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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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| 2013-07-29
Egypt police shoot Morsi supporters dead
CAIRO - Egyptian police shot dead 23 supporters of Egypt’s ousted president Mohamed Morsi and wounded hundreds more in Cairo early on Saturday, a Muslim Brotherhood leader said.
The Brotherhood’s Murad Mohammed Ali said police had fired live rounds at the Islamist demonstrators but the state Mena news agency cited a security official it did not identify as denying any live fire by police.
Mohammed Ali said more than 600 people had been wounded.
There was no immediate word from the emergency services or the health ministry.
Clashes broke out at dawn on the road to the airport, with police firing tear gas at stone-throwing protesters, the state Mena news agency said.
It reported that buckshot was fired but said it was unclear who had fired it.
The bloodshed came as interim interior minister Mohammed Ibrahim said that the military-installed caretaker government would move swiftly to break up the Islamists’ protest camp in the Nasr City district of Cairo within “the framework of the law”.
“There will be decisions from the prosecutor soon, and this situation will be ended,” Ibrahim told satellite television channel Al-Hayat.
It also came as authorities charged the ousted president with murder and formally remanded him in custody for 15 days.
He had been held without charge since hours after his ouster by the army on 3 July.
Morsi stands accused of the “premeditated murder of some prisoners, officers and soldiers” when he broke out of prison during the 2011 uprising that toppled veteran strongman Hosni Mubarak, Mena said.
The charges came as hundreds of thousands of supporters and opponents of the 3 July coup took to the streets on Friday, sparking fierce clashes in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria that left seven people dead.
Army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who orchestrated the coup, had called on Wednesday for a mass show of support for a crackdown on “terrorism”.
- Nampa-AFP
The Brotherhood’s Murad Mohammed Ali said police had fired live rounds at the Islamist demonstrators but the state Mena news agency cited a security official it did not identify as denying any live fire by police.
Mohammed Ali said more than 600 people had been wounded.
There was no immediate word from the emergency services or the health ministry.
Clashes broke out at dawn on the road to the airport, with police firing tear gas at stone-throwing protesters, the state Mena news agency said.
It reported that buckshot was fired but said it was unclear who had fired it.
The bloodshed came as interim interior minister Mohammed Ibrahim said that the military-installed caretaker government would move swiftly to break up the Islamists’ protest camp in the Nasr City district of Cairo within “the framework of the law”.
“There will be decisions from the prosecutor soon, and this situation will be ended,” Ibrahim told satellite television channel Al-Hayat.
It also came as authorities charged the ousted president with murder and formally remanded him in custody for 15 days.
He had been held without charge since hours after his ouster by the army on 3 July.
Morsi stands accused of the “premeditated murder of some prisoners, officers and soldiers” when he broke out of prison during the 2011 uprising that toppled veteran strongman Hosni Mubarak, Mena said.
The charges came as hundreds of thousands of supporters and opponents of the 3 July coup took to the streets on Friday, sparking fierce clashes in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria that left seven people dead.
Army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who orchestrated the coup, had called on Wednesday for a mass show of support for a crackdown on “terrorism”.
- Nampa-AFP
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