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THE Livestock Producers' Organisation (LPO) has submitted its proposals for the envisaged amendments to the financing of the Meat Board and the Small Stock Marketing Scheme.
THE Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU) has decided to broaden its structures to make it more accessible for potential new black members.
LADY Luck seems to be smiling down on Eddie. Our Namibian housemate is Head of House for the third time! Last Friday's HOH task was the final of the entire season, making him the only housemate in 'BBA: The Revolution' to be HOH 3 times. His HOH win also guarantees him a place in the finals.
NAMIBIAN triathletes Tokkie Bombosch and Vera Adrian turned on the style when they walked away with top accolades at the popular Mariental Triathlon over the weekend.
THE Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has come out strongly against the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) for what it says are attempts by the NSHR to "mislead the public" and to convince international observers that Namibia's electoral process is subject to rigging.
THE Namibia Chess Federation will host the fifth Namibia National School Team Chess Championship at David Bezuidenhout High School in Khomasdal on Saturday.
A COLOSSAL encounter is at hand when Orlando Pirates and African Stars meet in possibly the biggest clash in the MTC Premiership first round at the Sam Nujoma Stadium tonight. Kick-off is at 20h00.
RDP President Hidipo Hamutenya says the Rally for Democracy and Progress was formed to lay a strong foundation of change for the younger generation of Namibia.
A NEW developing licence for the Kudu gas field, which is likely to feature Russian natural gas giant Gazprom as a shareholder alongside existing partners Tullow Oil, Itochu Corporation and Namcor, will be announced soon.
First National Bank of Namibia (FNB) said it will no longer process new applications for its low-cost funding of solar system.
TUESDAY and yesterday were all about testing scientific theories and discussing conspiracy theories. No different from most days in the Big Brother house - except the conspiracies are part of the housemates' task this week!
WITH the polling days in our 2009 presidential and National Assembly elections now virtually upon us, we already need to start taking stock of the whole process that has preceded the ballot with a view to ensuring that the same mistakes - which at the end of the day can make the difference between a free and fair contest and one that is not - are not repeated again in future.
THE trial of a Policeman accused of murdering two women - and raping one of them - at Sesfontein in the Kunene Region in early 2005 failed to start as scheduled in the High Court at Oshakati this week due to a change in the suspect's legal representation.
OFFICIALLY ending a campaign trail marred by intimidation and violence, Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) President Hidipo Hamutenya on Saturday called for voters to "throw off the yoke of fear, to stand up and be courageous and vote according to their conscience".
THE CEO of Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR), Tobie Aupindi, has provided clarity on a report that appeared in the Friday edition of The Namibian, headlined 'More voter roll discrepancies'.
Guthrie Michael Scott was a prominent and active campaigner for human rights in Southern and Central Africa, administered by the South African and British authorities.
Axel Johannes was born on May 21, 1946, and joined Swapo as a teenager of 14 in 1959. He soon became a Swapo youth organiser, and at the age of 19, the South African authorities first imprisoned him.
The campaign for the Presidency and the 72 National Assembly seats reached a crescendo, with the Congress of Democrats (CoD) lashing out at the Swapo Party over the weekend.
The Namibian Democratic Movement for Change (NDMC) is calling upon the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to urgently pronounce itself on the real figures of all registered voters.
The United Democratic Front says it does not want to make promises that it cannot meet.
Despite the vastly crowded field of 14 different parties canvassing for votes from the electorate for next week's Presidential and parliamentary polls, none of the political parties have taken their campaigns to the pristine Impalila Island east of Katima Mulilo.
The Swapo Party was in a celebratory mood here over the weekend after the results of the first round of sea-faring voters and diplomatic staff abroad showed a reverberating win for the ruling party, reiterating its push for a "100 percent win" in the November run-off.
"Maturuire Otjisuta Tjetu Oure Uozombura 100", reads a message on a makeshift billboard at the entrance of a two-track sandy path. The path winds, among many others, at the sand mountain - 100 metres high 105 years ago but reduced since into a mere sand hill.
As was the case in South Africa's elections in April 2009 and later, in November in Mozambique, their respective ruling parties and governments grew out of tried-and-tested struggle movements, taking charge from their former colonial-racist occupiers.
Many developing countries are characterised by a high degree of political and administrative centralisation. Local government in such countries is weakly developed and plays a far smaller legitimizing, disadvantaged by a weak local tax base, limited capacity to borrow and very limited financial support from central government.
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