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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 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
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| 2013-08-05
Paralympic stars get heroes’ welcome
Helge Schutz
WELL DONE! ... Members of Namibia’s team that competed at the IPC World Championships, from left: Memory Kahlari, Ananias Shikongo, Even Tjiviju, Johanna Benson, Johannes Nambala and Albertina Johannes.Photo: contributed
NAMIBIA’s paralympic team arrived back to a heroes’ welcome at the Hosea Kutako International Airport on Saturday morning, after its members won seven medals at the IPC World Championships in Lyon, France.
NAMIBIA’s paralympic team arrived back to a heroes’ welcome at the Hosea Kutako International Airport on Saturday morning, after its members won seven medals at the IPC World Championships in Lyon, France.
Members of Disability Sport Namibia, the team’s sponsor NamPower and some family members arrived at about 05h00 on Saturday morning to welcome the team back.
Johannes Nambala, who won Namibia’s only gold medal at the championships, led the team into the arrival hall to cheers and applause as he received a garland of flowers from some of the well wishers.
Nambala, who came in first in the Men’s T13 400m in a new championship record of 49,07 seconds, said he was very proud of his achievement.
“I’m feeling happy and I’m very proud about winning the gold medal. The race was very difficult and I was not really ready for it, but I said I will just finish so I gave it everything and in the final straight I came first and my time was good,” he said.
Nambala further shared that it was a special feeling o receive the gold medal on the winners’ podium.
“It means a lot, I can’t even describe it because I put my country on top and when they sang our national anthem it was very special.”
Nambala, who also won a silver medal in the T13 200m, said it was a big challenge for him.
“I ran against the top athletes who were at the Olympic Games in London and this is just my first international game and it was a very big challenge for me,” he stated.
Johanna Benson, who won two bronze medals in the Women’s T37 100m and 200m found the competition more testing than the Olympics, were she won silver and gold respectively.
“This championship was very tough for me but I tried my best. In the heats I was good but in the final I was trying my best and I got the third place.
I was really disappointed but I tried my best,” she said.
Benson however vowed to win gold again at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
“It was a very tough competition.
I was competing against the French lady who came first in the 100m last year at the Paralympic Games and she pushed it this year.
But in 2016 it will be me again and we are going to take those medals back again,” she announced.
Ananias Shikongo who won a silver and a bronze medal in the Men’s T11 100m and 200m said he was well prepared for the championships.
“The championships were really good and it was a nice race.
I was really prepared for it and most of my competitors defeated me last year in London but this time I managed to close the gap on them and that’s why I enjoyed the race,” he said.
“For me it was only about beating all those Brazilians who won the gold and silver medals in London because last year I was struggling with an injury and I didn’t make it 100 percent. But this time I was ready to defeat them,” he added.
Shikongo, too, was confident that he could win a gold medal in 2016.
“2016 - that is obvious.
I know and trust my guide and we are not going to put a bronze or a silver medal there, it’s obvious we can put a gold medal there in 2016,” he said.
Namibia’s seventh medal was won by Frieda Nakanyala in the Women’s T13 200m.
Members of Disability Sport Namibia, the team’s sponsor NamPower and some family members arrived at about 05h00 on Saturday morning to welcome the team back.
Johannes Nambala, who won Namibia’s only gold medal at the championships, led the team into the arrival hall to cheers and applause as he received a garland of flowers from some of the well wishers.
Nambala, who came in first in the Men’s T13 400m in a new championship record of 49,07 seconds, said he was very proud of his achievement.
“I’m feeling happy and I’m very proud about winning the gold medal. The race was very difficult and I was not really ready for it, but I said I will just finish so I gave it everything and in the final straight I came first and my time was good,” he said.
Nambala further shared that it was a special feeling o receive the gold medal on the winners’ podium.
“It means a lot, I can’t even describe it because I put my country on top and when they sang our national anthem it was very special.”
Nambala, who also won a silver medal in the T13 200m, said it was a big challenge for him.
“I ran against the top athletes who were at the Olympic Games in London and this is just my first international game and it was a very big challenge for me,” he stated.
Johanna Benson, who won two bronze medals in the Women’s T37 100m and 200m found the competition more testing than the Olympics, were she won silver and gold respectively.
“This championship was very tough for me but I tried my best. In the heats I was good but in the final I was trying my best and I got the third place.
I was really disappointed but I tried my best,” she said.
Benson however vowed to win gold again at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
“It was a very tough competition.
I was competing against the French lady who came first in the 100m last year at the Paralympic Games and she pushed it this year.
But in 2016 it will be me again and we are going to take those medals back again,” she announced.
Ananias Shikongo who won a silver and a bronze medal in the Men’s T11 100m and 200m said he was well prepared for the championships.
“The championships were really good and it was a nice race.
I was really prepared for it and most of my competitors defeated me last year in London but this time I managed to close the gap on them and that’s why I enjoyed the race,” he said.
“For me it was only about beating all those Brazilians who won the gold and silver medals in London because last year I was struggling with an injury and I didn’t make it 100 percent. But this time I was ready to defeat them,” he added.
Shikongo, too, was confident that he could win a gold medal in 2016.
“2016 - that is obvious.
I know and trust my guide and we are not going to put a bronze or a silver medal there, it’s obvious we can put a gold medal there in 2016,” he said.
Namibia’s seventh medal was won by Frieda Nakanyala in the Women’s T13 200m.
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