If you don't know that I am a computer nut by now, you will never know. But I am and my better half has often questioned whose name is on the marriage certificate besides my own: hers or my computer's.

So, yes, I spend a lot of time online. I love downloading (ask Mweb - they are smiling all the way to the bank because I exceed my cap regularly) (Thanks, guys!)

I love new programmes and that also means that I check out the various download sites religiously (if I may...

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The secret is a secret no more. In the jungle of poverty and lost hope that is present-day Zimbabwe, the mighty lion sleeps no more.

Zim ex fiance minister Simba Makoni has jumped into the ring to contest the 29 March election against His Highness, Mad Bob Mugabe, the Terminator of Sinbabwe.

After the pathetic squabbling of the supposed mature opposition parties of Tsvangirai and Mutambara - at the moment decidedly the Dumb and Dumber of Zim politics - had left the...

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In Roman mythology, Janus (or Ianus) was the god of gates, doors, doorways, beginnings, and endings. Janus is usually depicted with two faces looking in opposite directions.

In Shakespeare's play "Othello", the double-crossing Iago utters the words "By Janus" when lying to Othello, a play on words considering his own two-faced nature.

I realise that above intro makes this actually sound like an episode of the "X-Files" or another film from...

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Mondays, I find, is always a good day to start contemplating issues. An issue which has come to fore in my mind is one that will, eventually, affect each and every Namibian for many years to come: The absolute dearth of good Namibian journalists coming up from where they were trained.

Of course, there are exceptions like in any field of endevaour.

Yes, I know, there are a number of really good Namibian reporters, media specialists, journalists or whatever they would...

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My Mama always told me that the Good Lord gave me a head to think with and not only to keep my ears apart so that I could wear glasses.

Looking at our good friend and neighbour, Zimbabwe, I note that there are a myriad of voices claiming this and claiming that about their liquidity or illiquidity.

So, I listened to my Mama and took what the Good Lord gave me, applied it as best as I could and came up with the following:

Barely a month ago, Dr. Gono, the...

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