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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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NEWS - AFRICA
| 2013-08-07
Many Zimbabweans reluctant to go home
JOHANNESBURG – Zimbabweans in South Africa received the re-election of President Robert Mugabe with mixed reactions, with the majority reluctant to return to their country.
Others however said they were looking forward to return and start a new life and benefit from the country’s indigenisation policies.
On Saturday’s presidential vote outcome, Mugabe garnered 2 110 434 votes (61,09%) against Tsvangirai’s 1 172 349 votes (33,94%) while third winner Welshman Ncube, another leader of smaller MDC garnered 92 637 votes (2,68%).
Zapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa garnered 25 416 votes (0,74%) with Kisinoti Mukwazhi recording 9 931 votes (0,29%).
Zimbabweans interviewed by CAJ News from across South Africa said they would not risk going back home in fear abject poverty and unemployment.
Zimbabwe faced economic problems before Zanu-PF and the two MDCs formed a unity government.
Xolani Sibanda of Hillbrow said he would not quit his well paying job in Sandton to return to Zimbabwe for “suffering”.
“I’ve since made it clear to my family in Bulawayo that my desire of coming back home in September have been completely dashed when President Robert Mugabe won against his close rival Morgan Tsvangirai of MDC.
“All my hopes of going back home have vanished into the thin air! I’m clueless! I don’t really know how Mugabe and Zanu PF won these elections,” Sibanda asked?
Munyaradzi Batsi, a manager at a popular Fourways food retail outlet said he would not return to Harare.
“Why should I go back home now when things are looking bad? Who in his sober senses would want to quit his or her job going back to Mugabe’s hands? The future looks bleak,” Batsi said.
Fadzai Machingura from Zvimba communal lands, where Mugabe comes from, said she would continue her trade as a vendor in Soweto.
“As things look, I can’t risk going back home now! I have three children all going to high school. The three need my support with school fees, food and clothes.
“If I quit my job now and go back home, I will not be able to fend for them. I will not risk putting my children’s future into darkness,” Machingura said.
However, Norman Machakaire of Gweru, differed arguing that the “free” and “fair” elections would present Zimbabwe with a new beginning.
“Those who don’t want to go back home were never meant to be in Zimbabwe.
I am on my way back to Gweru, to start a new chapter. I’m not a coward who disparages his country due to economic sanctions invited by Morgan Tsvangirai.
“Upon my arrival, I will ask for a piece of land and start doing self-reliant business. I was a victim of xenophobia here in Katlehong in 2008, and I would not want that to happen to me again,” Machakaire said.
Terrence Mushangwe of Masvingo, who works in Woodmead at a technology company, said he was going back to Masvingo city to start his new technology company on payroll.
“We have the skills, and we should start tapping into business before huge SA companies descend into Zimbabwe.
- CAJ News
Others however said they were looking forward to return and start a new life and benefit from the country’s indigenisation policies.
On Saturday’s presidential vote outcome, Mugabe garnered 2 110 434 votes (61,09%) against Tsvangirai’s 1 172 349 votes (33,94%) while third winner Welshman Ncube, another leader of smaller MDC garnered 92 637 votes (2,68%).
Zapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa garnered 25 416 votes (0,74%) with Kisinoti Mukwazhi recording 9 931 votes (0,29%).
Zimbabweans interviewed by CAJ News from across South Africa said they would not risk going back home in fear abject poverty and unemployment.
Zimbabwe faced economic problems before Zanu-PF and the two MDCs formed a unity government.
Xolani Sibanda of Hillbrow said he would not quit his well paying job in Sandton to return to Zimbabwe for “suffering”.
“I’ve since made it clear to my family in Bulawayo that my desire of coming back home in September have been completely dashed when President Robert Mugabe won against his close rival Morgan Tsvangirai of MDC.
“All my hopes of going back home have vanished into the thin air! I’m clueless! I don’t really know how Mugabe and Zanu PF won these elections,” Sibanda asked?
Munyaradzi Batsi, a manager at a popular Fourways food retail outlet said he would not return to Harare.
“Why should I go back home now when things are looking bad? Who in his sober senses would want to quit his or her job going back to Mugabe’s hands? The future looks bleak,” Batsi said.
Fadzai Machingura from Zvimba communal lands, where Mugabe comes from, said she would continue her trade as a vendor in Soweto.
“As things look, I can’t risk going back home now! I have three children all going to high school. The three need my support with school fees, food and clothes.
“If I quit my job now and go back home, I will not be able to fend for them. I will not risk putting my children’s future into darkness,” Machingura said.
However, Norman Machakaire of Gweru, differed arguing that the “free” and “fair” elections would present Zimbabwe with a new beginning.
“Those who don’t want to go back home were never meant to be in Zimbabwe.
I am on my way back to Gweru, to start a new chapter. I’m not a coward who disparages his country due to economic sanctions invited by Morgan Tsvangirai.
“Upon my arrival, I will ask for a piece of land and start doing self-reliant business. I was a victim of xenophobia here in Katlehong in 2008, and I would not want that to happen to me again,” Machakaire said.
Terrence Mushangwe of Masvingo, who works in Woodmead at a technology company, said he was going back to Masvingo city to start his new technology company on payroll.
“We have the skills, and we should start tapping into business before huge SA companies descend into Zimbabwe.
- CAJ News
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