SMSes for Monday 23 August 2010
SMS Of The Day n Why doesnt the NBC send out invoices for its licence renewals as it used to do? Surely all those records of licence holders cannot have been lost?
Food for Thought
n HON Prime Minister (Nahas Angula) please put a complaints box/mechanism at each ministry where the public can lodge complaints. It will improve public service delivery.
Bouquets
and Brickbats
n CONGRATS to (Christof) Maletsky of The Namibian for writing an honest and fearless column. Patriotism without honesty is hypocrisy. Honest patriotism serves the nation. The rest is bootlicking.
n THUMBS up for tate Anghuwo’s response in the newspaper. Yes we feel it and if you don’t witness for yourself you wouldn’t know. These three big accidents have happened in 10 days. The last accident happened the night before Mr Anghuwo’s report. Otjiwarongo is a transit town and accidents are a daily issue. Now what is the MVA ‘s plan. Here we have only two ambulances operating Medrescue and and the State and they fit in two serious casualties at a time. We can’t lose precious lives every time. Thanks.
– Concerned Nurse, Otjiwarongo
We have too many
n IT’S sad that Namibians should die on our national roads. What happened last weekend is tragic and it’s high time that our Government does something regarding the trucks. The drivers of these trucks are reckless, selfish, you name it. They think they are the kings of the road. Twenty years ago trucks were not allowed to drive after 19h00 at night. Please implement these laws again or more lives will be lost.
– Hannes from Rundu
n CITY Police you are doing an excellent job by keeping vendors out of the city. Look at the sidewalks in Katutura, papers and plastic bags are lying all around and people don’t even think to picking them up. Comrade President (Robert) Mugabe even called Windhoek a clean beautiful city. Look around African cities and you will know what I am talking about.
n THANKS to the Wanaheda detectives. They helped me to catch the criminal who stole liquor from a local shebeen. Keep up the good work!
n NOW it IS time to remove Ndeshi from your pages with the disgusting idea (Friday) that a woman exposing herself will get her a free beer! Ban it now.
– Robin Tyson
n IT appears that (Richard) Metcalfe may just be the recipient of the kind of legal service he advocated with his recent contentious advert. Eish! But receiving a kick up the backside was probably not the sort of outcome anticipated by the uber kick-butt advocate!
n GOOD for you Mrs Metcalfe! Every woman should stand up for her right to a life free from emotional abuse. Abusive men must be exposed; it is our silence that allows abuse to escalate.
Not healthy either
n ALL these smoking laws are a sick joke when diesel driven vehicles can emit as much carcinogenic soot as they want. Even the newest diesels spew black smoke under load. And once “they” have turned all smokers into criminals; (oh yeah we can’t even keep our kids from being murdered on their way to school; but we supposedly can have a tobacco cop hiding in every in every public space?) What’s next? A law telling us what we can eat? What our weight must be?
n MINISTER (John) Minister Mutorwa sir; your ignorance and subsequent tirade regarding the country’s agricultural capacity is really shocking. Get your facts together Sir!
– Maize King.
n I HOPE Standard Bank calculates their interest rate better than their age. Yesterday they celebrated their 95th birthday claiming to be the oldest bank. In 2007 FNB celebrated their centenary making them 103 years old this year. You do the calc.
n DURING your birthday anniversary; Mr. President; I can only recall: corruption; N$2 billion Air Namibia; N$100 million ODC; N$20 million Omusati toilets; N$3 million NDF; N$30 million Avid; N$120 million Teko; N$650 million GIPF; N$600 000 ECN; N$300 million NWR. Crime; Magdalena Stoffels’ rape & murder; robbery; N$6.4 million. Poverty; 400 000 Namibians. Unemployment; 1.9 million Namibians; intolerance; ban on demonstrations; The Namibian; election of governors and talk shows (Open Line & Chat Show). This country needs a Messiah!
– Ndaloloka Ndalulilwa
And Justice
for All
n PLEASE Namibian judges give women 20 – 25 years in prison for baby dumping. They do it by planning the dumping and they knew what will happen when they have sex.
What does the law say
n IS it legal for a Namibian citizen to own a car with a foreign registration? Such individuals use our roads daily yet are not contributing. Where is our pride? Please put an end to this practice.
SADC
n IN the last two days after the SADC assembly we ask ourselves why and what was it held for? At least (Zimbabwean President Robert) Mugabe won a self worship medal. What about us ordinary citizens?
n YES I agree with Nado. Zimbab-we must be suspended from SADC; just like Madagascar. Period.
– Malik.
n FOR SADC’s true regional integration to be realised countries like Angola must work on their road infrastructures. They can start with Oshikango-Santa Clara to Ondjiva to Xangongo to Lubango. Their corrupt police should stop charging road users traffic charges. Period.
n ON Friday August 20 The Namibian’s Christof Maletsky gives the impression that people from Zimbabwe and Swaziland also wanted to march here in Namibia during the SADC Summit. If that is the case, why come and march here? Surely they can do that in their respective countries!
– Tuhafeni, Okahandja
Politics
n CABINET decision on appointment of regional governors by the President. In addition to that let the President appoint traditional chiefs, mayors, heads of households, captains of soccer teams etc.
n TO strengthen our democracy instead of the President appointing regional governors resi
dents of regions must elect governors.
– Mgu
In and From
the Regions
n I AM longing for that day when TransNamib will be privatised. Then we can expect that bulk goods will be transported by rail again and many trucks will disappear from our trunk roads. Too many serious accidents involve trucks.
– ER
n WHEN is King Kauluma village in Omuthiya Constituency getting electricity and water like other villages?
– Hilya Kamati
n CAN the Office of the Prime Minister or President help us with regard to the electricity connection which has been off for a month in five ministries at Erongo regional offices. Please help we are tired of waiting?
I can drive anything
n WHY does Helao Nafidi Town Council have to use one driver on five different vehicles. He is a driver for the fire brigade truck, water tank truck, earth remover, drop lorry and soil filled tractor. Please we need service immediately! We don’t want to find out after our house burned down!
– Sebba Wheezy
n PLEASE Comrade Kankoshi we want electricity at Engoyi-Onduunge. Please do something.
– S Mutumbulwa, resident.
n IT is very sad to learn that some businessmen in Outapi don’t comply with the government’s rules; especially when comes to the adjustments in patrol. Let all filling stations stick to Government’s rules!
– Linus, Outapi.
n WALVIS Traffic Control. Please do something about the taxi rank which loads for Swakop. Remove those extra guys. They cause confusion and verbal conflicts with us. It’s very unsafe there!
No consideration
n THE time is 01h40 on Friday and loud music that started at 21h30 is still blaring. Who is responsible for reminding whoever to demonstrate respect to other sleeping inhabitants of Okahandja? I really just wonder?
– A very disturbed teacher, Okahandja
n MINISTRY of Justice please look into your system at Katima police station and court as people are being detained unlawfully and kept in custody for two years at times for no solid reasons. Please investigate the matter.
– Katima resident.
n PLEASE Swakop councillors teach Walvis Bay how to build houses. Maybe they don’t know there are only NHE houses in Walvis Bay. We want houses like in Swakop.
City Fathers Please…
Use the new ones please
n (WINDHOEK) Municipality please do something about the buses. We are tired of struggling to get to work especially people working in Cimbebasia. Use the new buses.
n I NEED some help please. I have a problem with the guys who clean the roads in Katutura, when they finish cleaning they just dump the dirt in front of our houses and if you ask why, you get no answer? Someone please help.
– Concerned RE.
n WATER from the car washes in Eveline Street is causing those potholes surely?
ACC Alert
n PLEASE Mr (Paulus) Noa come and investigate management of Windhoek Central Hospital. Top rank personal are fighting for overtime.
n IS the Build Together money for Opuwo not important? Money with the Town Council for that purpose is being squandered. The Ministry is not investigating. ACC please come and clean up the mess for us.
n THERE are some trucks and big machines which were bought by the National Youth Service which cost many millions of dollars and are not being used at all. The NYS will soon be like the Development Brigade Corporation.
Labour Issues
n WITH a estimate of 50 per cent + unemployment in Namibia the latest trend in the Public Service at some Ministries and Regional Councils is to extend the employment period of management cadres who reached retirement age with another one year. We are complaining about foreigners concerning a lack of skills transfer but what about retired managers in the Public Service who are only warming seats, receiving a salary and doing nothing. Public Service Commission reject those requests for after retirement extensions in the strongest terms; there are more than enough capable staff who can take up those positions after the incumbent retired at 60 years of age.
n JUST wondering how we are fighting unemployment among the youth in our country when permanently employed people are leaving their offices to work in elections. These people are receiving salaries every month.
n WHAT are you thinking when you shout at your employees in front of other people? Respect your guards. It is them who are bringing in money for you. Stop it. They feel embarrassed. I was passing when I saw all that. Shame on you sir.
– Concerned citizen
Moving Namibia
n TRANSNAMIB management is provoking a strike for reasons only known to them. The train drivers are tired of low basic salaries which is less than those of some clerks. Train drivers cannot afford to take annual leave because they live on overtime. Mr (Titus) Haimbili please open your heart to these people who sacrifice their sleep to transport Namibia’s success.
n I JUST want to remind TransNamib management that the company does not belong to them. They promised the employees market-related salaries which they never fullfilled. Now they offer five and three per cent for these already starving employees. Can TransNamib afford another strike?
n THE newly appointed PS for the Ministry of Home Affairs should get serious. Refusing to sign immigration officers overtime claim forms, apparently he doesn’t understand the hours we are working.
n PLEASE Mr Rumumba Kathindi of Namport of Walvis Bay, we have been working at Namport for so long and we want to sign a contract and become permanent workers.
Education
and Training
n PLEASE NSFAF can you show us in writing where it says we can only get N$12 000 as a refund. Apparently the rest of the money is going back to the Ministry of Education if we signed a contract of N$24 000. And it’s not stipulated in the contract. Is this not what we call a breach of contract.
– Concerned Unam student
n MINISTER of Education. Please go and investigate why so many long serving teachers are resigning at the same time at Herman Gmeiner Primary school in Khomasdal.
n THE lower primary phase in education is the foundation and eye opener for our children’s knowledge but most of the teachers teaching this phase are elderly and were taught in Afrikaans. They are not well equipped in English so they must be given regular training in speaking, reading and vocabulary. Especially in the northern regions learners are taught English in Oshiwambo. Teachers are not to be blamed, they need to be updated if we really aim to achieve Vision 2030’s objectives.
– Concerned parent
n THANKS Minister of Education (Abraham Iyambo) for your visits to the schools. Please come to Okakarara Secondary School. Our hall burned in 1989. There has been no renovation.
n PLEASE I just want to know why some schools in the North in Omusati region don’t have a secretary?
n CAN you believe that the Polytech of Namibia has Btech degree holders as lecturers (not tutors!) of their engineering students; yet they still want to be given a university status?
Not allowed at all
n IS corporal punishment allowed at government schools? This happened at Omungwelume Primary School where a learner was beaten with a broom stick. Please madam Director send someone to this school to investigate before it to late.
– Concerned parents .
Health Matters
n THANKS to Dr Richard Kamwi for his unexpected visits. Can he please make a next visit to Engela Hospital, Ohangwena Region.
n PLEASE Dr Kamwi our Rundu CDC Clinic doesn’t have toilets. Please help!
n KATUTURA State Hospital. Question to the Health Minister Dr Kamwi. Since when are men and women sharing rooms? Please answer.
n THE management of Khorixas Hospital needs attention. Overtime takes ages to reach the staff, only one nurse in a ward to see more than 10 patients, the TB ward is not covered at all at night. Nurses are stressed. Please Dr Kamwi do something. This really needs your attention.
NBC
n NO more English Premier League on NBC? No more live BBC sports on Saturdays? You people at NBC surely know how to bore people to death. We don’t all enjoy your soapies
General
n THE Government must just tell the truth as to how much we owe the Chinese Government. It defies logic to understand as to how it has tolerated the ‘predatory invasion’ of that magnitude in our country without any consumer or local business protection. The Chinese are taking many of the lucrative construction tenders; they are buying off land; they were caught with a fake washing powder factory in China Town; they are now selling Oshiwambo traditional outfits known as “odelela” and have shebeens like at Unam. The locals are prevented from selling original products due to a lack of permits/licences. What shocks me is when I observed that they are now selling fake Namibian national flags. We were recently told not to hoist the Namibian flag at our houses. Who is benefiting from the Chinese really
– The Eagle’s Eye
n LET me give a piece of info and advice to our ladies concerning relationships. Trustworthy men are hard to convince after they caught you or start suspecting you of cheating. To make things worse such men can hardly be respected to respect women that they do not trust.
n IS it because government vehicles are being misused that people are complaining or it is because they are jealous? If you were a government employee would you leave your child walking while you are driving? Let’s be realistic!
Service Please
n WOERMANN Brock Aigams: why have an ATM when it is out of order nearly every time one needs it? Why are specials not there as advertised?
n PLEASE Fathers of the Nation, Ministry of Transport. We applied for licences for our kombis as from last year in September. Now traffic officers give us tickets for not having a licence. Please do something for us.
n NAMPOST are you going to
increase the amount of rental boxes this year? Please inform before end of this month.
– Concerned Taamba Nangolo
n WHY have expired German products been dumped at the Woermann Brock Hyperama at a cheap price?
Sporting
n AFTER hearing and reading in the media of the race for NFA President and Vice, I am not campaigning for the two namely Ranga (Haikali) and JJD but they are a good combination. Young, successful and they look like the people who will bring change to our beautiful game and do away with some unresolved issues at the NFA. We want to see serious people running our beautiful game and not only be seen at the stadiums filling the VIP stand when foreign teams are playing. Change is needed and the time is now dear soccer delegates.
– Fimaneka
Lost and Found
n I FOUND an ID card; bob card; Nampost card and Windhoek Veterinary Clinic card for Ashipala Petrus in Windhoek. Please call 081-358-3881.
n GEORGE Lazarus Gomachab come get your identity card at Ministry of Justice HR Office, second floor
n I SIMON Nangeni lost my identity card between Eenhana and Ohakafiya. If found contact me at 081-472-4131 or at 081-476-9995. Please help me.
n MR Fillemon Nashivela Ifound your documents. Please contact me at 081-249-4395.
n I AULAMBA Frieda lost my identity card plus my Bob cards in windhoek. If found please call 081-301-0459 or 081-393-3711.
n I LOST all my documents in Windhoek city. My name is Laimi Haule. Please call 081-293-5941 if found.
n I FIKAMENI Venonya Sheefeni lost my birth and full birth certificate in Windhoek. If found please call 081-208-1634.
Please Help
Where can we learn?
n I WOULD like to study fashion design so badly. Is there any place that is giving classes after five?
Responses to
recent SMSEs
n WHY have your SMS of the Day lately been cheesy pep talk messages about appreciating and not complaining. They are becoming annoying.
n MEN in Namibia; why don’t you protest against baby dumping criminals? Why so quiet? No action means you agree with it?
n MURDERERS must attend memorials and funerals at least to see how others are being hurt by the death of their family members.Kept in prison, they won’t see a reaction.
– Maria