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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 - NAMIBIA
| 2013-08-07
Senegalese President to visit Nam
Theresia Tjihenuna
THE Swapo Politburo yesterday announced that the President of Senegal, Macky Sall, will visit Namibia during the Heroes Day commemorations.
Swapo Secretary- General Nangolo Mbumba said Sall who is coming on an official visit will be President Hifikepunye Pohamba’s guest. When asked if the party’s announcement of the Senegalese leader’s visit will not heighten the arguments of those who believe that the government and Swapo are one and the same, Mbumba said what they did was not something extraordinary.
“We [Swapo] are only announcing the sequence of events that will take place on Heroes Day (26 August) and the visit by the Senegalese president, is news that should be shared with the rest of the country. We are just stating the obvious. If there are those who question why we [Swapo] are announcing the visit, next time we will simply avoid mentioning it,” he said.
He said the meeting of the politburo, which took place on Monday, also included an update on the preparations of the commemoration of the Heroes Day.
Mbumba said the Heroes Day commemoration will be preceded by a workshop (‘Ohungi’) on 25 August 2013 where President Pohamba, former President Sam Nujoma, Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo, Mburumba Kerina and others will share their experiences on the founding of Swapo and the struggle for national liberation. Mbumba said the ‘Ohungi’ will take place at Outapi Regional Council office.
“This is a public lecture and everybody, especially the youth are invited and encouraged to attend,” he said. Mbumba also said the amended constitution of Swapo will be launched on 26 August at Omuguluwombashe.
“On the same occasion the statue of the Founding President, Sam Nujoma, will be unveiled,” said Mbumba. “The public is invited and encouraged to attend these events,” he added.
Swapo Secretary- General Nangolo Mbumba said Sall who is coming on an official visit will be President Hifikepunye Pohamba’s guest. When asked if the party’s announcement of the Senegalese leader’s visit will not heighten the arguments of those who believe that the government and Swapo are one and the same, Mbumba said what they did was not something extraordinary.
“We [Swapo] are only announcing the sequence of events that will take place on Heroes Day (26 August) and the visit by the Senegalese president, is news that should be shared with the rest of the country. We are just stating the obvious. If there are those who question why we [Swapo] are announcing the visit, next time we will simply avoid mentioning it,” he said.
He said the meeting of the politburo, which took place on Monday, also included an update on the preparations of the commemoration of the Heroes Day.
Mbumba said the Heroes Day commemoration will be preceded by a workshop (‘Ohungi’) on 25 August 2013 where President Pohamba, former President Sam Nujoma, Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo, Mburumba Kerina and others will share their experiences on the founding of Swapo and the struggle for national liberation. Mbumba said the ‘Ohungi’ will take place at Outapi Regional Council office.
“This is a public lecture and everybody, especially the youth are invited and encouraged to attend,” he said. Mbumba also said the amended constitution of Swapo will be launched on 26 August at Omuguluwombashe.
“On the same occasion the statue of the Founding President, Sam Nujoma, will be unveiled,” said Mbumba. “The public is invited and encouraged to attend these events,” he added.
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