SMSes For Wed 05 Aug 09

* AMAZING that we have a budget of over N$22 billion, with just over two million people, yet we can’t eradicate poverty.

Food For Thought* TO fight or not to fight corruption? I say to fight. Never mind one’s position, they must face the music. Sympathisers of such people seem to condone the practice, it is so sad. ACC, leave no stone unturned in ridding this country of those who are corrupt.- ACC traineeMessages Of Condolence* IN loving memory of someone who even though he had his flaws, went out of his way for his fellow worshippers and all humans! Let us pray that Pastor Jerrow Tsamaseb’s soul may rest in eternal peace! Let’s pray that his family, friends and all those close to him may find a safe refuge in our Creator, God, the eternal comforter! May his soul rest in eternal peace! – 1994-1995, Swakopmund S School – Pronobis Choir * TSAMASEB family you are in our thoughts. May God be with you through this difficult time.- Reuter family, OtjiwarongoBouquets And Brickbats* LET me congratulate Ongha Senior Secondary School for being the Coca-Cola champions. Good luck guys.* THANK you Ongha SSS for showing Namibia what you can do. Gone are the days when national selectors use to sabotage the efforts of rural footballers. I am proud of you guys!- Amanasa!Miss Namibia and runners-up* PRIVATE sector and Government, please sponsor the Miss Namibia pageant. Look what happened this year! No prizes for the first and second princess and Miss Photogenic! * RENAME the Khomasdal Soccer Stadium to Bobby Sissing Stadium, due to his massive contribution to soccer in Khomasdal. Let’s honour our real heroes.* NO accolades for the naming of ‘Sungate’ for the planned N$11b industrial village at Hosea Kutako. Please choose something more original and local, like Ondekaremba. – VeraParty Time* THE City of Windhoek should reduce the ‘Fun Budget’ to N$1 (just to defuse the stand-off) and still go ahead and spend the original N$1 000 000. I mean, who will bring them to book? * WHY must citizens pay for year-end parties for municipality employees? We at Education contribute a certain amount monthly towards parties and we quite enjoy it without citizens’ money. And they are paid much more than an ordinary teacher. Stop this nonsense, you are messing with our hard-earned money.Happy Birthday * HAPPY birthday to US President Barack Obama on August 4. I share the same birthday with you. Best regards to many other great leaders born on this day and in the whole month of August in Namibia and around the world. Happy birthday to everyone. God’s richest blessings to all August babies.- Ndafa, WindhoekIn And From The Regions* WHILE one must commend the tireless efforts made by the Ministry of Environment/Nacoma on preparing the necessary policy documentation for coastal management, the role of coastal local authorities should be visible and they must be proactive in this important activity. This is sometimes questionable. I am referring to the introduction and information session on the newly launched green paper titled ‘Towards a Coastal Policy for Namibia’, that was planned at Lüderitz on Saturday, August 1. The Lüderitz Town Council did not only fail to inform the public about the event, but none of them was present at this crucial meeting. What is going on? – Concerned Buchter* ERONGO Regional Governor, please do something about the water problem at Vaalpos in the Otjimbingwe area. For some or other reason there is a constant problem with the water supply. Why can’t you drill for water at the post. We are thirsty.* MINISTRY of Works, Swakopmund office smokers don’t care about others. They smoke in the office during meetings. We complain to the supervisor but nothing happens. What can we do?* PREDATORS are being introduced in conservancies in the Caprivi. Unfortunately these are not fenced off. These wild animals are killing our stock instead.* PLEASE Mr Price, Fashion World, Diskom, Fruit ‘n Veg and Edgars consider opening up in Rundu at the Malls. We are tired of Chinese shops everywhere. Please hear our cry.* OUR cells and radios fall from the trees at our village Otjokavare where we cannot get NBC and the cellphone network. And nothing has been done.- Khrushchev* ONE feels compelled to ask if the Swakop Municipality will be clamping down on illegal building in Mondesa? I won’t even mention the DRC area. I also wonder if Dr Libertina Amathila regrets her decision years ago of discouraging prefabricated house manufacturers?* TATE Kankoshi we want power in our houses at Onyati and Onankali, not only at cuca shops. Why should we buy transformers ourselves? The government has to supply. That’s why we vote.* WHAT do we need to do so that we can have a gravel road at Ambunda Combined School? We cannot even drive normal cars any more. Please help us although no minister stays there.* IF every employee in our beloved country contributes N$5 or less every month, it will make millions of dollars that can help poor people who always need donations for operations, and other disease outbreaks. Will people acknowledge when somebody is giving her life for her community. Clara Baitsewe we salute you.* THERE is no network for radio in the area of Omuramba (beeste vlak) in the Kunene Region. NBC take note, this is both radio and TV as well as cellphones. – Frank Mainjongo Mberiuana Running The Show* WE challenge all Members of Parliament to send their children to Government schools and to make use of State hospitals.* SHAME on the GRN for arresting the harmless Ongombo West settlers while they could not do it to the exiled kids at the TransNamib building. Clearly double standards.City Fathers Please …Are we safe on our streets?* CRIME is becoming unbearable in Windhoek. City Police and NDF, become visible in the suburbs, city centre and riverbeds where people are robbed and killedTaxi Talk* I WOULD like to ask Nabta to please provide The Namibian with the current taxi price list for taxis operating in Windhoek. I’m confused or rather don’t understand why I pay a taxi from Katutura to Unam or Academia N$15 and from Windhoek North to Olympia N$21. When you ask the taxi drivers why the price is so unfair, they say its the price list that was issued to them by Nabta. Since they think they can cause havoc in the city, I want to know if they are operating fairly.- Schmigel* I WOULD like to advise Nabta, to make it clear what an accident is. Especially our ‘Iveco’ drivers. They are driving beyond the speed limit. When the unexpected happens, you will not be able to control the vehicle. Hastiness to make money might not profit you at. We are losing productive Namibians, please call these drivers to order. Arrange a compulsory informative meeting asap. Road Hogs* I NEARLY lost my life on July 26 on the road between Ondangwa and Omuthiya. I indicated my intention to overtake a truck only to be pushed off the road when the truck, without looking into his rear mirror, decided to also overtake a car in front of him! Oh gosh, you can only imagine how I survived! Is there no driving school that can offer the public various skills of driving such as defensive, collision avoidance etc? Or can the MVA fund invest in such a driving school? I think more lives would be saved!- PD, WindhoekHealth Matters* HOW can the Onandjokwe hospital be without a doctor on standby? Patients who came on the night of Monday, August 3 were being sent back home without being attended to by a doctor. There was also no space to admit those who were seriously sick.- HD!* WHERE are the journalists? We are busy doing pilot male circumcisions as an HIV prevention strategy and started on Monday. We are at Windhoek Central Hospital.Service Please* FIRST National Bank of Keetmans, come pay day, employees pay that was paid in the previous day is still not available the next morning. On Monday, August 4, both your ATM machines were out of order. The rest of the other banks are up to standard. Change your motto from, how can we help you to, how can we frustrate you.* MANAGERS of Rocky Crest Supermarket, please stop smoking in the shop or at the entrance. It’s not healthy for the others, and please respect your customers.- KuyeSporting* I THINK your reporters are confusing the readers with the way you write. Like yesterday’s hockey. You mentioned 28m and 47m. A person gets confused whether you are talking about metres or minutes. Rather use min if it is time and m if is distance. – Ntetang from SwakopmundLabour Issues* MR Shopati of NANU, please tell us nurses where we stand. You have been quiet for too long. We are still yearning for our own recognised union. We know you are now comfortable in your Kompressor, but think of us. We put our trust in you. Please sir. Lost and Found* THERE is an ID, bank card and social security card belonging to Izaaks Livonia Angelique Maveline. She can contact me on this number: Lee 081-355-2027.* DRIVING licence for BR Snyders found in Southern Industrial. Call Robert Nasilele 081-431-6153.* I PICKED up the ID card and Standard Bank debit card for Haimbodi Fillemon Shilombwelwa. You can call me on 081-311-6295