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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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| 2013-08-08
21 pupils escape death
Oswald Shivute
SURVIVED ... Twenty-one pupils from several schools in Oshakati escaped death when the minibus that carried them overturned yesterday morning.Photo: Oswald Shivute
TWENTY-one pupils escaped death, some with serious injuries, when the minibus they were travelling in overturned on a gravel road leading to the Hifikepunye Pohamba Unam Campus in Oshakati yesterday.
According to the Oshana Police Commander, Ndahangwapo Kashihakumwa, the minibus was supposed to carry only 10 passengers, instead of the driver taking on an additional eleven.
Commissioner Kashihakumwa said the driver did not have a driving licence and was arrested and charged with a case of reckless driving and driving a motor vehicle without a driving licence. He is expected to appear in the Oshakati Magistrates’ Court today.
The injured pupils, most of whom attend school at International Primary School, Golden Maggy Private Primary School and Onekulilo-Omagano Private Primary School, were rushed to the Oshakati State Hospital where they were treated immediately. “We thank God for having protected them. They could have been dead. We think they will all survive this car accident and will be fit again to go home and attend their school further,” said Salotte Iipinge, who is one of the affected parents. She also called on bus and taxi owners not to let their taxis and buses be driven by individuals without licences.
The principal of the International Primary School Rehabeam Shapaka told The Namibian that nine of the injured children attend his school.
He said some were to write their examinations yesterday but could not do so, due to the accident. Shapaka further explained that arrangements have been made to allow the pupils to write the exams once they are discharged from the Oshakati State Hospital.
Commissioner Kashihakumwa advised the principals of the schools to assist the affected children psychologically.
Commissioner Kashihakumwa said the driver did not have a driving licence and was arrested and charged with a case of reckless driving and driving a motor vehicle without a driving licence. He is expected to appear in the Oshakati Magistrates’ Court today.
The injured pupils, most of whom attend school at International Primary School, Golden Maggy Private Primary School and Onekulilo-Omagano Private Primary School, were rushed to the Oshakati State Hospital where they were treated immediately. “We thank God for having protected them. They could have been dead. We think they will all survive this car accident and will be fit again to go home and attend their school further,” said Salotte Iipinge, who is one of the affected parents. She also called on bus and taxi owners not to let their taxis and buses be driven by individuals without licences.
The principal of the International Primary School Rehabeam Shapaka told The Namibian that nine of the injured children attend his school.
He said some were to write their examinations yesterday but could not do so, due to the accident. Shapaka further explained that arrangements have been made to allow the pupils to write the exams once they are discharged from the Oshakati State Hospital.
Commissioner Kashihakumwa advised the principals of the schools to assist the affected children psychologically.
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