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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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NEWS - AFRICA
| 2013-07-24
Tsvangirai challenges Mugabe to TV debate
CAPE TOWN - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has challenged his arch rival President Robert Mugabe to a live television debate to discuss their party policies ahead of elections scheduled for next week, a Daily News report says.
Tsvangirai who was addressing thousands of people who attended an MDC rally at Mkoba Stadium in Gweru said the debate would help Zimbabweans see who has the best plan to uplift their lives.
“As we move closer to the election, I am also challenging Mugabe to a live debate on television, where each one of us will articulate our policies on how to make Zimbabwe a better place.
“I am challenging all the presidential candidates to a public debate so that Zimbabweans can see who has the best plan to uplift the lives of Zimbabweans,” Tsvangirai said. Tsvangirai said he was not afraid of such a debate as his party had clear people-oriented policies.
“This is a defining election because it is the last mile,” he said.
In more progressive countries, politicians take part in televised debates where they get the opportunity to articulate their policies to the electorate.
In other mature democracies like the US, such debates have a huge bearing on the outcome of the election.
If Mugabe accepts Tsvangirai’s challenge, it will be the first of its kind in Zimbabwe.
Mugabe, however, has in the past turned down such challenges and in the current campaign, the 89-year-old Zanu PF presidential candidate has been criticised for spending campaign hours dwelling on history instead of pushing through his party’s policies for the people if he is re-elected.
Tsvangirai who was addressing thousands of people who attended an MDC rally at Mkoba Stadium in Gweru said the debate would help Zimbabweans see who has the best plan to uplift their lives.
“As we move closer to the election, I am also challenging Mugabe to a live debate on television, where each one of us will articulate our policies on how to make Zimbabwe a better place.
“I am challenging all the presidential candidates to a public debate so that Zimbabweans can see who has the best plan to uplift the lives of Zimbabweans,” Tsvangirai said. Tsvangirai said he was not afraid of such a debate as his party had clear people-oriented policies.
“This is a defining election because it is the last mile,” he said.
In more progressive countries, politicians take part in televised debates where they get the opportunity to articulate their policies to the electorate.
In other mature democracies like the US, such debates have a huge bearing on the outcome of the election.
If Mugabe accepts Tsvangirai’s challenge, it will be the first of its kind in Zimbabwe.
Mugabe, however, has in the past turned down such challenges and in the current campaign, the 89-year-old Zanu PF presidential candidate has been criticised for spending campaign hours dwelling on history instead of pushing through his party’s policies for the people if he is re-elected.
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