SMS Of The day : Thursday

* PARENTS, it’s time that you become involved in the education of your children. What are the youth doing on the streets while they are supposed to study for the coming exams? At the end we want to blame the teachers. If parents ensure that their kids study at home, the results of Grade 10 and 12 will be better. Can we all make it our national duty? Thanks. – Sophia

Food For Thought * This is a suggestion to the president of the Namibia Bus and Taxi Association. All member drivers should be ordered to wear a special uniform agreed on by the association whenever he or she is working driving a taxi or bus serving the public. Also they must have a picture ID with the association’s logo placed somewhere visible in the taxi or bus. These drivers are professionals and must apply this professionalism in their field. They are serving the public and the public is paying their salaries. This will help the safety of the passengers, private property and the public as well. – Concerned CitizenGuiding God?* MR [Elijah] Ngurare [Swapo Party Youth League], will it be guided religion?Sex And The Babysitter* I JUST want to comment on the SMS under ‘General’. The lady who wrote the SMS said that she chased the girl out of her house because her husband slept with her and got her pregnant? Hallooo! Your husband has no respect for you dear and he’ll sleep with the next person you bring into your house. How many girls are you going to chase away? Maybe it’s time you chase him out! As for the baby, until a blood test says he’s not the father brace yourself because that baby is here to stay. He/she gets father’s support, finish en klaar!* A LADY sent an SMS on July 14, wanting to know if she must pay the babysitter for the work. The answer is yes. She must pay her three months plus last month’s salaries. Regarding the husband making the babysitter pregnant, she and her husband should be prepared to take care or pay monthly support for the child. They should take care of the babysitter now as well.In And From the Regions* WHO is going to pay for Henties Bay’s surfaced roads? The town is dragged into bank loans. What are the authorities doing?* THE Ondonga Traditional Council : Please re-demarcate your boundaries, we are not happy with your agreement about political demarcation between Ondonga and Oshana. Ondonga Traditional Authority should stay within Oshikoto Region but not in Uukwambi region.* WALVIS Bay municipality when are you going to tar Dassie Street in Kuisebmond? We the residents of that street are tired of the dust. The street is frequented by taxis and is the only one in that area not tarred.Education* KLEINE Kuppe Private School in Ongwediva is a “cut above the rest” and I feel cheated that my child was subjected to pay money to Namcol as a requirement to qualify for entry to this prestigious school. My child has been doing very well since he joined this school. To the staff and management, I want to say keep it up and thrive to produce engineering students for the Ongwediva campus.* I AM appealing to the Ministry of Health to stop retaining the retired registered nurses for the promotional positions since the practice demoralises the young ones.* WHEN former President Sam Nujoma registered at Unam as a geology student, Unam made it very big news throughout the world. It’s now almost four years down the line, and we haven’t heard any news about his progress. Can Unam please update the nation?* MINISTRY of Education, are you trying to bring xenophobia to Namibia? What is the logic behind inviting Nigerian science teachers when we have teachers roaming around the streets? If it’s true, tell us and we’ll ask guidance from South Africans. If we have to do it, we will. – Njinga, Windhoek* HOW can Namcol teachers teach the same way as they teach fulltime? If these teachers have worked since morning, they are tired. The best way is for the Ministry to make sure that Namcol have their own teachers.* Unam is the highest educational institution in Namibia. We must all be proud of it, Nicky Mutenda is a post-independence hero. Thank you for standing up for Unam and praising our government. Unam students salute you comrade!* ON principals and daily preparations, Does the colleague mean daily preparations for supervising teachers or for overall supervision of activities taking place at school including addressing individual parents (daily) on issues affecting their children’s learning?* SOME principals don’t care about doing preparation as the SMS of last week said. What about those having coffee or tea with their girlfriends during school and then some lecturers strike for higher salaries while having coffee and tea with the principals. So they are getting paid for doing what? ACC should also act against this kind of behaviour.Service Please!* HOSEA Kutako Bank Windhoek ATM doesn’t work and their forex teller won’t take a debit card for South African rands.* TWICE I brought passengers to the bus station in Keetmanshoop. Twice the Mainliner was two hours late. What a disrespectful ‘service’!General* PLEASE Anti-Corruption (Commission) make a move! There are pensioners who receive their pensions but are still working. I am referring mostly to private companies. This is unfair, they must give a chance to the youth. Everything has an ending. – Uazikua* WHEN will people ever learn to back up important files on CD and flash memory and store these in safe places? In the case of text files a printout kept safely is also useful. And really secret stuff is best kept on removable devices only! One more thing! Keep your guests away from your valuables or vice versa.* IT is a pity to see how street kids/men molest tourists and law-abiding citizens daily at the city centre particularly at Macedonia Take-away area of Frans Indongo Street. This is a constant reminder of the failure of the million-dollar City Police since the force appears helpless in the face of sprawling criminals and miscreants. We are left to their mercy when we are attacked because all the officers care about is traffic fines.Politics in General* JUST a correction to one of the SMSes that says Botswana’s Jr. Khama is the first mixed-blood president in Africa. Jerry John Rawlings’ [of Ghana] mother is Ghanaian and his father is British. He was President of Ghana for many years before President John Agyekum Kufuor took over. He is a patriotic Ghanaian and African rainy or sunny.Sporting* TO the two assistant coaches of our own Brave Warriors, can you please tell me what is wrong to call up Maraai Swartbooi, Sydney Plaatjies and the likes. These guys are our best left-footed players. The late coach Big Ben used them and they were good. Introduce them to the new coach so he can see for himself.Labour Issues* RÖSSING please stop the hide-and-seek game and distribute the surplus. Namfisa, guide the Roessing mine and the employees to find an amicable solution to the dilemma.* MANAGERS taking uninformed and random decisions can be sued in their person even if the employer is sued. They should use the knowledge of the Labour Commissioner’s Office and the Ministry of Justice before they cost their organisation a lot of money by throwing personal tantrums.* SOME managers also aren’t aware of the rights of workers regardless of nationality or race. Every employee temporary or permanent, Namibian or non-Namibian is protected.* PLEASE Inspector General (of Police) why are those with a criminal record in the force?* I would like to urge the National Union (of Namibian Workers) to please advise, train and develop leaders of the different union bodies. The Labour Act is very clear, it only goes to show that some union leaders haven’t put in any effort since 1992 to read and seek help to understand the Act. – Windhoek* TRANSNAMIB, it is going to be two months since you suspended employees without pay while a certain employee, who was previously suspended, was being paid his normal monthly salary. These employees have mortgage bonds, children who go to school and other expenses to take care of. Please treat them with respect and dignity. – Johaness, Windhoek* TELECOM Namibia Napwu shop stewards, please fight for the Telecom cleaners, who may be laid off. This will be your big test.Price Pain* MULTICHOICE puts up their rates again and those who want good rugby and cricket coverage there is on option but to pay for masses of unwanted rubbish as well.* DEAR customer we charge N$195 only for gas so if you have the receipt please come back to us. Thank you. BP managementBouquets And Brickbats* I WOULD like to congratulate the lovely young lady of NBC Radio who presented Open Line on Keetmanshoop. The way she did it was so neutral and educative. Keep it up girl. Wish your peers could learn from you. Wish you well in future. I will pray for you my child. – From a 50-year-old mama* I WANT to commend the Ongwediva Police for their vigilance. They caught thieves who broke into my house and recovered my goods before I even knew of the robbery. I really appreciate them and God bless them.* PLEASE Editor find another page for the advert. Leave the SMS page for the intended purpose please. Thank you. – We are looking at ways to accommodate more SMSes from our readers! Thank you. – News EditorHealth Matters* I WOULD like to advise doctors at the Oshakati State Hospital to paste timetables on their office doors so that we patients can know what time they are available because waiting in paradoxical lines causes high blood pressure.Communication* CAN NBC tell us, what is kasi music? What are the benefits of kasi music? Please we want something that we can benefit from.* I’M not happy with programmes on NBC on Sunday. I would like to request them to set up a programme of Gospel music from different churches rather than other programmes.* MTC try your utmost best to cover Epukiro as a whole with a network by putting only a third MTC tower, please. – Ujaa* MTC is over-charging or have MTC’s prices also gone up, especially us who have pre-paid. Please GRN do something about it. It is too much, MTC we can’t take it anymore.* I WANT to correct those who think that NBC National Radio is the current DG’s (Director General’s) initiative. The NBC national roadshows have come a long way. Even during Dr (Ben) Mulongeni’s era they used to be done. Wake up listener cum caller.* MTC with your famous ‘What if…’ themes why can you not change them all to: “What if you do not have network for the whole Saturday night?” – Ciara Banks* This is a suggestion to the president of the Namibia Bus and Taxi Association. All member drivers should be ordered to wear a special uniform agreed on by the association whenever he or she is working driving a taxi or bus serving the public. Also they must have a picture ID with the association’s logo placed somewhere visible in the taxi or bus. These drivers are professionals and must apply this professionalism in their field. They are serving the public and the public is paying their salaries. This will help the safety of the passengers, private property and the public as well. – Concerned Citizen Guiding God? * MR [Elijah] Ngurare [Swapo Party Youth League], will it be guided religion? Sex And The Babysitter * I JUST want to comment on the SMS under ‘General’. The lady who wrote the SMS said that she chased the girl out of her house because her husband slept with her and got her pregnant? Hallooo! Your husband has no respect for you dear and he’ll sleep with the next person you bring into your house. How many girls are you going to chase away? Maybe it’s time you chase him out! As for the baby, until a blood test says he’s not the father brace yourself because that baby is here to stay. He/she gets father’s support, finish en klaar! * A LADY sent an SMS on July 14, wanting to know if she must pay the babysitter for the work. The answer is yes. She must pay her three months plus last month’s salaries. Regarding the husband making the babysitter pregnant, she and her husband should be prepared to take care or pay monthly support for the child. They should take care of the babysitter now as well.In And From the Regions * WHO is going to pay for Henties Bay’s surfaced roads? The town is dragged into bank loans. What are the authorities doing? * THE Ondonga Traditional Council : Please re-demarcate your boundaries, we are not happy with your agreement about political demarcation between Ondonga and Oshana. Ondonga Traditional Authority should stay within Oshikoto Region but not in Uukwambi region.* WALVIS Bay municipality when are you going to tar Dassie Street in Kuisebmond? We the residents of that street are tired of the dust. The street is frequented by taxis and is the only one in that area not tarred.Education * KLEINE Kuppe Private School in Ongwediva is a “cut above the rest” and I feel cheated that my child was subjected to pay money to Namcol as a requirement to qualify for entry to this prestigious school. My child has been doing very well since he joined this school. To the staff and management, I want to say keep it up and thrive to produce engineering students for the Ongwediva campus.* I AM appealing to the Ministry of Health to stop retaining the retired registered nurses for the promotional positions since the practice demoralises the young ones.* WHEN former President Sam Nujoma registered at Unam as a geology student, Unam made it very big news throughout the world. It’s now almost four years down the line, and we haven’t heard any news about his progress. Can Unam please update the nation? * MINISTRY of Education, are you trying to bring xenophobia to Namibia? What is the logic behind inviting Nigerian science teachers when we have teachers roaming around the streets? If it’s true, tell us and we’ll ask guidance from South Africans. If we have to do it, we will. – Njinga, Windhoek * HOW can Namcol teachers teach the same way as they teach fulltime? If these teachers have worked since morning, they are tired. The best way is for the Ministry to make sure that Namcol have their own teachers.* Unam is the highest educational institution in Namibia. We must all be proud of it, Nicky Mutenda is a post-independence hero. Thank you for standing up for Unam and praising our government. Unam students salute you comrade! * ON principals and daily preparations, Does the colleague mean daily preparations for supervising teachers or for overall supervision of activities taking place at school including addressing individual parents (daily) on issues affecting their children’s learning? * SOME principals don’t care about doing preparation as the SMS of last week said. What about those having coffee or tea with their girlfriends during school and then some lecturers strike for higher salaries while having coffee and tea with the principals. So they are getting paid for doing what? ACC should also act against this kind of behaviour.Service Please! * HOSEA Kutako Bank Windhoek ATM doesn’t work and their forex teller won’t take a debit card for South African rands.* TWICE I brought passengers to the bus station in Keetmanshoop. Twice the Mainliner was two hours late. What a disrespectful ‘service’! General * PLEASE Anti-Corruption (Commission) make a move! There are pensioners who receive their pensions but are still working. I am referring mostly to private companies. This is unfair, they must give a chance to the youth. Everything has an ending. – Uazikua * WHEN will people ever learn to back up important files on CD and flash memory and store these in safe places? In the case of text files a printout kept safely is also useful. And really secret stuff is best kept on removable devices only! One more thing! Keep your guests away from your valuables or vice versa.* IT is a pity to see how street kids/men molest tourists and law-abiding citizens daily at the city centre particularly at Macedonia Take-away area of Frans Indongo Street. This is a constant reminder of the failure of the million-dollar City Police since the force appears helpless in the face of sprawling criminals and miscreants. We are left to their mercy when we are attacked because all the officers care about is traffic fines.Politics in General * JUST a correction to one of the SMSes that says Botswana’s Jr. Khama is the first mixed-blood president in Africa. Jerry John Rawlings’ [of Ghana] mother is Ghanaian and his father is British. He was President of Ghana for many years before President John Agyekum Kufuor took over. He is a patriotic Ghanaian and African rainy or sunny.Sporting * TO the two assistant coaches of our own Brave Warriors, can you please tell me what is wrong to call up Maraai Swartbooi, Sydney Plaatjies and the likes. These guys are our best left-footed players. The late coach Big Ben used them and they were good. Introduce them to the new coach so he can see for himself.Labour Issues * RÖSSING please stop the hide-and-seek game and distribute the surplus. Namfisa, guide the Roessing mine and the employees to find an amicable solution to the dilemma.* MANAGERS taking uninformed and random decisions can be sued in their person even if the employer is sued. They should use the knowledge of the Labour Commissioner’s Office and the Ministry of Justice before they cost their organisation a lot of money by throwing personal tantrums.* SOME managers also aren’t aware of the rights of workers regardless of nationality or race. Every employee temporary or permanent, Namibian or non-Namibian is protected.* PLEASE Inspector General (of Police) why are those with a criminal record in the force? * I would like to urge the National Union (of Namibian Workers) to please advise, train and develop leaders of the different union bodies. The Labour Act is very clear, it only goes to show that some union leaders haven’t put in any effort since 1992 to read and seek help to understand the Act. – Windhoek * TRANSNAMIB, it is going to be two months since you suspended employees without pay while a certain employee, who was previously suspended, was being paid his normal monthly salary. These employees have mortgage bonds, children who go to school and other expenses to take care of. Please treat them with respect and dignity. – Johaness, Windhoek * TELECOM Namibia Napwu shop stewards, please fight for the Telecom cleaners, who may be laid off. This will be your big test.Price Pain * MULTICHOICE puts up their rates again and those who want good rugby and cricket coverage there is on option but to pay for masses of unwanted rubbish as well.* DEAR customer we charge N$195 only for gas so if you have the receipt please come back to us. Thank you. BP management Bouquets And Brickbats * I WOULD like to congratulate the lovely young lady of NBC Radio who presented Open Line on Keetmanshoop. The way she did it was so neutral and educative. Keep it up girl. Wish your peers could learn from you. Wish you well in future. I will pray for you my child. – From a 50-year-old mama * I WANT to commend the Ongwediva Police for their vigilance. They caught thieves who broke into my house and recovered my goods before I even knew of the robbery. I really appreciate them and God bless them.* PLEASE Editor find another page for the advert. Leave the SMS page for the intended purpose please. Thank you. – We are looking at ways to accommodate more SMSes from our readers! Thank you. – News Editor Health Matters * I WOULD like to advise doctors at the Oshakati State Hospital to paste timetables on their office doors so that we patients can know what time they are available because waiting in paradoxical lines causes high blood pressure.Communication * CAN NBC tell us, what is kasi music? What are the benefits of kasi music? Please we want something that we can benefit from.* I’M not happy with programmes on NBC on Sunday. I would like to request them to set up a programme of Gospel music from different churches rather than other programmes.* MTC try your utmost best to cover Epukiro as a whole with a network by putting only a third MTC tower, please. – Ujaa * MTC is over-charging or have MTC’s prices also gone up, especially us who have pre-paid. Please GRN do something about it. It is too much, MTC we can’t take it anymore.* I WANT to correct those who think that NBC National Radio is the current DG’s (Director General’s) initiative. The NBC national roadshows have come a long way. Even during Dr (Ben) Mulongeni’s era they used to be done. Wake up listener cum caller.* MTC with your famous ‘What if…’ themes why can you not change them all to: “What if you do not have network for the whole Saturday night?” – Ciara Banks