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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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| 2013-08-05
Rosh Pinah honours legacy of a geologist
Luqman Cloete
EMOTIONS ran high last week during the unveiling ceremony of a memorial in honour of the late Michael D McMillan who discovered the zinc sulphide deposits on the southern flanks of the Gergarub Mountains near Rosh Pinah in August 1963.
McMillan’s discovery led to the setting up of Imcor Zinc, Rosh Pinah’s predecessor, which commenced mining and production in 1966 with an 11-year projected life span.
A professional field geologist and a graduate of the University of Cape Town, McMillan died at the age of 74 after suffering a stroke on 9 August 2011.
Family, friends, Rosh Pinah Zinc Corporation (RPZC) management and PE Minerals board members attended the unveiling ceremony.
PE Minerals has a stake in RPZC.
Speaking at the ceremony, McMillan’s wife Jean, who now lives in South Africa said the event brought back rich memories of the interesting years the family had spent in the “wilderness”.
“I must tell you that he loved work and this part of the world. He was a great family man and we as a family had many interesting years here in the wilderness,” teary-eyed McMillan, who was accompanied by two of her grandchildren who live in the US, said.
Jean thanked RPZC management for creating the special place called Rosh Pinah while McMillan’s daughter, Alison said she was sure her father would have loved to be present.
“I am sure he would have loved to have been present, but somehow even though he is not with us today. I am sure he’s smiling on us,” Alison said emotionally.
In her tribute, Ellison who is McMillan’s granddaughter said only legends would dedicate 10 years of their lives working on geological map.
“Your exploits in the remote regions of Southern Africa are a thing of legends who would dedicate 10 years of their life, coming up into Namibia and the Richtersveld to map the geology of this region,” Ellison said with tears rolling down her cheeks.
Geologist John Barrett said field geologists during McMillan’s days developed a skill to absorb a large amount of visual data and filter out anything unusual or anomalous.
“A whitish grey rock caught Michael’s attention, a type of rock he had not seen in three months of field mapping. On hefting the rock, as geologist’s do, he was at once struck by its weight. The rock was twice as heavy as other rocks in the general area,” Barrett explained.
Barrett further said McMillan had fortuitously pitched his tent at one of the extremely rare locations in the area where zinc minerals outcropped on the surface.
“This memorial is our way of paying tribute to a great man and geologist,” RPZC general manager Christo Aspelling said.
McMillan’s discovery led to the setting up of Imcor Zinc, Rosh Pinah’s predecessor, which commenced mining and production in 1966 with an 11-year projected life span.
A professional field geologist and a graduate of the University of Cape Town, McMillan died at the age of 74 after suffering a stroke on 9 August 2011.
Family, friends, Rosh Pinah Zinc Corporation (RPZC) management and PE Minerals board members attended the unveiling ceremony.
PE Minerals has a stake in RPZC.
Speaking at the ceremony, McMillan’s wife Jean, who now lives in South Africa said the event brought back rich memories of the interesting years the family had spent in the “wilderness”.
“I must tell you that he loved work and this part of the world. He was a great family man and we as a family had many interesting years here in the wilderness,” teary-eyed McMillan, who was accompanied by two of her grandchildren who live in the US, said.
Jean thanked RPZC management for creating the special place called Rosh Pinah while McMillan’s daughter, Alison said she was sure her father would have loved to be present.
“I am sure he would have loved to have been present, but somehow even though he is not with us today. I am sure he’s smiling on us,” Alison said emotionally.
In her tribute, Ellison who is McMillan’s granddaughter said only legends would dedicate 10 years of their lives working on geological map.
“Your exploits in the remote regions of Southern Africa are a thing of legends who would dedicate 10 years of their life, coming up into Namibia and the Richtersveld to map the geology of this region,” Ellison said with tears rolling down her cheeks.
Geologist John Barrett said field geologists during McMillan’s days developed a skill to absorb a large amount of visual data and filter out anything unusual or anomalous.
“A whitish grey rock caught Michael’s attention, a type of rock he had not seen in three months of field mapping. On hefting the rock, as geologist’s do, he was at once struck by its weight. The rock was twice as heavy as other rocks in the general area,” Barrett explained.
Barrett further said McMillan had fortuitously pitched his tent at one of the extremely rare locations in the area where zinc minerals outcropped on the surface.
“This memorial is our way of paying tribute to a great man and geologist,” RPZC general manager Christo Aspelling said.
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