* MR Goagoseb [Home Affairs], it is every Namibian citizen’s fundamental Constitutional right to apply for and hold a passport whenever they want. Which means they can go and come as they wish. – Tura * AS the British have a cup...[more]
* IT’S a shame that the City of Windhoek’s road-repairing contractors are not using the mobile traffic lights invented by a son of the soil last year. I am sure if it was a Chinese invention we would have seen them all around,...[more]
Food For Thought n ALL political parties in Namibia must sign a public pledge committing themselves to complying with the electoral code of conduct. [more]
SMS Of The Day n JUST returned disgruntled from Katutura Police station, informed that stolen cellphones are no longer reportable unless there has been a robbery or they are insured! Without a Police CR number MTC can’t block...[more]
* OKAY … now we are supposed to be recycling, where are all these collection points? Food For Thought * OPEN the newspapers and read about corruption, murder and crime. Drive the streets and observe ignorance and rude...[more]
* I AM very concerned about political violence in our country. So I propose that all churches and peace-loving Namibians organise many prayer conferences countrywide and ask God for peace, for an end to this chaos. We need to...[more]
* AFRICAN leaders must stop misleading us about an African government. How on earth are they going to form one government if they are not prepared to give power to their own countrymen or women? Food For Thought * NAMIBIA, like...[more]
n NAMIBIA is the most unregulated country in the world. The gambling industry is a free for the rich at the expense of the financially desperate. [more]
SMS Of The Day n IF one writes about the (alleged) corrupt practices by the Oshikoto Regional Council it is never published, but those SMSes about the noise by Kanana (Hishoono) are all over the SMS pages. [more]
SMS Of The Day n A HUMBLE request to our agricultural academics and scientists. Can you people come and study how our livestock seem to cope well with the extreme weather conditions in nortweastern Namibia, especially in...[more]
* CAN The Namibian please publish a full list of all those whose municipal debts are being written off so they can be publicly humiliated and possibly we can assist the municipality in tracing them. For those who pay their...[more]
* THE Swapo Elders Council should know that through freedom of speech, we, the people, want to keep the ruling and opposition parties in check. Freedom of speech is not a privilege granted by Swapo, but a human right. * GRADE...[more]
* NAMIBIANS, you must stop complaining about the 24 per cent (pay) hike for political office bearers. Every year we register our complaints about lots of things, but we are ignored. We have to blame ourselves for crying like...[more]
* WE have a crisis in our education system. As a society we need to put our minds together on how we can decrease the failure rate. If we don’t take the initiative today, we will end up with a generation who have no skills and a...[more]
n THE cattle herders removed by GRN from Ukwangali area in Kavango region are exactly the farmers that need land south of the ‘red line’. These cattle herders are entitled to commercial farms fit for cattle grazing and they can...[more]
SMSes Of The Day * BISHOPS of Elcin church, please stop your pastors allowing political activities to take place in the churches. No political colours must be allowed in the church and tell pastors to preach love, tolerance and...[more]
SMSes Of The Day * DEAR fellow Namibians, let us not treat politics like a football club that we support for the sheer excitement of it. We must take it as a chance to positively contribute to change for a better tomorrow. *...[more]
* THIS year should be different from 2008, the Namibian people don’t want to hear politicians attack each other – we want to hear how the politicians are going to attack the challenges facing middle-class families of the...[more]
* AMERICANS irrespective of their colour made world history. Black Americans achieved their forefathers’ dreams. God save Africa from dictators, wars, famines and hatred. We cry for Africa. Food For Thought * NATIONAL...[more]
* TO all the young people, stand up, dream and reach for the stars, your country needs you. President (Barack) Obama has done it, so can you. Food For Thought * PLEASE can someone tell me where in Namibia’s...[more]