SMSes of the Day : Friday

* THE current political realignment will eventually create strange bedfellows. Just imagine Jannie de Wet as an uncompromising supporter of Sam Nujoma, while Jesaja Nyamu and Hidipo Hamutenya are considered reactionaries.

* BOTH factions of the COD have turned to immature, unnecessary, irrational and desperate ways to gain control over the party. Instead of concentrating on winning the 2009 elections, they are too busy acting like children “suspending” and “expelling” each other. I believe that the COD is now ‘dead’ and that this is a perfect example of how power can corrupt. Food for Thought* THE contract between the NFA and the Namibia Football Consortium is archaic, rigid and exclusive and to the best interest of NFC only. Why can’t NFC relax its monopolistic patronage on NFA? Allow competition that will serve the best interest of the beautiful game. With the current set-up with the NFC, our football will certainly not progress.* Metcalfe Legal Practitioners appears to be taking the national pastime of ‘sucking up’ to new heights. – Edwin B* DEVELOP rugby in rural Namibia (cricket also) to have all Namibians rallying behind our national rugby team in spite of the 105-3 thrashing. The people at Opuwo, Oshakati, Aroab and other smaller towns don’t care one bit if the score was 1 000-13, because they are excluded. And this goes for all national teams that are selected from Windhoek and it’s suburbs. Given the loyalty of so many Namibian rugby supporters to the Blue Bulls, Stormers, Cheetahs, etc, Namibia can just as well apply to SARU for 3rd team status.* THE Government should consider reducing the repayment period on house bonds from 20 to 10 years. This will help the Government save billions of dollars. The difference between the monthly instalment of a 20-year bond and a 10-year bond is very minimal. This will allow poor civil servants to own houses in a period of 10 years. Twenty years with this AIDS pandemic, is a life time. Act now. Only the banks are benefiting.Seal deal* NAPHA or the Ministry of Fisheries must do something with Kataneno Hunt, because their operation is a clear violation of hunting rights in the country. It’s the same as operating without a licence! We need not to be shocked, maybe the Ministry allocated quotas to the hunter. Another job for the ACC! – XaraRouks* Seal trophy hunting as tourist attraction is disgusting. Ministry of Fisheries should look into this issue.* I THINK that seal trophy hunting is a great idea as long as it is done ethically and sustainably.* CAN some give me an answer on this stinking fishmeal plant in Walvis Bay’s Kuisebmund residential area. We can’t take the smell any longer – Gen Gaweseb Politics* BY 2009, its 20 years (on the job) for most of our politicians from all parties. Let them go and sit on their farms and give a chance to young blood, please, our leaders!!* THIS one is for Members of Parliament. They always disturb the opposition leaders when they are delivering their speeches. Please prepare because viewers are shocked by your behaviour.* DEAR Editor, I want to know if a political party is the property of certain individuals. Please help me in this regard, as well as the public at large.* OUR politicians only focus on their interests. They have to follow the example of a good leader, Bishop Kameeta. I hope that one day he will come back to active politics.* DUE to their infighting and lack of direction, the opposition parties are to blame for SWAPO getting stronger with every election.General* COMRADE President Hifikepunye Pohamba, how does your Government feel about the more than 4 500 Namibians being evicted from their residence where they have lived since 1980? Do you realise that your Cabinet Secretary is sending out a bad image about the to the out side world? Comrade Pohamba, help your people of Mix, as their eviction will only increase homelessness in the country. – A. Sacky* AS A manager in public sector with lots of regional, rural and national responsibilities, I find it laughable for Karas Regional Council to expect its CRO to run a huge region on a N$29 000 travel budget for the whole year. This would include km fees as well as manager’s use scheme cars @ N$1\km. Questions Luqman should have asked are: were Salmaan’s trips approved, by who and were they justified? Finishing such paltry sum in two months is besides the point if the President and so many Ministers visit different parts of your region and demand your presence, mostly on top of your normal planned duties. The sad part is that an office would plan and budget e.g N$200 but will only receive a N$60 yet is expected to carry out all planned and unplanned tasks. How can you not run out of funds?* VIVA Salmaan Jacobs, Viva – making headlines every week.* WHAT is the age limit for membership to the SWAPO PARTY YOUTH LEAGUE? Is it not 35? If so, I think it is about time for those who operated bazookas and machine guns before 1990 to leave SPYL to the real youth. – Concerned ex-SPYL Member* Drastic improvement on the Trans­Namib train service to the coast. You do not get stuck at some remote spot but right here at the Windhoek station. While the departure time is indicated as 20h00 the train only leaves at 23h00. Bravo TransNamib.* On the sewage works: some of us moved from Wanaheda because of that smell. Now it seems to have followed us all the way here to town. Do something about it.* Gwen your paper is like Government towards the people of South. Just look at your faces @ places never did I see a photo or place of the South but we give you the best ever Newspaper cup in your history. Still we are zero in your eyes. – Harry* WHY are some school principals still under pressure because of school fund money? Enough is enough, principals. Be careful, otherwise you will find yourself in ward 16. Some principals around Oshakati are using things like magic power against their teachers, watering the office every morning or before a meeting with teachers. Are you leaders or a witches?Stop washing your face with holy water. We are afraid.* WHAT is going on in our country with regard to the pricing of houses. It is too expensive for people to afford descent houses. The prime minister should seriously look into this matter. Civil servants can no longer afford to buy houses in this city not even in Oshakati or Ongwediva.* WHAT is difficult for the Government to declare Namibia a GUN-FREE COUNTRY? Why is Namibia rubberstamping everything even those things that are affecting us negatively in the name of SADC Protocol.* I WOULD like to comment on Policemen’s behaviour – not only at Wanaheda station, but at all stations especially at Oshakati Police station. You go there early in the morning, asking for an assistance, the person will start shouting at you. Are these policemen trained in maintaining good human relations or are they just going to work in order to be paid? Please, discipline is needed. – A.N Kay.* UNIFORMS for teachers should be introduced in the Ministry of Education, because some teachers are wearing tight clothes in front of learners. They should wear uniforms like nurses, police officers, soldier and even bank officers.* Anti Corruption Commission, please look into the Ministry of Defence. A lot of malpractices are going on e.g soldiers on a mission to carry out a national duty are not paid S&T, only officers are paid. Is that not corruption?* PRESIDENT Pohamba, in your inaugural speech in March 2005 you promised that you’d lead by example in fighting corruption. Is it not a form of corruption when you travel on taxpayers’ money but uses official time meeting privately with Swapo leaders? As Head of State on an official trip, why can’t you meet leaders of all political parties during that time? Corruption camouflages itself in different forms!* I’M desperately hurt. I applied for an ID in 2003 and up until now I have not got my ID. MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, what’s going on. I want to know where my ID is?* TO One Africa, thanks for services you are providing for us despite not asking for a monthly subscription. You are currently the number one television se
rvice provider in Namibia although you give us replays when it comes to soccer. Tribalism in armed forces* CORRUPTION, tribalism, nepotism and favouritism are rife at the Suiderhof military base. Please we are calling for help from the chief of the defence to a clean up. The commanding officer and his entire group should be transferred to other bases. They glued to their posts – imaging since 1990 up to date they are still in charge. They are telling or encouraging the youth or young soldiers to resign because this army is theirs. How can you promote a person, who is on home based care for 3 years and some soldiers are told that they are going to die or go on pension without any promotion. We are tired of these commanders – please change change the command in the Suidehof base. Soldiers are addressed on their tribes instead of names e.g. Caprivians are Mbwelaas, Hereros are Nudo, Damaras are Kwaangwalaas and some Owambo people are called Ovimbundu or Angolan nationals – Why? We are one army! – Simeon* IS the Namibian Airforce a national institution or does it belong to one tribal group only? The entire hierarchy from top to bottom is just occupied by one tribal group. Comrade president I know that you have managed to form a Government from the diverse tribes of the country – so do something about the Airforce to reflect the diversity of this nation.Football fury* IT’S very true indeed. Get yourself a South African smart card and you’ll have unlimited viewing of the EPL. Let your friend, cousin or brother buy it for you and send it through DHL. Football fury, continued* TO all DSTV subscribers, lets bring it down to its knees by DISCONNECTING our subscription, then only will Kobus learn that he depends on us to make a living.* THE Government should allow healthy competition in the digital satellite TV services and grant a licence to GTV to enable them compete with Multichoice. The 20% matches of the matches to be screened as published in The Namibian are unexciting matches. Where are the games between teams like ManU vs Chelsea or Arsenal or Liverpool; Chelsea vs Liverpool, etc?* “PEOPLE can go ahead and cancel their subscriptions” words from Multichoice’s Bezuidenhout. That’s downright rude, arrogant and very poor business sense. Let’s wait when GTV opens then we’ll see who’s going to scramble for clients…* DSTV is carrying the South African mandate of broadcasting its influence across the continent. Very soon we will all fall in love with the PSL games. In any case bringing English football to Africans seems not right when there is a Europe right next to Namibia called South Africa!! The ICC issue* ONCE again! Another Swapo sub-party! Petrina Haingura, please tell us how a wound that’s healed can open again? Unless of course it formed pus inside. Then obviously it never healed properly! Get real.* ALL those who speak bad about Nujoma, please keep quiet. The man has done things that many have failed. Leave Nujoma alone! Talk about economic war we have to fight and AIDS that kills the nation.* I AM calling on peace loving former SWATF members stand behind former president to maintain ever lasting RECONCILIATION. – Shaka \Oxurub From the regions* Comrade President, I hope your last visit to the western part of Hardap region gave you a clear picture of what’s going there. The marginalised, indigenous Namibians, in Maltahohe and its surroundings were patiently waiting at least to be addressed by the President of the Republic of Namibian. Comrade President you owe only one hour of your two and a half years left in the office. Please Mr President listen to those voiceless people.* OMPUMBU location is a part of Oshakati town but is not electrified. Oshakati mayor should give valid reasons on why we don’t deserve light.* YOU elected political leaders, we want to see equal distribution of public services, especially electricity to all 13 Regions.* WE Okankolo residents need a TV network, which can provide us with all TV channels. We renew our TV licence every year but there is no network. Please NBC do something. – Erica Okankolo.* I AM a worried resident of Kasika village near Katima Mulilo. I want to request the Health Minister to provide a clinic at Kasika, because the community have to walk 25 km to Mbalansinte where there is a clinic. I beg the Minister visit Kasiki and even to inspect the water which is not fit for human consumption. Councillors are not even visiting these places to see how their communities are doing. – Kasika resident Thank You* THANK you to The Namibian for creating this wonderful service of SMSes on daily issues. This will really get people involved with public developments and I encourage The Namibian to keep on talking to keep the decision makers on their toes to deliver us from daily hardships. – Howard de Klerk, Luederitz* CONGRATULATIONS to The Namibian for giving people a chance to talk about their concerns! It is a great service to all Namibian people. Keep it up!* My whole gratitude goes to One Africa for great entertainment and rescuing the poor who cannot afford DSTV from a disastrous NBC, Viva One Africa.Food for Thought * THE contract between the NFA and the Namibia Football Consortium is archaic, rigid and exclusive and to the best interest of NFC only. Why can’t NFC relax its monopolistic patronage on NFA? Allow competition that will serve the best interest of the beautiful game. With the current set-up with the NFC, our football will certainly not progress.* Metcalfe Legal Practitioners appears to be taking the national pastime of ‘sucking up’ to new heights. – Edwin B * DEVELOP rugby in rural Namibia (cricket also) to have all Namibians rallying behind our national rugby team in spite of the 105-3 thrashing. The people at Opuwo, Oshakati, Aroab and other smaller towns don’t care one bit if the score was 1 000-13, because they are excluded. And this goes for all national teams that are selected from Windhoek and it’s suburbs. Given the loyalty of so many Namibian rugby supporters to the Blue Bulls, Stormers, Cheetahs, etc, Namibia can just as well apply to SARU for 3rd team status.* THE Government should consider reducing the repayment period on house bonds from 20 to 10 years. This will help the Government save billions of dollars. The difference between the monthly instalment of a 20-year bond and a 10-year bond is very minimal. This will allow poor civil servants to own houses in a period of 10 years. Twenty years with this AIDS pandemic, is a life time. Act now. Only the banks are benefiting.Seal deal * NAPHA or the Ministry of Fisheries must do something with Kataneno Hunt, because their operation is a clear violation of hunting rights in the country. It’s the same as operating without a licence! We need not to be shocked, maybe the Ministry allocated quotas to the hunter. Another job for the ACC! – XaraRouks * Seal trophy hunting as tourist attraction is disgusting. Ministry of Fisheries should look into this issue.* I THINK that seal trophy hunting is a great idea as long as it is done ethically and sustainably.* CAN some give me an answer on this stinking fishmeal plant in Walvis Bay’s Kuisebmund residential area. We can’t take the smell any longer – Gen Gaweseb Politics * BY 2009, its 20 years (on the job) for most of our politicians from all parties. Let them go and sit on their farms and give a chance to young blood, please, our leaders!! * THIS one is for Members of Parliament. They always disturb the opposition leaders when they are delivering their speeches. Please prepare because viewers are shocked by your behaviour.* DEAR Editor, I want to know if a political party is the property of certain individuals. Please help me in this regard, as well as the public at large.* OUR politicians only focus on their interests. They have to follow the example of a good leader, Bishop Kameeta. I hope that one day he will come back to active politics.* DUE to their infighting and lack of direction, the opposition parties are to blame for SWAPO getting stronger with every election.General * COMRADE President Hifikepunye Pohamba, how does your Government feel about the more than 4 500 Namibians being ev
icted from their residence where they have lived since 1980? Do you realise that your Cabinet Secretary is sending out a bad image about the to the out side world? Comrade Pohamba, help your people of Mix, as their eviction will only increase homelessness in the country. – A. Sacky * AS A manager in public sector with lots of regional, rural and national responsibilities, I find it laughable for Karas Regional Council to expect its CRO to run a huge region on a N$29 000 travel budget for the whole year. This would include km fees as well as manager’s use scheme cars @ N$1\km. Questions Luqman should have asked are: were Salmaan’s trips approved, by who and were they justified? Finishing such paltry sum in two months is besides the point if the President and so many Ministers visit different parts of your region and demand your presence, mostly on top of your normal planned duties. The sad part is that an office would plan and budget e.g N$200 but will only receive a N$60 yet is expected to carry out all planned and unplanned tasks. How can you not run out of funds? * VIVA Salmaan Jacobs, Viva – making headlines every week.* WHAT is the age limit for membership to the SWAPO PARTY YOUTH LEAGUE? Is it not 35? If so, I think it is about time for those who operated bazookas and machine guns before 1990 to leave SPYL to the real youth. – Concerned ex-SPYL Member * Drastic improvement on the Trans­Namib train service to the coast. You do not get stuck at some remote spot but right here at the Windhoek station. While the departure time is indicated as 20h00 the train only leaves at 23h00. Bravo TransNamib.* On the sewage works: some of us moved from Wanaheda because of that smell. Now it seems to have followed us all the way here to town. Do something about it.* Gwen your paper is like Government towards the people of South. Just look at your faces @ places never did I see a photo or place of the South but we give you the best ever Newspaper cup in your history. Still we are zero in your eyes. – Harry * WHY are some school principals still under pressure because of school fund money? Enough is enough, principals. Be careful, otherwise you will find yourself in ward 16. Some principals around Oshakati are using things like magic power against their teachers, watering the office every morning or before a meeting with teachers. Are you leaders or a witches?Stop washing your face with holy water. We are afraid.* WHAT is going on in our country with regard to the pricing of houses. It is too expensive for people to afford descent houses. The prime minister should seriously look into this matter. Civil servants can no longer afford to buy houses in this city not even in Oshakati or Ongwediva.* WHAT is difficult for the Government to declare Namibia a GUN-FREE COUNTRY? Why is Namibia rubberstamping everything even those things that are affecting us negatively in the name of SADC Protocol.* I WOULD like to comment on Policemen’s behaviour – not only at Wanaheda station, but at all stations especially at Oshakati Police station. You go there early in the morning, asking for an assistance, the person will start shouting at you. Are these policemen trained in maintaining good human relations or are they just going to work in order to be paid? Please, discipline is needed. – A.N Kay.* UNIFORMS for teachers should be introduced in the Ministry of Education, because some teachers are wearing tight clothes in front of learners. They should wear uniforms like nurses, police officers, soldier and even bank officers.* Anti Corruption Commission, please look into the Ministry of Defence. A lot of malpractices are going on e.g soldiers on a mission to carry out a national duty are not paid S&T, only officers are paid. Is that not corruption? * PRESIDENT Pohamba, in your inaugural speech in March 2005 you promised that you’d lead by example in fighting corruption. Is it not a form of corruption when you travel on taxpayers’ money but uses official time meeting privately with Swapo leaders? As Head of State on an official trip, why can’t you meet leaders of all political parties during that time? Corruption camouflages itself in different forms! * I’M desperately hurt. I applied for an ID in 2003 and up until now I have not got my ID. MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, what’s going on. I want to know where my ID is? * TO One Africa, thanks for services you are providing for us despite not asking for a monthly subscription. You are currently the number one television service provider in Namibia although you give us replays when it comes to soccer. Tribalism in armed forces * CORRUPTION, tribalism, nepotism and favouritism are rife at the Suiderhof military base. Please we are calling for help from the chief of the defence to a clean up. The commanding officer and his entire group should be transferred to other bases. They glued to their posts – imaging since 1990 up to date they are still in charge. They are telling or encouraging the youth or young soldiers to resign because this army is theirs. How can you promote a person, who is on home based care for 3 years and some soldiers are told that they are going to die or go on pension without any promotion. We are tired of these commanders – please change change the command in the Suidehof base. Soldiers are addressed on their tribes instead of names e.g. Caprivians are Mbwelaas, Hereros are Nudo, Damaras are Kwaangwalaas and some Owambo people are called Ovimbundu or Angolan nationals – Why? We are one army! – Simeon * IS the Namibian Airforce a national institution or does it belong to one tribal group only? The entire hierarchy from top to bottom is just occupied by one tribal group. Comrade president I know that you have managed to form a Government from the diverse tribes of the country – so do something about the Airforce to reflect the diversity of this nation.Football fury * IT’S very true indeed. Get yourself a South African smart card and you’ll have unlimited viewing of the EPL. Let your friend, cousin or brother buy it for you and send it through DHL. Football fury, continued * TO all DSTV subscribers, lets bring it down to its knees by DISCONNECTING our subscription, then only will Kobus learn that he depends on us to make a living.* THE Government should allow healthy competition in the digital satellite TV services and grant a licence to GTV to enable them compete with Multichoice. The 20% matches of the matches to be screened as published in The Namibian are unexciting matches. Where are the games between teams like ManU vs Chelsea or Arsenal or Liverpool; Chelsea vs Liverpool, etc? * “PEOPLE can go ahead and cancel their subscriptions” words from Multichoice’s Bezuidenhout. That’s downright rude, arrogant and very poor business sense. Let’s wait when GTV opens then we’ll see who’s going to scramble for clients…* DSTV is carrying the South African mandate of broadcasting its influence across the continent. Very soon we will all fall in love with the PSL games. In any case bringing English football to Africans seems not right when there is a Europe right next to Namibia called South Africa!! The ICC issue * ONCE again! Another Swapo sub-party! Petrina Haingura, please tell us how a wound that’s healed can open again? Unless of course it formed pus inside. Then obviously it never healed properly! Get real.* ALL those who speak bad about Nujoma, please keep quiet. The man has done things that many have failed. Leave Nujoma alone! Talk about economic war we have to fight and AIDS that kills the nation.* I AM calling on peace loving former SWATF members stand behind former president to maintain ever lasting RECONCILIATION. – Shaka \Oxurub From the regions * Comrade President, I hope your last visit to the western part of Hardap region gave you a clear picture of what’s going there. The marginalised, indigenous Namibians, in Maltahohe and its surroundings were patiently waiting at least to be addressed by the President of the Republic of Namibian. Comrade President you owe only one hour of your two and a half years left in the office. Please Mr President listen to those voiceless people.* OMPUMBU location is a
part of Oshakati town but is not electrified. Oshakati mayor should give valid reasons on why we don’t deserve light.* YOU elected political leaders, we want to see equal distribution of public services, especially electricity to all 13 Regions.* WE Okankolo residents need a TV network, which can provide us with all TV channels. We renew our TV licence every year but there is no network. Please NBC do something. – Erica Okankolo.* I AM a worried resident of Kasika village near Katima Mulilo. I want to request the Health Minister to provide a clinic at Kasika, because the community have to walk 25 km to Mbalansinte where there is a clinic. I beg the Minister visit Kasiki and even to inspect the water which is not fit for human consumption. Councillors are not even visiting these places to see how their communities are doing. – Kasika resident Thank You * THANK you to The Namibian for creating this wonderful service of SMSes on daily issues. This will really get people involved with public developments and I encourage The Namibian to keep on talking to keep the decision makers on their toes to deliver us from daily hardships. – Howard de Klerk, Luederitz * CONGRATULATIONS to The Namibian for giving people a chance to talk about their concerns! It is a great service to all Namibian people. Keep it up! * My whole gratitude goes to One Africa for great entertainment and rescuing the poor who cannot afford DSTV from a disastrous NBC, Viva One Africa.