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The Namibian
Mon 12 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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| 2013-08-06
Chinese contractor razes Kuku gwaKondo garden
Hileni Nembwaya
A CHINESE road contractor employees expanding the Oshakati-Ongwediva main road were yesterday involved in a verbal brawl with an elderly woman after they destroyed her garden.
The garden that belongs to Emilia Angara is named after the late Kuku gwaKondo, the mother of former President Sam Nujoma.
Angara took on the employees of China Henan International Cooperation Group Namibia that was contracted by the Road Authority (RA) to rehabilitate and expand the road accusing them of cutting down her trees without permission.
Traffic was temporarily disrupted yesterday and the police had to intervene to bring the situation back to normal.
One of the Chinese employees at the site, who preferred to be anonymous, said they were granted permission to remove the garden by the owner and that she was paid about N$300 000 by RA.
“We were told by her to cut down the trees,” the employee said but Angala dismissed the compensation claims.
“I was not paid anything by RA but they promised they will compensate me,” said Angala.
“How could they cut down my trees without my consent and now they have destroyed the trees which meant a lot to me. RA promised to consult me before they cut down my trees and that they will compensate me,” Angala said.
Angala said that some of her poles were also destroyed and that the police tried to arrest her when she came to the scene after receiving a tip off from members of the public.
Angala claims that she signed an agreement with the RA chief executive officer, Conrad Lutombi, on Friday in Oshakati pertaining to compensation for the dismantled portion of the garden.
The RA spokesperson, Hileni Fillemon, could not shed more light on the matter saying a press conference would be held today.
The Ongwediva Town Council spokesperson, Andreas Uutoni, said they were not involved in negotiations between Angala and RA and do not know whether she had been compensated or not.
Last month, it was reported that Angala was offered N$3 000 by the Chinese contractor but she rejected the offer.
The garden had about 380 lucerne trees. She was demanding to be paid N$10 000 for each non-fruit bearing tree and N$15 000 for the fruit trees.
The garden that belongs to Emilia Angara is named after the late Kuku gwaKondo, the mother of former President Sam Nujoma.
Angara took on the employees of China Henan International Cooperation Group Namibia that was contracted by the Road Authority (RA) to rehabilitate and expand the road accusing them of cutting down her trees without permission.
Traffic was temporarily disrupted yesterday and the police had to intervene to bring the situation back to normal.
One of the Chinese employees at the site, who preferred to be anonymous, said they were granted permission to remove the garden by the owner and that she was paid about N$300 000 by RA.
“We were told by her to cut down the trees,” the employee said but Angala dismissed the compensation claims.
“I was not paid anything by RA but they promised they will compensate me,” said Angala.
“How could they cut down my trees without my consent and now they have destroyed the trees which meant a lot to me. RA promised to consult me before they cut down my trees and that they will compensate me,” Angala said.
Angala said that some of her poles were also destroyed and that the police tried to arrest her when she came to the scene after receiving a tip off from members of the public.
Angala claims that she signed an agreement with the RA chief executive officer, Conrad Lutombi, on Friday in Oshakati pertaining to compensation for the dismantled portion of the garden.
The RA spokesperson, Hileni Fillemon, could not shed more light on the matter saying a press conference would be held today.
The Ongwediva Town Council spokesperson, Andreas Uutoni, said they were not involved in negotiations between Angala and RA and do not know whether she had been compensated or not.
Last month, it was reported that Angala was offered N$3 000 by the Chinese contractor but she rejected the offer.
The garden had about 380 lucerne trees. She was demanding to be paid N$10 000 for each non-fruit bearing tree and N$15 000 for the fruit trees.
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