The controversy surrounding the Namibian midwater fishery, which mainly targets horse mackerel, comes as no surprise.

Rumors have been rife for some time now on illegal fishing activities inside the 200m depth zone - mainly on the northern fishing grounds - as well as on the open-ocean transfer of catches, and the alleged (which is now being investigated) dumping of unwanted catches.

And then, amidst the chaos this important fishery has been drowning in the last two weeks,...

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While I was gathering wool and other things, it suddenly struck me that we have something brand-new to chat/talk/signal about.

As everybody knows, members of SWAPO call one another "Comrade". This is a good phrase, especially when you can't remember the person's name. It also goes for both genders (I wanted to say "sexes", but am afraid somebody will sue me for being sexist). So, if you can't make out whether it is female or male, "Comrade" fits marvellously!...

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MBABANE, 25 June 2008 (IRIN) - Zimbabwe’s presidential run-off election scheduled for 27 June should be called off, regional leaders meeting in Swaziland said on Wednesday.

“If the election were to be held under present circumstances, it would compromise the credibility and legitimacy of the results,” said a statement released by King Mswati III, Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete and a representative of Angolan Prime Minister, Fernando dos Santos.

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Let them eat cake


A brand-new contribution in your favourite online community in this brandnew year. Welcome it. There are brickbats and kudos (where such are deserved). And, hopefully, you will chuckle about some of the stuff penned down.

Let’s start with this with the skunk of the Western World: His Excellency, The Terminator of Zimbabwe, Bumbling Bob the First (and hopefully the last).
With the news last year that the baked bread was getting as...

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I believe in serendipity, that is the luck in making unexpected discoveries.

Maybe I should rather use the term “synchronicity” for what I want to write about.

Synchronicity is the experience of two or more events which occur in a meaningful manner, but which are causally un-related.

The first of these experiences went by without much bother. It was when my family and I were at the Maerua Mall shopping centre (in Windhoek) some time ago and I saw a certain...

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