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The Namibian
Tue 13 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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| 2013-08-01
Bruno Metsu facing ‘match of his life’
PARIS - Former Senegal coach Bruno Metsu once told his players they were playing the match of their lives as he sought to motivate them, but now the 59-year-old cancer sufferer knows exactly what that feels like.
When he led unfancied Senegal on their World Cup debut during the opening match against champions France in 2002, few could have predicted what would happen next.
Not only did Papa Bouba Diop’s goal defeat France in one of the tournament’s greatest upsets but their unmistakeable long-haired blonde coach guided the team to the quarter-finals where the fairytale finally came to a proud conclusion with a narrow defeat by Turkey.
Ten years later in October 2012, after feeling ill in Dubai and being rushed to hospital, Metsu was told he was in a terminal phase of cancer and suffering from the disease in his liver, lungs and colon.“They gave me three months” he told sports daily L’Equipe this week after recently returning to France with his wife and three young children.“It was an enormous shock. I was with Viviane, my wife and we were crying as we left the hospital. You think about your kids and everyone around you.
“I started chemotherapy almost immediately and when I went to the hospital I was in a wheelchair, I was so weak but there was no question of giving up.“Often as a coach, you tell your players ‘today is the match of your life’. But no, it isn’t! Today, yes, I am playing the match of my life.
“I wanted to tell my story or rather my testimony. When I saw a programme on Eric Abidal, that gives strength and inspiration to others, that is a powerful thing,” he said about the French defender who has come back from a life threatening liver transplant.
Metsu enjoyed a modest playing career before an equally unspectacular start to life as a coach until his African adventure began in 2000 when he took over the Guinea helm for two years before moving to Senegal.
He led the country to their first and only African championship final, six months before the World Cup, where only a penalty shootout defeat in Mali against Cameroon denied them a historic triumph.
Now his own personal triumph is in defying modern science and battling to live as long as possible.
“When someone gives you three months, you fight to go further,” said Metsu who has gained 2kg in recent weeks after losing 17kg since his diagnosis.“You tell yourself, you, you’re not going in three months and if you beat me, it won’t be easy.
“In February, we didn’t notice that I had pneumonia and I had chemo on top of it. I stayed 10 days between life and death. That was the most difficult fight that I have known.
“90 per cent of people don’t survive this situation but I had a incredible desire to survive. “I have learned a lot about myself and family values. Today I can watch my children grow up and I have had nine months of happiness at their side and it’s so much better than football.
“These kind of challenges can also bring a lot too. You see things differently. You take on a completely new way of thinking and how to be strong, like Abidal.” -Nampa-AFP
When he led unfancied Senegal on their World Cup debut during the opening match against champions France in 2002, few could have predicted what would happen next.
Not only did Papa Bouba Diop’s goal defeat France in one of the tournament’s greatest upsets but their unmistakeable long-haired blonde coach guided the team to the quarter-finals where the fairytale finally came to a proud conclusion with a narrow defeat by Turkey.
Ten years later in October 2012, after feeling ill in Dubai and being rushed to hospital, Metsu was told he was in a terminal phase of cancer and suffering from the disease in his liver, lungs and colon.“They gave me three months” he told sports daily L’Equipe this week after recently returning to France with his wife and three young children.“It was an enormous shock. I was with Viviane, my wife and we were crying as we left the hospital. You think about your kids and everyone around you.
“I started chemotherapy almost immediately and when I went to the hospital I was in a wheelchair, I was so weak but there was no question of giving up.“Often as a coach, you tell your players ‘today is the match of your life’. But no, it isn’t! Today, yes, I am playing the match of my life.
“I wanted to tell my story or rather my testimony. When I saw a programme on Eric Abidal, that gives strength and inspiration to others, that is a powerful thing,” he said about the French defender who has come back from a life threatening liver transplant.
Metsu enjoyed a modest playing career before an equally unspectacular start to life as a coach until his African adventure began in 2000 when he took over the Guinea helm for two years before moving to Senegal.
He led the country to their first and only African championship final, six months before the World Cup, where only a penalty shootout defeat in Mali against Cameroon denied them a historic triumph.
Now his own personal triumph is in defying modern science and battling to live as long as possible.
“When someone gives you three months, you fight to go further,” said Metsu who has gained 2kg in recent weeks after losing 17kg since his diagnosis.“You tell yourself, you, you’re not going in three months and if you beat me, it won’t be easy.
“In February, we didn’t notice that I had pneumonia and I had chemo on top of it. I stayed 10 days between life and death. That was the most difficult fight that I have known.
“90 per cent of people don’t survive this situation but I had a incredible desire to survive. “I have learned a lot about myself and family values. Today I can watch my children grow up and I have had nine months of happiness at their side and it’s so much better than football.
“These kind of challenges can also bring a lot too. You see things differently. You take on a completely new way of thinking and how to be strong, like Abidal.” -Nampa-AFP
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