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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
Assaulter wants job back
Adam Hartman
A FORMER employee of The Stilz lodge in Swakopmund, who was fired after he assaulted his manager, will be assisted by the Namibia Food and Allied Workers’ Union (Nafau) in his attempt to get his job back.
The union claims that he was unfairly dismissed and the parties will meet on Friday to discuss the worker’s future at the lodge.
Lucky Shipanga (45) was convicted in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court on a charge of assault after he beat his superior Margaret Moolman.
He was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment which was conditionally wholly suspended for five years.
He assaulted Moolman at The Stiltz on 29 April because he had allegedly failed an alcohol breathalyser spot-test at work.
According to Moolman, tourists who had stayed at the lodge indicated that they had left N$20 for a service in their room before booking out.
Shipanga was sent to fetch the money, but he only returned with N$10, she explained. He apparently denied there was more money but he also seemed intoxicated, prompting Moolman to conduct an alcohol test which he failed.
He allegedly accused Moolman of not operating the device properly and denied that he was drunk on duty.
When Moolman insisted that she had tested him correctly, he allegedly lost his temper and punched her in the face knocking her onto the floor and then kicked her in the face and head repeatedly.
After members of the Swakopmund Neighbourhood Watch responded to an alert, Shipanga was arrested. He appeared in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court where he pleaded guilty on the charge.
Shipanga and Nafau are now pushing for his return to work at The Stilz.
Lister Tawana of Nafau declined to comment saying that “the matter is sub-judice until the meeting on 9 August”.
Shipanga had been working at The Stilz owned by Danie Halloway for about 18 years as well as on other several projects managed by Halloway including the Auas Safari Lodge and the new Desert Breeze lodge. He has been a barman, waiter, room attendant and handyman.
“I told him to leave and never come back again. Not only was he drunk on the job but he also attacked and nearly killed a woman who is his manager,” said Halloway questioning if the union supports violence against women without considering it as a very serious offence.
He is surprised that the union’s support comes in the face of the perpetrator admitting guilt and being sentenced.
Moolman said that she cannot see how she can ever work well with Shipanga again after what happened.
The union claims that he was unfairly dismissed and the parties will meet on Friday to discuss the worker’s future at the lodge.
Lucky Shipanga (45) was convicted in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court on a charge of assault after he beat his superior Margaret Moolman.
He was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment which was conditionally wholly suspended for five years.
He assaulted Moolman at The Stiltz on 29 April because he had allegedly failed an alcohol breathalyser spot-test at work.
According to Moolman, tourists who had stayed at the lodge indicated that they had left N$20 for a service in their room before booking out.
Shipanga was sent to fetch the money, but he only returned with N$10, she explained. He apparently denied there was more money but he also seemed intoxicated, prompting Moolman to conduct an alcohol test which he failed.
He allegedly accused Moolman of not operating the device properly and denied that he was drunk on duty.
When Moolman insisted that she had tested him correctly, he allegedly lost his temper and punched her in the face knocking her onto the floor and then kicked her in the face and head repeatedly.
After members of the Swakopmund Neighbourhood Watch responded to an alert, Shipanga was arrested. He appeared in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court where he pleaded guilty on the charge.
Shipanga and Nafau are now pushing for his return to work at The Stilz.
Lister Tawana of Nafau declined to comment saying that “the matter is sub-judice until the meeting on 9 August”.
Shipanga had been working at The Stilz owned by Danie Halloway for about 18 years as well as on other several projects managed by Halloway including the Auas Safari Lodge and the new Desert Breeze lodge. He has been a barman, waiter, room attendant and handyman.
“I told him to leave and never come back again. Not only was he drunk on the job but he also attacked and nearly killed a woman who is his manager,” said Halloway questioning if the union supports violence against women without considering it as a very serious offence.
He is surprised that the union’s support comes in the face of the perpetrator admitting guilt and being sentenced.
Moolman said that she cannot see how she can ever work well with Shipanga again after what happened.
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