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The Namibian
Tue 13 Aug 2013
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 SMS Of The Day * WHY doesn’t NBC listen when they are criticised? The little red chairs on Good Morning Namibia have done their part and are dirty especially at the arm rests. Please listen for once. You interview professionals and internationals on those Food For Thought * MINISTRY of Education, in order to address the shortages of teachers at primary schools why don’t you consider employing us who hold a diploma in lifelong learning and community education for teaching posts? We also did health education Bouquets And Brickbats * MY fellow Namibians, I am not a Swapo member but a third term for President Hifikepuye Pohamba will be a step closer towards attainment of Vision 2030. Believe me His Excellency has made crucial bold decisions, and I don’t regret
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NEWS - AFRICA
| 2013-07-23
Mandela ‘stronger and stronger’- grandson
JOHANNESBURG - South African peace icon Nelson Mandela is “steadily improving” six weeks after he was admitted to hospital with a recurring lung infection, his grandson said yesterday.
Mandla Mandela, who is embroiled in bitter spat with family members over his grandfather’s burial site, visited the former statesman at a Pretoria health facility on Sunday after missing his 95th birthday last week.
“The visit left me with a warm feeling because my grandfather is getting stronger and stronger everyday,” he said.
In a statement, Mandla also issued a thinly veiled rebuke to his relatives after lawyers for more than a dozen family members had claimed in a court filing that the Nobel Peace Prize winner was in a “vegetative state”.
Mandla said his grandfather’s recovery “flies in the face of those who have been busy spreading lies that Madiba is in a ‘vegetative state’ and just waiting for his support machines to be switched off,” he said, using his grandfather’s clan name.
The oldest Mandela grandson, who is chief of Mandela’s birth place Mvezo in the rural Eastern Cape province, has fallen out with relatives after moving the three graves of Mandela’s children without consulting the family.
Following a court order, the remains were reburied earlier this month in Mandela’s childhood village of Qunu, where the anti-apartheid hero has said he himself wishes to be buried after his death.
Mandla’s family has laid a charge of grave-tampering against him, and Mandla is appealing the court ruling.
Mandla was notably absent for Mandela’s birthday celebrations in hospital last Thursday.
Mandla was instead carrying out community projects around his village as part of Mandela Day, a global day of charitable acts in honour of his grandfather, seen as the democratic father of South Africa.
Mandela’s current hospital stay is his longest since he was released from prison in 1990, after serving 27 years under the apartheid regime.
- Nampa-AFP
Mandla Mandela, who is embroiled in bitter spat with family members over his grandfather’s burial site, visited the former statesman at a Pretoria health facility on Sunday after missing his 95th birthday last week.
“The visit left me with a warm feeling because my grandfather is getting stronger and stronger everyday,” he said.
In a statement, Mandla also issued a thinly veiled rebuke to his relatives after lawyers for more than a dozen family members had claimed in a court filing that the Nobel Peace Prize winner was in a “vegetative state”.
Mandla said his grandfather’s recovery “flies in the face of those who have been busy spreading lies that Madiba is in a ‘vegetative state’ and just waiting for his support machines to be switched off,” he said, using his grandfather’s clan name.
The oldest Mandela grandson, who is chief of Mandela’s birth place Mvezo in the rural Eastern Cape province, has fallen out with relatives after moving the three graves of Mandela’s children without consulting the family.
Following a court order, the remains were reburied earlier this month in Mandela’s childhood village of Qunu, where the anti-apartheid hero has said he himself wishes to be buried after his death.
Mandla’s family has laid a charge of grave-tampering against him, and Mandla is appealing the court ruling.
Mandla was notably absent for Mandela’s birthday celebrations in hospital last Thursday.
Mandla was instead carrying out community projects around his village as part of Mandela Day, a global day of charitable acts in honour of his grandfather, seen as the democratic father of South Africa.
Mandela’s current hospital stay is his longest since he was released from prison in 1990, after serving 27 years under the apartheid regime.
- Nampa-AFP
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