SMSes for Thursday 01 July 2010

SMS Of The Day n REGARDING the cry for Nabta to protect taxi drivers: is there a possibility that eligible taxi drivers could be registered with Nabta and whoever wants to employ a taxi driver will have to go through Nabta. This person will then pay a monthly fee to the organisation and Nabta, in turn, will compensate the driver.

SMS Of The Day n REGARDING the cry for Nabta to protect taxi drivers: is there a possibility that eligible taxi drivers could be registered with Nabta and whoever wants to employ a taxi driver will have to go through Nabta. This person will then pay a monthly fee to the organisation and Nabta, in turn, will compensate the driver. This way Nabta will have better control over taxi services in the country and train taxi drivers on how to provide customer service before they take up the job.- Melodi.Food for Thoughtn NAMIBIAN history: There is a need to identify people and materials to provide raw and truthful answers on: Who founded Swapo and where did he/she/they come from? Who are the Tanga group? How many colonial soldiers and Plan fighters died at Omugulu Gwombashe? Where was Sam Nujoma on August 26, 1966? Why and with whom did Nujoma come to Windhoek in 1966? Have the colonial forces ever wanted/even tried to hurt Nujoma? How many enemy soldiers were killed by Plan? From which current regions did most of Swapo co-founders originate? Did they contribute to the liberation from inside Namibia? Who bore the most destruction during liberation war inside Namibia? Is Swapo able to meet the aspirations of all Namibians?Bouquetsand Brickbatsn THANKS to the Namibian Government for banning smoking in public places. Now you must also ban alcohol drinking in public places please!n BRAVO The Namibian team. Please Miss P Haingura/R Kamue take note of the SMS in The Namibian of June 29 about the truck driver who is spreading HIV-AIDS and STDs. People are losing lives every day. And please do something.n VIVA WIYO. I had been waiting for so long for somebody to stand up for people who were not in exile. Since Independence the song has been for the ex-combatants. I wonder if everyone went into exile? Whether the Plan fighters came into the country without any assistance of the people who stayed inside the country. Ex-combatant kids must demand money for school since 79 per cent are uneducated. The elderly have already been given jobs without education. But we cannot take it anymore seeing the same process being repeated with the youth. Please Government treat all the youth equally.n THE Namibian June 29. If a truck driver is transporting a woman it does not mean he is having sex with her. If you are doing that don’t think other people are like you. We are responsible and have our wives or girlfriends we love. So you people stay away from truck drivers’ wives and girlfriends because you are the ones who spread diseases.Give us a breakn THE person who sent the SMS about truck drivers transporting women is talking nonsense. AIDS is a just a disease. Tell the truth to the nation. AIDS is everywhere even in your own house, shebeens, taxis and offices, stop accusing truck drivers. We love ourselves and our partners. That is why we are still alive and negative. When were you last tested?n THE Namibian it was insensitivity either on your part, Adam Hartman or the Police to report the death of our beloved daughter Nandjambi Nemutshi Aluteni without us having been informed.- Pinehas AluteniWE sincerely regret that you had to receive this very sad news in the way you did. The information was provided by the Police who generally do not release names of those who have passed away until the next of kin have been informed.- News Deskn THE overall maintenance of roads in and around Windhoek has totally deteriorated after Independence, City of Windhoek maintain the standard and quality of roads.n TODAY (Wednesday) is the last day for tax returns and I have not yet received my Paye 5 and it’s not the first time that this has happened. I’ve been employed in Government for the past 15 years and its always been like that. Vision 2030 here we come!From the Housen HOW can Nangolo Mbumba argue in Parliament that the retired Peter Tshirumbu Tsheehama is still using GRN vehicles because he fought for this country. When will the politics of entitlement stop? No wonder most ministers are not performing. We need new blood to serve this nation.- TwavulwaPoliticsn Clinton Swartbooi if you want to be employed in Government go to Berg Aukas! n CLINTON Swartbooi was a personal assistant to the former deputy minister and was dismissed. Who else will employ him? My suggestion is to start his own business in areas of marketing or communications. It is shocking to hear he is home doing nothing. Jobs for comrades is dead. Any jobs should have been for the freedom fighters.- JD Hatutalen (ELIJAH) Ngurare, (Hennie) Seibeb, (Clinton) Swartbooi and some of their cohorts in SYL have caused untold damage to many a tested cadre in Swapo but time and justice are cruel equalisers.n I’M concerned about the involvement of our traditional leaders in active politics. Politicians are mostly opportunists and abstract. They are ruthless and driven only by material greed. Politics is at work at the Mbanderu Royal House and now also at the Ondonga Royal House! Please tatekulu Elifas restore order and values at that ‘sacred authority’. We may be common people but it’s us Aandonga that you must lead tatekulu. First-time we hear of ‘deputy king’ of Ondonga! Politics has no respect for anyone. We know the history. Lets we forget?n MR Libolly Haufiku, did you seriously spend time researching whether or not the ‘Omusati Clique’ exists? Being a politician yourself, do you think factions or cliques are something unique to Namibian politics only? If not, then would it not have been more intellectual of you to focus on the strength of our democratic institutions instead as it is through such institutions that the adverse effects of cliques and factions would be mitigated. So-called cliques exist in our homes, families, schools, churches and even in the animal kingdom.Running the Shown PRIME Minister, time to act on those CE0s of SOEs who are not doing their job yet they get fat salaries. They are wasting Government money that can be used to build schools and create employment.- Ipinge Sierra-n WHEN is our Government going to give jobs to those over the age of 35? Please Minister of Labour do something.n CAN the Ministry of Finance please give us small businesses a Tax/Vat Amnesty. Some of us have fallen foul of the law and would like to make it home.Woza 2010n ARGENTINA! Argentina! Argentina!n HONESTLY African football teams should learn from Ghana. Team spirit, determination, discipline, faith and organisation. Ghana we are proud of you.n HAS the World Cup turned into a neighbours’ Cup? Brazil vs Chile and Spain vs Portugal.Educationn WHAT must a person do with the Ministry of Education finance office? At their request an IOL cancellation was submitted five months ago but still deductions go on. Officers pay attention to submissions you get. – Tired teacher n THE management of IOL is pathetic. They deduct peoples money just as they wish. When you go and complain it takes ages to solve your problem meanwhile they continue deducting your money. Customers’ closed accounts are being reactivated and money deducted from their salaries and accounts. These agents can never be traced by management. Their offices are packed daily by people who want their money back.Labour Issuesn IN my employment contract it says I will be paid N$5 040. But this is not the case in reality as I’m only getting paid N$4 433. I want to know if this is legal in terms of the Labour Law. This is from employees on contract for the Electoral Commission of Namibia’s Voter Education Division.Generaln I STILL want to see a heroine buried at Heroes Acre because this country was made up of heroes and heroines.- Ipinge Sierra-n I JUST want to know why the Government would tax N$150 of somebody’s allowance of just over N500. Isn’t this just too much? In and Fromthe Regionsn CAN Omusati Regional Council, Okalongo Constituency tell us when Ekundu Combined School will get electricity please.- Former learner Helaria Ndessy!n PEOPLE of Namibia help the immigration officers at Ngoma border post by donating warm clothes to them. It is cold and you always find them sitting in the sun.Responses torecent SMSesn TO the writer of an SMS in connection with a disability centre, there is one at Mission or Kizito College in Caprivi. It is known as Cheshire Home and was led by the late Mr Richard Muyoba Nzundamo. Hopefully this will assist the writer. Thanks.n I NEARLY killed myself laughing about the SMS suggesting that soccer players should wear protective pieces. Shame, give these men a break ….90 min without touching balls….n WEARING a ring is not African culture and by the way I can use that money to pay my kids’ school fees.- Aaronn A MAN who doesn’t wear a ring and is married means he is a cheater with other women.