressive ongoing opposition from animal rights activists, Namibia’s controversial seal industry is enjoying further development. While there is a global outcry to set an end to the ‘unjustified cruel culling of seals’, emphasised by an international campaign to boycott Namibia’s tourism industry, four new concessionaires were added to participate in the annual seal harvest that usually lasts from 1 July to 15 November.
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NEWS - NAMIBIA
| 2013-08-07
Assaulter wants job back by Adam Hartman
A FORMER employee of The Stilz lodge in Swakopmund, who was fired after he assaulted his manager, will be assisted by the Namibia Food and Allied Workers’ Union (Nafau) in his attempt to get his job back.
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NEWS - NAMIBIA
| 2013-08-05
Train smash at Kranzberg by Adam Hartman
A TRANSNAMIB goods train travelling from Walvis Bay smashed into another stationary train at Kranzberg railway station between Usakos and Karibib last Thursday night.
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NEWS - NAMIBIA
| 2013-08-01
Walvis pupil murdered by Adam Hartman
JOHANNA Nantopo (16), a Grade nine learner at De Duine Secondary School in Walvis Bay, was on her way to school yesterday morning when she was attacked by a knife-wielding man, stabbed several times in the neck and chest and died on the spot.
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NEWS - NAMIBIA
| 2013-08-01
Elephant poaching probe at Khorixas by Adam Hartman
THE Protective Resources Unit (PRU) of the Erongo Police are investigating two incidents of alleged elephant poaching near Khorixas after two carcasses were discovered in the area – one of which the tusks have been removed.
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BUSINESS - COMPANIES
| 2013-07-30
Areva ships off more SDU by Adam Hartman
LAST week the second shipment of Sodium Di-Uranate (SDU) produced during the MIDI pilot phase at the Trekkopje mining site left the Walvis Bay industrial port for the Comurhex Malvesi site in France, which specializes in processing uranium concentrates.
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NEWS - NAMIBIA
| 2013-07-29
There is a zebra in Swakop by Adam Hartman
SWAKOPMUND was abuzz on Friday morning after a zebra mare and her foal were spotted at Vineta - followed by a frantic attempt to catch them and return them to the wild.
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NEWS - NAMIBIA
| 2013-07-26
No privacy at Usakos clinic by Adam Hartman
ALMOST six months after the Presidential inquiry into the health care in Namibia expressed concerns about a ‘clinic’ housed in a community hall at Usakos, health workers continue operating from the premises.
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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 - NAMIBIA
| 2013-07-25
Rössing recovers N$2,9m ‘lost’ in payment scam by Adam Hartman
RIO Tinto’s Rössing Uranium has “fully recovered” the N$2,9 million loss it incurred through a banking scam the company fell victim to at the beginning of this year.
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NEWS - NAMIBIA
| 2013-07-23
Guard kills dog on Henties beach by Adam Hartman
CASSIE and Jack – the two seven-year-old Swiss Shepherds of Elsa van der Merwe – and her Scottish Terrier were, like always, playing on the beach in front of her Henties Bay home last Friday morning. Cassie was dead by noon when a guard of former President Sam Nujoma shot her.
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NEWS - NAMIBIA
| 2013-07-23
Erongo Education Fund launched by Adam Hartman
IT’S hard to believe that an old man in blue overalls, daily going about his general maintenance work for residential and business owners in Libertina Amathila Street in Swakopmund for the past 30 years, is the driving force behind the establishment of a N$600 000 education fund for the Erongo region.
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NEWS - NAMIBIA
| 2013-07-22
Accident claims three near Swakop by Adam Hartman
THREE people were killed while three others were injured on Friday when the vehicle they were travelling in left the road and overturned about 10 kilometres outside Swakopmund going toward Henties Bay.
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