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The Namibian
Tue 13 Aug 2013
SMS Of The Day * MINISTRY of Gender and Child Welfare, TEARS are rolling down as I write this SMS. The killing of women in Namibia is now like reciting a poem. Are we really getting the protection we deserve while women not being treated as part of this c Food For Thought * SO the Zimbabwe elections were free and peaceful and not free and fair? Bouquets And Brickbats * NURSES at Katutura Hospital must stop wearing those big plastic sandals at work because they are not the official working shoes. We want to see you looking smart and beautiful with your full uniform. 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
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| 2013-07-23
Guard kills dog on Henties beach
Adam Hartman
DEAD ... The friendly and playful Cassie lying dead on the beach after being shot. Photos: Contributed
CASSIE and Jack – the two seven-year-old Swiss Shepherds of Elsa van der Merwe – and her Scottish Terrier were, like always, playing on the beach in front of her Henties Bay home last Friday morning. Cassie was dead by noon when a guard of former President Sam Nujoma shot her.
“They went down to the beach. They always do. The people of Henties Bay know them. They never hurt anyone; they just like to play and now Cassie is dead,” said a sad Van der Merwe.
She was in her home, busy working on her next book while the dogs were playing on the beach. The next thing she heard was what she thought was a door slamming, but when two of the dogs returned soon after without Cassie, she went outside and saw her lying dead on the beach.
“I ran down to her and although there was no blood, there was a hole in her flank. The bullet never left the body suggesting that she was shot from far. These guys use 9mm pistols and if it was a close range the bullet would have gone out the other side. If she was attacking the guard, then she would have been shot from the front at close range, but this was on the side,” Van der Merwe said.
Two men came walking toward her and she asked them for help but she could not communicate with them. One could apparently not understand or speak English, while the other spoke broken English.
They just left her. She later found out that one of the men was the alleged shooter.
Nujoma was at his holiday house over the weekend to attend several official functions in Henties Bay and Swakopmund.
When Van der Merwe went to the local police to lay a charge she was told that the shooter had already made a statement. It was alleged that the dog had attacked him and therefore he shot it, she explained. She was blamed for allowing her dogs to move around a municipal area without a leash.
Police Inspector Erastus Iikuyu said that it was reported by the guard that five dogs apparently attacked him on the beach.
“He was on an observation patrol mission when the incident happened. Now you can understand how any individual would have reacted in such a circumstance. That is why he shot the dog; to protect himself,” Iikuyu said.
He said that both parties “were free to lay charges” but after Van der Merwe was informed that there were municipal rules regarding dogs, the matter was settled.
She was in her home, busy working on her next book while the dogs were playing on the beach. The next thing she heard was what she thought was a door slamming, but when two of the dogs returned soon after without Cassie, she went outside and saw her lying dead on the beach.
“I ran down to her and although there was no blood, there was a hole in her flank. The bullet never left the body suggesting that she was shot from far. These guys use 9mm pistols and if it was a close range the bullet would have gone out the other side. If she was attacking the guard, then she would have been shot from the front at close range, but this was on the side,” Van der Merwe said.
Two men came walking toward her and she asked them for help but she could not communicate with them. One could apparently not understand or speak English, while the other spoke broken English.
They just left her. She later found out that one of the men was the alleged shooter.
Nujoma was at his holiday house over the weekend to attend several official functions in Henties Bay and Swakopmund.
When Van der Merwe went to the local police to lay a charge she was told that the shooter had already made a statement. It was alleged that the dog had attacked him and therefore he shot it, she explained. She was blamed for allowing her dogs to move around a municipal area without a leash.
Police Inspector Erastus Iikuyu said that it was reported by the guard that five dogs apparently attacked him on the beach.
“He was on an observation patrol mission when the incident happened. Now you can understand how any individual would have reacted in such a circumstance. That is why he shot the dog; to protect himself,” Iikuyu said.
He said that both parties “were free to lay charges” but after Van der Merwe was informed that there were municipal rules regarding dogs, the matter was settled.
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