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The Namibian
Mon 12 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 - NAMIBIA
| 2013-07-25
Police targets top Hardap officials
Luqman Cloete
ARRESTS of three Hardap Regional Council officials suspected of having embezzled close to N$150 000 from council coffers could be made this week.
The acting Hardap Police regional crime coordinator, chief inspector Asser Kapukare, yesterday told The Namibian that officials probing the misappropriation of council money are preparing to swoop on three top officials before the end of the week.
The alleged misappropriation of money at council was detected after a routine bank reconciliation, The Namibian was informed.
The bank reconciliation uncovered discrepancies in a form of an unexplained cheque payment of N$72 400 and a N$75 590 bank electronic transfer to Monate Events Management, a company believed to be owned by Van Wyks’ wife, The Namibian was told.
The cheque payment was signed by Van Wyk and council’s planning director Theresia Basson on 3 January 2012, while the electronic bank transfer was authorised by Van Wyk and council’s chief executive officer Yvonne Boois in March this year.
Following the detection of the irregular payments, council resolved to remove Basson and Van Wyk as signatories on the council’s bank accounts, and moved Van Wyk from his office to the Mariental Urban constituency office. It also ordered Basson to vacate her office and to occupy one of the planning directorates sub division offices.
Meanwhile, the Public Service Commission (PSC) has recommended to the council not to extend the probation period of Rehoboth Rural Constituency Schilp office chief control officer Reinoldt Cloete.
This follows after the council sought guidance from the PSC on how to deal with Cloete after an audit revealed that N$ 152 000 generated through water and electricity sales had gone missing between April and December in 2011. The council’s chairperson, Jeremia Van Neel yesterday confirmed the PSC’ recommendation, adding that council is just awaiting a recommendation from its chief regional officer to decide on whether a criminal case should be registered against Cloete.
Van Neel added that council has also lodged a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Corruption Commission over the Schilp office’s missing money.
“We are are waiting for recommendations from the ACC,” Van Neel added.
luqman@namibian.com.na
The acting Hardap Police regional crime coordinator, chief inspector Asser Kapukare, yesterday told The Namibian that officials probing the misappropriation of council money are preparing to swoop on three top officials before the end of the week.
The alleged misappropriation of money at council was detected after a routine bank reconciliation, The Namibian was informed.
The bank reconciliation uncovered discrepancies in a form of an unexplained cheque payment of N$72 400 and a N$75 590 bank electronic transfer to Monate Events Management, a company believed to be owned by Van Wyks’ wife, The Namibian was told.
The cheque payment was signed by Van Wyk and council’s planning director Theresia Basson on 3 January 2012, while the electronic bank transfer was authorised by Van Wyk and council’s chief executive officer Yvonne Boois in March this year.
Following the detection of the irregular payments, council resolved to remove Basson and Van Wyk as signatories on the council’s bank accounts, and moved Van Wyk from his office to the Mariental Urban constituency office. It also ordered Basson to vacate her office and to occupy one of the planning directorates sub division offices.
Meanwhile, the Public Service Commission (PSC) has recommended to the council not to extend the probation period of Rehoboth Rural Constituency Schilp office chief control officer Reinoldt Cloete.
This follows after the council sought guidance from the PSC on how to deal with Cloete after an audit revealed that N$ 152 000 generated through water and electricity sales had gone missing between April and December in 2011. The council’s chairperson, Jeremia Van Neel yesterday confirmed the PSC’ recommendation, adding that council is just awaiting a recommendation from its chief regional officer to decide on whether a criminal case should be registered against Cloete.
Van Neel added that council has also lodged a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Corruption Commission over the Schilp office’s missing money.
“We are are waiting for recommendations from the ACC,” Van Neel added.
luqman@namibian.com.na
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