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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 - RUGBY | 2013-08-12
WHS, Elnatan through to Metropolitan Schools final by Helge Schutz
WINDHOEK High School and Elnatan will meet in the U19 Super League final of the Metropolitan Board Schools Rugby Trophy competition after winning their semi-final matches in contrasting styles over the weekend.

SPORT - RUGBY | 2013-08-08
Upbeat Lions turn to Currie Cup opener by
LIONS coach Johan Ackermann says it is crucial they shift their attention to the upcoming Currie Cup, following their return to Super Rugby next season.The Lions edged out the Southern Kings over their two-legged promotion/relegation playoff, ensuring their participation in the 2014 competition.

SPORT - RUGBY | 2013-08-06
Western Suburbs off to winning start by Helge Schutz
DEFENDING champions Western Suburbs got off to a winning start in the second round Cup competition of the Namibian Rugby Premier League when they beat Unam 28-19 at Suburbs Park on Saturday.

SPORT - ATHLETICS | 2013-08-06
Russia showpiece under doping shadow by
MOSCOW - The World Athletics Championships, which begin this weekend, are the first of a series of high-profile international sports events to be held in Russia in the coming years and the biggest competition in Moscow since the 1980 Olympics.

SPORT - RUGBY | 2013-08-05
Champion Chiefs downplay talk of dynasty by
WELLINGTON - The Waikato Chiefs have dismissed talk of being rugby’s latest dynasty despite their 27-22 trumping of the ACT Brumbies in the Super 15 final for back-to-back titles.

SPORT - RUGBY | 2013-07-31
Eight Bulls players leave for overseas clubs by
PRETORIA - Springbok flyhalf Morne Steyn led an exodus of players out of the three-time Super Rugby champion Bulls and to overseas clubs yesterday, the latest group of South African players to head to big-paying teams in Europe and Japan.

OPINIONS - COLUMNS | 2013-07-30
Spare Us The Blushes Sport As Business And Way Of Life by
ALBERT Buitenhuis, a South African migrant, faces a real possibility of deportation from New Zealand. His transgression is his weight. He let the scale rattle at a Ramboesque 130 kg.

SPORT - RUGBY | 2013-07-29
Chiefs to defend Super title against Brumbies by
SYDNEY – The Waikato Chiefs will defend their Super 15 rugby title against Australia’s ACT Brumbies in New Zealand after tense semi-final victories this weekend.

The Chiefs surged home with a 17-point burst in the second-half to down seven-time Super Rugby champions Canterbury Crusaders 20-19 in Hamilton, and will again host the final against the Brumbies next Saturday.

SPORT - RUGBY | 2013-07-26
Waikato Chiefs relish underdog label by
WELLINGTON - Defending champions Waikato Chiefs have been written off ahead of this weekend’s Super 15 semi-final against glamour side Canterbury Crusaders but say they are comfortable with the underdog label.

SPORT - FOOTBALL | 2013-07-25
Falcons get the chop by Helge Schutz
WITH the first round of the Namibia Rugby Premier League virtually completed, the teams that will compete in the second round of the Top Five Cup competition in the second round, have been finalised.

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.

SPORT - RUGBY | 2013-07-22
Brumbies to play Bulls, Chiefs host Crusaders by
SYDNEY - The winners of 13 championships will fight out next weekend’s Super 15 semi-finals after two-time winner ACT Brumbies squeezed through to the last four yesterday.
Australia’s Brumbies clung on for a 15-13 victory after a sideline conversion attempt by Central Cheetahs fly-half Riaan Smit hit an upright after the full-time siren in Canberra, while the seven-time champions Canterbury Crusaders dominated the Queensland Reds 38-9 in the other qualifier in Christchurch on Saturday.

OSHIWAMBO - | 2013-07-22
Pamwe natseni ‘oshilongo owala shilwe’ shaAfrica ? by
NGELE iihakulilo yopaunamiti nomayakulo goshigwana otaga kala gu uka pondondo yopevi lela moshilandopangelo, ompito yashike mboka ye ekelwahi komahala gokokulekule ye na, unene tuu mboka ya kala kiitopolwa yokuushamba waNamibia?