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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
| 2013-07-31
ZEC - vote will be free and fair
Rita Makarau
HAHARE - Officials in Zimbabwe said on Monday a general election this week would be credible, attempting to dispel concerns of possible vote rigging and other violations.
“I am sure this will be a credible election, I have no nightmares,” Rita Makarau, the head of the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC), said about the vote scheduled for today.
Makarau told a press conference that enough ballot papers had been printed for the more than 6 million registered voters.
“We are 99% prepared for the elections,” she said.
There has been concern that the elections were organised hastily, at the behest of President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu-PF party.
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, the head of the rival Movement for Democratic Change, had wanted the vote delayed.
Speaking in Harare at a large rally - his last before the election -Tsvangirai was critical of the ZEC, calling for its members to resign, arguing that the voter registration list was not being made available.
“The credibility of this election lies in the behaviour and conduct of ZEC. There are two days to go before voting and they are not up to that responsibility,” he told thousands of cheering supporters wearing the trademark MDC red.
“With two days to go to the election, I, as a presidential candidate, don’t have the voter roll,” Tsvangirai said, also lashing out at the police forces for arrested key officials in his party.
He decried a “deliberate attempt to subvert the will of the people.”
At the press conference, ZEC was unable to answer questions about the voters roll. The registrar-general also declined to provide answers when pressed by journalists.
Aldo Dell’Ariccia, the head of the European Union delegation in Zimbabwe, said the preparation time for the elections was “extremely short” but was impressed that ballot papers were reaching the polling station on time.
“We hope that Zimbabweans will be able to make their choice of their candidate,” he said, noting that European monitors were not invited to observe the elections. Instead, limited numbers of embassy staff will monitor the vote, alongside African observers.
The EU diplomat said the bloc would be willing to work with any government formed as a result of free, fair and peaceful elections.
Following the violent and disputed election in 2008, regional powers pushed Zanu-PF and then opposition party MDC into a shaky coalition government rife with mistrust.
The 89-year-old Mugabe and Tsvangirai, 61, are again contesting the presidential office. The MDC leader is touting himself as a reformist candidate who will bring change to the country which has been run by Mugabe since independence in 1980.
If there is no outright winner in the first round - with results expected to be announced within five days of polls closing - a second round is scheduled for September.
Mugabe has expressed confidence in a first round win. - Nampa-Sapa
Makarau told a press conference that enough ballot papers had been printed for the more than 6 million registered voters.
“We are 99% prepared for the elections,” she said.
There has been concern that the elections were organised hastily, at the behest of President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu-PF party.
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, the head of the rival Movement for Democratic Change, had wanted the vote delayed.
Speaking in Harare at a large rally - his last before the election -Tsvangirai was critical of the ZEC, calling for its members to resign, arguing that the voter registration list was not being made available.
“The credibility of this election lies in the behaviour and conduct of ZEC. There are two days to go before voting and they are not up to that responsibility,” he told thousands of cheering supporters wearing the trademark MDC red.
“With two days to go to the election, I, as a presidential candidate, don’t have the voter roll,” Tsvangirai said, also lashing out at the police forces for arrested key officials in his party.
He decried a “deliberate attempt to subvert the will of the people.”
At the press conference, ZEC was unable to answer questions about the voters roll. The registrar-general also declined to provide answers when pressed by journalists.
Aldo Dell’Ariccia, the head of the European Union delegation in Zimbabwe, said the preparation time for the elections was “extremely short” but was impressed that ballot papers were reaching the polling station on time.
“We hope that Zimbabweans will be able to make their choice of their candidate,” he said, noting that European monitors were not invited to observe the elections. Instead, limited numbers of embassy staff will monitor the vote, alongside African observers.
The EU diplomat said the bloc would be willing to work with any government formed as a result of free, fair and peaceful elections.
Following the violent and disputed election in 2008, regional powers pushed Zanu-PF and then opposition party MDC into a shaky coalition government rife with mistrust.
The 89-year-old Mugabe and Tsvangirai, 61, are again contesting the presidential office. The MDC leader is touting himself as a reformist candidate who will bring change to the country which has been run by Mugabe since independence in 1980.
If there is no outright winner in the first round - with results expected to be announced within five days of polls closing - a second round is scheduled for September.
Mugabe has expressed confidence in a first round win. - Nampa-Sapa
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