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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
Taxi drivers hand petition to parliament
Clemans Miyanicwe
ACCEPTED ... Secretary of the National Assembly Jakes Jacob signs the petition from the Namibia Transport and Taxi Union (NNTU) while the chief organisers of the strike Joseph Kalimbo and NTTU president Werner Januarie look on. Photos : Henry van Rooi
THE Namibian Transport and Taxi Union (NTTU) yesterday handed over a petition to parliament in which they call for the intervention of lawmakers.
THE Namibian Transport and Taxi Union (NTTU) yesterday handed over a petition to parliament in which they call for the intervention of lawmakers.
The petition was received by the Secretary of the National Assembly, Jake Jacobs, who went to the area where the taxi drivers were protesting in Katutura instead of them marching to parliament.
Some of the taxi drivers had been sleeping at the open field since the strike started.
Upon receiving the petition, Jacob said he will hand it over to the lawmakers.
NTTU president Werner Januarie said they might suspend the strike next week.
The petition incorporates issues such as high traffic fines, insufficient taxi ranks, recognition of drivers by the government and their various institutions, departments, employers and the general public.
NTTU request for more taxi ranks and the lowering of pavements at roads where there is a high movement of the public, as part of their proposal.
According to Januarie the current fines are also highly unjustifiable and grossly unreasonable for the public and taxi drivers. NTTU has given the National Assembly until 24 October to provide them with a satisfactory response.
The union however did not specify the action they will take if National Assembly does not meet this date.
The NTTU-organised taxi strike is ongoing in Walvis Bay, Oshikango and Windhoek.
The petition was received by the Secretary of the National Assembly, Jake Jacobs, who went to the area where the taxi drivers were protesting in Katutura instead of them marching to parliament.
Some of the taxi drivers had been sleeping at the open field since the strike started.
Upon receiving the petition, Jacob said he will hand it over to the lawmakers.
NTTU president Werner Januarie said they might suspend the strike next week.
The petition incorporates issues such as high traffic fines, insufficient taxi ranks, recognition of drivers by the government and their various institutions, departments, employers and the general public.
NTTU request for more taxi ranks and the lowering of pavements at roads where there is a high movement of the public, as part of their proposal.
According to Januarie the current fines are also highly unjustifiable and grossly unreasonable for the public and taxi drivers. NTTU has given the National Assembly until 24 October to provide them with a satisfactory response.
The union however did not specify the action they will take if National Assembly does not meet this date.
The NTTU-organised taxi strike is ongoing in Walvis Bay, Oshikango and Windhoek.
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