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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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NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-08-05

Five children burn to death

Clemans Miyanicwe

TWO children aged four and six years were burnt to death last Friday in Aminius Settlement when they were left locked up in a shack that caught fire while three others aged between three and four also perished in a shack fire in Epukiro near Otjiwarongo on the same day.

Ndjitiza (4) and Vaja (6) Kambapani as well as Hitjiva Kazearua (8) of Aminius were left sleeping by their mothers when they went to drink beer at a bar.

Hitjiva who escaped with facial and leg burns was rescued by members of the public who had to break down the door when they saw the shack on fire. She was admitted at Gobabis State Hospital after being transferred from Aminius.

Police spokesperson Edwin Kanguatjivi yesterday said a case of culpable homicide has since been opened against the two mothers - a 26-year old and a 20-year old - who are expected to appear in the Gobabis Magistrate Court today.

Kanguatjivi said the women left a candle burning in the shack, which caught fire between 22h00 and 23h00.

In another case at Epukiro near Otjiwarongo three children also burnt to death between 6h00 and 7h00 on Friday after their grandmother left them in a shack when she went to look for calves in the veld. An oil lamp sat on top of a wooden cupboard is suspected to have caused the fire.

The children have been identified as Hivirikee Ngueumenga (4), Okeri Tjiriange (3) and Tjizouje Hamutenja (3) while Ndjokake Hamutenja (age unknown) was rescued by a member of the public and is currently in hospital.

The National Science Institute will investigate the exact cause of fire this week.

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It is sad to lose a human life of such number at the hands of the parents. Is people like them we call MOTHERS of the NATION but look at the way they prepare the Nation. My sympathies are to the CHILDREN who innocently have to die a brutal death like that because of been locked up in the shack....SAMMY - Sammy

It is sad to lose a human life of such number at the hands of the parents. Is people like them we call MOTHERS of the NATION but look at the way they prepare the Nation. My sympathies are to the CHILDREN who innocently have die a brutal death like that because of been locked up in the shack....SAMMY - Sammy

My sincere condolences to the family who had lost the innocent children of God.God bless u and give u strength . - J Mbangu

My the souls of all rest in peace , But the mothers must be held accountable , its how our innocent children are treated while they demand Maintenance too be payed by the fathers while the mothers are out the drinking and enjoying , the Maintenance law too be amended now - Johannes Shilongo

My the soul of all these innocent children rest in peace. My heart goes out to everyone who lost their children, be strong. May God be with you. - K. Rikambura