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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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| 2013-07-26
Taking Issue With Editorial On Mugabe
THIS is in response to The Namibian’s editorial which appeared on 12 July 2013 entitled “Standing Idle as a Bully Disintegrates SADC”.
With all due respect, I think your editorial was more of a rant and as a result you missed the point and failed to be objective in your analysis. We should steer clear of sensational journalism which quotes unfounded claims and street rumours as fact and the perception of Zimbabwen President Robert Mugabe as some type of Mafia boss. This type of journalism is better left to YouTube and Facebook. The matter of principle here is that SADC cannot and should not act as a judiciary authority in internal matters of a country whether it is Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia or whatever.
It is clear that the Zimbabwe constitutional court ordered the elections to be held on 31 July, not Mugabe.
SADC has no business to doubt or oppose a country’s courts. Your editorial implies that Mugabe should have ignored the country’s court in favour of the SADC ruling and your logic implies that SADC should interfere with a member country’s courts.
No sovereign country will allow that to happen. I am sorry about that. The country’s courts are supreme. Even the African Union chief, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, and the Namibian President expressed that sentiment very well.
It is very sad that the Zuma-led facilitation team was led by a narrow-minded woman who doesn’t understand the role of SADC and its boundaries. It was very rude and stupid of her to continue stressing that Zimbabwe should postpone elections even against the court ruling. This is what happens when you employ an uneducated woman with no diplomatic skills and give her a job that she has no clue about.
Those who want to be dictated to by SADC or Zuma, let them do so. When a regional body does not understand its role, we should as well disintegrate it. Countries can have good relations without a regional body as long as we have ambassadors and memorandums of understanding.
Machiavelli
By email
With all due respect, I think your editorial was more of a rant and as a result you missed the point and failed to be objective in your analysis. We should steer clear of sensational journalism which quotes unfounded claims and street rumours as fact and the perception of Zimbabwen President Robert Mugabe as some type of Mafia boss. This type of journalism is better left to YouTube and Facebook. The matter of principle here is that SADC cannot and should not act as a judiciary authority in internal matters of a country whether it is Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia or whatever.
It is clear that the Zimbabwe constitutional court ordered the elections to be held on 31 July, not Mugabe.
SADC has no business to doubt or oppose a country’s courts. Your editorial implies that Mugabe should have ignored the country’s court in favour of the SADC ruling and your logic implies that SADC should interfere with a member country’s courts.
No sovereign country will allow that to happen. I am sorry about that. The country’s courts are supreme. Even the African Union chief, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, and the Namibian President expressed that sentiment very well.
It is very sad that the Zuma-led facilitation team was led by a narrow-minded woman who doesn’t understand the role of SADC and its boundaries. It was very rude and stupid of her to continue stressing that Zimbabwe should postpone elections even against the court ruling. This is what happens when you employ an uneducated woman with no diplomatic skills and give her a job that she has no clue about.
Those who want to be dictated to by SADC or Zuma, let them do so. When a regional body does not understand its role, we should as well disintegrate it. Countries can have good relations without a regional body as long as we have ambassadors and memorandums of understanding.
Machiavelli
By email
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