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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 | 2013-08-12
BREAK IN ... Two suspects arrested after allegedly breaking into a phar- macy and doctors’ consulting rooms in Katutura on Friday.
Photograph by Henry Van Rooi
Taxi driver arrested for burglary
Nomhle Kangootui
CITY Police have arrested two suspects, one of them a taxi driver, and are hunting for the third after they allegedly broke into a pharmacy and doctor’s consultation rooms in Katutura in the early hours of Friday where they stole electronic goods worth N$80 000.
The two suspects, aged 24 and 21, were arrested just a few hours after the break-in when a member of the public gave the police the number of the taxi used to ferry the loot.
The third suspect is, however, still at large but is known to the police and a hunt for him is on.
City Police spokesperson Superintendent Helena Mootseng said a member of public saw the taxi at the premises at around 04h00 and called the police after suspecting a burglary.
“The taxi number was given to us by two different people. First, it was the member of public and then a motorist whose vehicle was bumped by the taxi. He phoned us when the taxi failed to stop after the accident,” she said.
“It did not take us long to find the vehicle and the suspect then took us where the goods were. But we haven’t recovered everything. We suspect some of the goods had already been sold. The suspect we are still looking for is employed by a local security company.”
Mootseng commended the public for playing an active role in crime prevention. She also said that the City Police use undercover intelligence officers, the zone policing system and cameras installed at strategic places all over Windhoek to detect crime.
The third suspect is, however, still at large but is known to the police and a hunt for him is on.
City Police spokesperson Superintendent Helena Mootseng said a member of public saw the taxi at the premises at around 04h00 and called the police after suspecting a burglary.
“The taxi number was given to us by two different people. First, it was the member of public and then a motorist whose vehicle was bumped by the taxi. He phoned us when the taxi failed to stop after the accident,” she said.
“It did not take us long to find the vehicle and the suspect then took us where the goods were. But we haven’t recovered everything. We suspect some of the goods had already been sold. The suspect we are still looking for is employed by a local security company.”
Mootseng commended the public for playing an active role in crime prevention. She also said that the City Police use undercover intelligence officers, the zone policing system and cameras installed at strategic places all over Windhoek to detect crime.
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