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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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Frontlining on Twitter
SHAKEN and stirred, but undeterred, Namibian tweeps are living la vida loca in these times of earthquakes and All Gold, bracing for the wedding season and embracing their Twitter addictions! And, as a matter of course, provide an alternative narrative to the mainstream news headlines...
@H_Ndeutapo: So you guys didn’t realise that 85 per cent of the Ministries only advertise vacancies for the sake of advertising?
@KaumeKnows: I think City Police guys watch too much FBI/NYPD series, they just wanna shoot and chase at everything.
@KBVDP: What earthquake??? That was Laz arus Kandara turning in his grave! After all, his name is LAZARUS!!! #TheReturnOfTheMummy
@DodoniaF: So Eenhana has gangs? Oh, OK!
@DrunkOnChicken: I genu inely feel fried chicken is the universal symbol of peace and prosperity.
Proverbial Humour
@TemusT: It’s not tomato sauce if it’s not All Gold #Wambo Proverbs
@IAmPaulaLaz: It ain’t salad if it’s not potato salad #WamboProverbs
@mimi_gmh: Names should end with vowels because... echoes “Siimoniiiii” #Wambo Proverbs
Forbes Namibia
@I11Kasie: I mean, we can’t all be Havard graduates, but we sure as hell can all be gradu ates. #NamibiaStandUp
@Mike_Nauta: Going to build Namibia into the hub of Africa and the rest of the world. Let’s do this.
@Naffy101: Your success in one field doesn’t mean I have to sniff and inhale all your opinions on national topics of progression.
@reinweezyt: If we all become doctors, who will be the taxi drivers? You see.
Life On The Chirp
@reinweezyt: I can’t wait to go to the village, where you climb up a tree just to post that good tweet.
@YNM101: I don’t think ‘other’ people have this much fun on Twitter as Namibians.
@laVidaLoca_NA: There’s more to life than Twitter – delusional people.
Passing Shots
@bubbs07: The only way I can describe a Nissan Juke to you would be to say it’s a SUV with polio.
@Uiisira: Broke people should get married in court during lunch time and get back to work at 14h00...!!!
@ChilliKong: I just realised that my cousin still didn’t find me when we were playing ‘block block my papire’ in 2001.
@TheMerja: While you’re out here preaching black consciousness, you girlfriend just posted a picture on Facebook of herself in lingerie.
– Compiled by Jean Sutherland from twitter.com
@H_Ndeutapo: So you guys didn’t realise that 85 per cent of the Ministries only advertise vacancies for the sake of advertising?
@KaumeKnows: I think City Police guys watch too much FBI/NYPD series, they just wanna shoot and chase at everything.
@KBVDP: What earthquake??? That was Laz arus Kandara turning in his grave! After all, his name is LAZARUS!!! #TheReturnOfTheMummy
@DodoniaF: So Eenhana has gangs? Oh, OK!
@DrunkOnChicken: I genu inely feel fried chicken is the universal symbol of peace and prosperity.
Proverbial Humour
@TemusT: It’s not tomato sauce if it’s not All Gold #Wambo Proverbs
@IAmPaulaLaz: It ain’t salad if it’s not potato salad #WamboProverbs
@mimi_gmh: Names should end with vowels because... echoes “Siimoniiiii” #Wambo Proverbs
Forbes Namibia
@I11Kasie: I mean, we can’t all be Havard graduates, but we sure as hell can all be gradu ates. #NamibiaStandUp
@Mike_Nauta: Going to build Namibia into the hub of Africa and the rest of the world. Let’s do this.
@Naffy101: Your success in one field doesn’t mean I have to sniff and inhale all your opinions on national topics of progression.
@reinweezyt: If we all become doctors, who will be the taxi drivers? You see.
Life On The Chirp
@reinweezyt: I can’t wait to go to the village, where you climb up a tree just to post that good tweet.
@YNM101: I don’t think ‘other’ people have this much fun on Twitter as Namibians.
@laVidaLoca_NA: There’s more to life than Twitter – delusional people.
Passing Shots
@bubbs07: The only way I can describe a Nissan Juke to you would be to say it’s a SUV with polio.
@Uiisira: Broke people should get married in court during lunch time and get back to work at 14h00...!!!
@ChilliKong: I just realised that my cousin still didn’t find me when we were playing ‘block block my papire’ in 2001.
@TheMerja: While you’re out here preaching black consciousness, you girlfriend just posted a picture on Facebook of herself in lingerie.
– Compiled by Jean Sutherland from twitter.com
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