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The Namibian
Tue 13 Aug 2013
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 SMS Of The Day * WHY doesn’t NBC listen when they are criticised? The little red chairs on Good Morning Namibia have done their part and are dirty especially at the arm rests. Please listen for once. You interview professionals and internationals on those Food For Thought * MINISTRY of Education, in order to address the shortages of teachers at primary schools why don’t you consider employing us who hold a diploma in lifelong learning and community education for teaching posts? We also did health education Bouquets And Brickbats * MY fellow Namibians, I am not a Swapo member but a third term for President Hifikepuye Pohamba will be a step closer towards attainment of Vision 2030. Believe me His Excellency has made crucial bold decisions, and I don’t regret
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NEWS - AFRICA
| 2013-07-29
Mandela still critical after reported op
JOHANNESBURG - The presidency said yesterday that Nelson Mandela was still critically ill in hospital but improving slightly, declining to comment on a report the anti-apartheid hero had undergone an operation.
The former statesman underwent a “surgical procedure to unblock a dialysis tube” on Friday just before marking his seventh week at a Pretoria health facility, according to US news network CBS.
The operation was “minor”, the network reported.
But presidential spokesperson Mac Maharaj would not confirm that the procedure took place.
“He is critical, stable, but there is some improvement,” he told AFP.
According to earlier reports the 95-year-old Nobel peace laureate was breathing with the aid of a ventilator and had undergone dialysis a few weeks after he was hospitalised for a lung infection on 8 June.
CBS also reported two scares on Mandela’s condition in the past week.
“On one occasion Nelson Mandela was not responding to his [medicines], and on another his life support machine showed him in distress,” according to CBS.
Maharaj said he was not aware of any recent scares. There was no further information over Mandela’s possible discharge, which family members alluded to on his 95th birthday two weeks ago.
Mandela’s current hospital stay is his longest since his release from prison in 1990, after serving 27 years under the apartheid regime.
He was elected the country’s first black president in 1994 and became a global icon for peace and forgiveness after reconciling with his former oppressors. - Nampa-AFP
The former statesman underwent a “surgical procedure to unblock a dialysis tube” on Friday just before marking his seventh week at a Pretoria health facility, according to US news network CBS.
The operation was “minor”, the network reported.
But presidential spokesperson Mac Maharaj would not confirm that the procedure took place.
“He is critical, stable, but there is some improvement,” he told AFP.
According to earlier reports the 95-year-old Nobel peace laureate was breathing with the aid of a ventilator and had undergone dialysis a few weeks after he was hospitalised for a lung infection on 8 June.
CBS also reported two scares on Mandela’s condition in the past week.
“On one occasion Nelson Mandela was not responding to his [medicines], and on another his life support machine showed him in distress,” according to CBS.
Maharaj said he was not aware of any recent scares. There was no further information over Mandela’s possible discharge, which family members alluded to on his 95th birthday two weeks ago.
Mandela’s current hospital stay is his longest since his release from prison in 1990, after serving 27 years under the apartheid regime.
He was elected the country’s first black president in 1994 and became a global icon for peace and forgiveness after reconciling with his former oppressors. - Nampa-AFP
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