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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 - INTERNATIONAL | 2013-08-12
Somali Islamists steal aid by
LONDON - Members of the Shebab Islamist group have stolen US$750 000 worth of British government-funded humanitarian materials and supplies in Somalia, it emerged yesterday.

OPINIONS - COLUMNS | 2013-08-09
Juvenile Justice in Namibia: A Promise Deferred by
THE protection of children–including the State’s responsibility to ensure that young children do not enter deeper into the criminal justice system – is a sacred duty.

OPINIONS - COLUMNS | 2013-08-09
In defence of institutional autonomy at The Polytechnic of Namibia by
Alexactus T Kaure

MOST public institutions or parastatals have been at the receiving end of their respective line ministries. The Polytechnic of Namibia has particularly been struggling hard in its search for institutional autonomy, befitting an institution of higher learning, as opposed to ministerial control. The Poly has not been spared by its Council in recent months either. The battle started when its Rector, Tjama Tjivikua, asked government for a status change of the Poly to a u

NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-08-08
Pohamba summons MPs to amend Act by Shinovene Immanuel
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has summoned Members of the National Assembly and their counterparts in the National Council for a special session that will enable Parliament to amend the Electoral Act.

NEWS - INTERNATIONAL | 2013-08-07
Fresh diplomatic drive to defuse Egypt by
CAIRO – Two high-profile US senators were yesterday expected to hold talks in Cairo, the latest push in a growing diplomatic flurry to defuse a crisis sparked by the military’s overthrow of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi.

NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-08-06
Govt, De Beers negotiate sales agreement by Chamwe Kaira
THE Namibian negotiating team working on a new sales agreement between government and De Beers is expected to meet on Thursday this week to prepare a document to be used as a basis for the negotiations.

NEWS - INTERNATIONAL | 2013-08-06
Australia joins UK, US, urges Zim poll re-run by
CAPE TOWN – Australia which suspended sanctions against Zimbabwe to help encourage “free and fair” elections has added its voice to international concerns on voting in last week’s elections, calling for the election to be re-run, according to a newzimbabwe.com report.

ENTERTAINMENT - | 2013-08-05
From The Twittersphere by
THE Brave and the Beautiful gave members of the Twitter chattering class a fair run for their money over the weekend, with beauty winning at the end of the day. Yes, Miss Namibia 2013 proved to be a top trender on Saturday. Otherwise it was the witty and the wise on Friday as tweeps had some proverbial fun with … proverbs, of course!

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.

NEWS - INTERNATIONAL | 2013-07-26
Calls for calm after cabinet sacked by
JUBA – Heavily armed South Sudanese security forces guarded key government institutions in the capital Juba on Wednesday, as radio broadcasts called for calm after the president suspended his cabinet and his main political rival.

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?

NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-07-23
Nam still optimistic on oil find by Shinovene Immanuel
NAMIBIA’S Petroleum Commissioner Immanuel Mulunga says there is still hope of finding oil despite the latest setback after Brazilian oil company HRT announced that the second well drilled off the coast of Namibia is dry.

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