SMSes Of Monday 28 September 2009

* I WOULD like to find out why the Independence of Namibia was decided to take place on the 21st of March! Was there any technical reason or was it just a day decided upon?

Food For Thought* THIS gender-based violence has become a pandemic in our country as one young man just lost a life. The Government is not doing enough when it comes to this problem. Maybe they are waiting until a minister’s child is killed before they start taking measures. The President must declare this problem as a national emergency. Election Fever* ECN are you kidding us? No training fee, no T- shirts, and now a poor pay rate, come on Namibians, Vision 2030 is a big joke! The poor will remain poor and the rich, richer – typical Africa.* WHY is ECN silent on advertising the contract to print this year’s ballot papers for Presidential & Parliamentary elections? When is ECN going to advertise the tender? – Action Kateli (Political Activists) * DEAR Mr Ndjarakana, I salute you for what you did by recruiting the youth for supplementary registration, but we don’t want them to be recruited again for the elections.
Politics* IN response to Baloyi for commending the Founding Father on hate speech against white people, are you for real? Poor Namibia, God have mercy on our country if we have people like you supporting such statements publicly. * I APOLOGISE to Namibians about my SMS commending the speech of our founding father. I believe Comrade Nujoma was attacking the white British not Namibian whites over the Zimbabwe issue. As we all know the European Union and United States of America imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe, which causes a lot of suffering to that country. Thank you.- Cde Baloyi- To clarify, sanctions have been imposed on President Robert Mugabe and members of his inner circle, not on Zimbabwe or the people of Zimbabwe.- Newsdesk* IF we must respect the ex-President, then he must respect others, because respect comes from both sides. We all should come to a point and admit that we were wrong and not be proud of what we’ve said or done wrong. We all do mistakes.* SOME people are making a lot of noise about the Father of the Nation. Shame on them, he is a true hero. – Harry* PLEASE! Father of the Nation those (whites) are also Namibians like you and be a good example for our kids. I am deeply sorry my countrymen and women – peace.- Bennie * LET’S avoid cheap political campaigns. How on earth can a person serving 17 years as a minister, without delivering change, now preach about bringing it? Why now after 17 years? If you served five years we could believe you otherwise it is cheap politicking.- Nghisongwa* THE current leadership in Government can safely be declared a fool’s paradise. We can cite many examples in current happenings to prove this point. * I WHOLEHEARTEDLY support Mrs Gwen [Lister, Editor] on her statement that says ‘We have yet to liberate our minds’. We have to be realistic when addressing our people!- TIA, Windhoek* NAMIBIANS, please stop calling political leaders our parents or comparing them as such. Those guys are just our representatives for a period of five years, renewable with a cross on the ballot if they are performing as they promised. Or do we want to say that Pohamba Shifeta is a parent to Uncle Paul?Bouquets And Brickbats* HATS off to the Ward 10 staff of Onandjokwe Hospital. Confined there for 3 days, I found that indeed ‘a smile invites friendship’, a ‘please’ gets prompt action and ‘thank you’, an encore. – A well-cared-for patient* THANK you Trustco for bringing the Rugby Sevens stars to Windhoek. Trustco is an example of what a 100% Namibian company can do for its home soil.- A new Trustco customer* THE Tanja Bause article ‘Oshakati kitten survives’ from Thursday irritates. How can this story be a main article on page 1 – in a country where you can also find children on dumping sites searching for food and other things they could need. If people travel altogether more than 1 000 km only for these kittens, it’s their story and their money they’ve spent for petrol but please don’t publish such nonsense on page 1.- It’s a touching human interest story about the generosity of people. And to quote Mohandas Gandhi: ‘The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.’; or Abraham Lincoln: ‘I am in favour of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.’ – News Editor* THE Simoes couple need to be commended for their love for animals. I just hope they have the same humanitarian hearts for the filthy, starving, homeless and insecure kids on the streets of Windhoek where they hail from. If only all of us Namibians can share what we have with those who don’t have.- Patriot!We want more about soccer* THE media are not doing enough to promote soccer. Results are not given on time. Most of the time they are announcing the English Premier league and that is unpatriotic.* THE change of name (Cell One) to Leo does not sound good. I don’t see any good reason for change. Leave the name as it is!- Diehard subscriber.* THE maths programme for kids on NBC, for whom is it played for at 22h00? Our kids are sleeping. Please be logical! * PLEASE editors read your pages before you send them to press, date and grammar!! Referring to Thursday 24, page 6 Windhoek Show supplement, thanks! – Thank you for helping keep us on our toes. – News Editor* CONGRATULATIONS to meme Kemanguluko yaNdevahoma who is NBC Oshiwambo radio presenter and also a newsreader. I like the way you present your programmes and the way you read news. Other presenters should take examples from you. – Edward Tangeni Shikesho, Oamites* PLEASE you mustn’t print articles like the Senegalese monument one. Next we’ll have some massive structure sticking up next to Windhoek. They have enough stupid ideas without encouragement.- Interestingly, the North Korean company that is building the Senegalese monument also built Namibia’s Heroes Acre monument. – News Editor* JUDGE (Sylvester) Mainga I thank you your Honour for seriously criticising officials for not doing their jobs according to the law. Your Honour all Government officials regard themselves to be above the law. We suffer from this arrogance daily. The politicians are too busy farming to address the issue. Thank you again sir. Running The Show* PLEASE publish my concern before the ‘Spy Law’ is signed. Hon Minister of Defence, why are officers in the NDF not respected and treated as officers. They sleep on single beds with flat mattresses instead of three-quarter beds, no chairs or tables in their rooms. Dining halls are in disorder. You promised to look after the welfare of soldiers. General* CAN the Protea Hotel Group inform us whether they are running any Gold Card promotion or not? We are receiving calls from RSA, requesting us to furnish our Master Card numbers in lieu of these enticements and related benefits. I think this is a scam. Please watch out, and don’t give other people or friends contact details without permission to such callers. * I JUST want to ask if the ‘Scratch a Million’ thing is real, and if it is so why not publish the photos of winners?Health Matters* THE Katutura Nurses’ Home was built (1973) for nurses taking classes at the college and those on night duty. Rules were obeyed. Strictly! Who allowed ‘anything goes’?Golden OldiesWe have rights too* HAVE people over 80 not got rights? If they pass the eye test good luck to them. You’ll find many more car accidents are caused by under-30s and you won’t see an over 80 driving with a cellphone, which statistically is a much bigger cause of accidents in America than drunk driving. And here?* THE reasoning under the general caption SMS of September 24 (Thursday) about drivers’ licences not to be issued or to be had by the elderly shows the immaturity of the reasoner. The reality is that older people are better drivers and contribute very minimally to the carnage on our roads as perpetuated by the peers of writer. Should be vice versa. Caramba Mia!* OLD people are not the reason for road accidents! Go to the hospitals, search for road accident victims, then you’ll see for yourself! Stop at any accident scene and open your eyes!Education* CAN those who record the results of Grade 12s in the newspapers record also the Grade 10s results. Please just record both Grade 12 and 10 results.In And From The Regions* PLEASE Game shopping centre, we’re your customers here suffering by travelling to Windhoek and Oshakati. Please open another store at Walvis Bay. * WHY is it so different to supply water in town and at the village? The gauge costs N$850 in town and N$1 500 at the village. For example, coastal town and Omusati Region at villages. Please NamWater make it clear.* WHEN is the Councillor of Oniipa doing something acceptable to all rich and poor? There is no water, no electricity at Okambonde this side of Oshigwedha JPS.* NORED, Ndama location has been surveyed, the map is there. Stop blaming Ndama residents for illegal connections. Nored give them electricity.* WHERE have you seen a State hospital, with patients taking their medicines every day, with no water for one or two weeks? It always happens in Opuwo State hospital. I don’t know where the problem is and I don’t know who to ask. Please we are starving here please. Water is life!* CAN the MOHSS Permanent Secretary recommends the closure of Opuwo Hospital until the water supply is restored. Hospital residents and patients are sitting on a time bomb. Waterborne diseases might be sweeping the hospital soon before end of the year. – ALR* RESIDENTS in Rundu town cannot enjoy wonderful sleep again. Mighty Big Foot, is again in town. The evil man who breaks in people’s houses while the house owners are inside. When he gets entry, he cleans out the house without anyone inside the house hearing him. He was once caught and released. But I heard he has started again. This is so worrying. Is there nothing that can be done to take this harmful person out of this society? Help.Service Pleasen MTC do something. We are living at Uutsathima but there is no network coverage and we are tired of this situation.- J N Shankala* FNB should drop their interest rates. They just made N$2 billion from their clients. Now I know where all the money goes.- Charges victim* WHAT a rip-off. FNB charges N$17 for every debit order. Can the bank explain this?Labour IssuesLearning to protect* PLEASE Namibian Police chief, tell us when we are going start with the training! We were promised that we were going to start on October 1 but until now we haven’t received our admission letters!ACC Alert* ACC please investigate why Swapo people used a white Tazz with Government number plate driving up and down Windhoek West on Friday night September 25 at 19h00 using a siren and loudspeaker inviting public to a Swapo event for Saturday 14h00 in Katutura. It is corrupt and against the Code of Conduct for political parties.Lost And Found* PASSPORT lost in taxi, for J Doolabh No. BN405803, if found please call 081-407-6496. Reward offered.* I LOST my ID, student card and my ATM cards belonging to Kandjeke Engelberth JH. If you find them SMS or call 081-364-6070 or 081-385-9407