SMSes Of The Day : Friday

* NAMIBIA is becoming an alcoholic nation. Can somebody from Parliament pass an amendment bill to make it illegal to abuse alcohol.

* THE advantages and disadvantages of shebeens need to be identified and appropriate action must be taken because the nation is dying. Food For Thought* THAT draconian ban did not prevent The Namibian from topping the charts. MediaMetrics found that The Namibian is by far “the voice of the people” and getting increasingly popular with readers. The seven-year- old advertising ban against the newspaper that’s “still telling it like it is” is an indication that Swapo Party does not need our votes anymore. You touch The Namibian, you touch the people!* I’M suggesting that whoever is fined for drinking and driving may have his driving licence suspended by the authorities for six months. And if repeated, let it be taken away for life. In this way we shall avoid stupid accidents and save lives.* HOW very odd for a union to threaten a strike if the boss is not re-installed. It has always been the opposite! What does (Titus) Haimbili and (David) Tjombe have in common, and what are the TransNamib workers, who are now putting their jobs on the line, being told? What eats the bean is inside the bean… – CobraBouquets And Brickbats* I WOULD like to thank the news on One Africa TV, keep it up. – Letty!* THANK you NBC for the special programme showing the big role Mr Fidel Castro and the Cuban people played in the liberation struggle of African countries. – Billy* A BIG thank you to City Police! They phoned us to collect our stolen stuff on Saturday morning. Keep up the good work! -Cathy and Lindsay* OCEAN View Shell at Swakopmund. Thank you for Maria for good service. Keep helping the customers.* I really enjoy the Supa Strikas comic in your paper. Thanks for the entertainment. Makes for better “watching” than the Brave Warriors. – JeromePolitics* MUNGIKI is to Kenya as Gukurahundi is to Zimbabwe. These two massacring squadrons represent a darkest chapter in the history of modern Africa. The word Gukurahundi was mentioned in a SMS with reference to Elijah Ngurare’s recent speech at Okakwa, in the Ohangwena Region. As for Mr Ngurare, we know the ventriloquist whose words you keep uttering time and time again. Please stop your witch-hunting against the Ovakwanyama. The international community is by this time too vigilant to allow a Gukurahundi, or any similar practice to be repeated in any democratic country such as Namibia.* THE NBC radio Oshiwambo’s ‘Lunganda’ programme of August 28, at 06h00 refers. The Councillor of the Omuntele Constituency in the Oshikoto Region, Sackey Nangula, invited residents of Onanke and Ompito villages to come to two Swapo Party meetings. He said that, “all those who receive the drought relief food in those villages must come”. Is he trying to use State-sponsored drought relief food as a campaign tool for his party? This is a [Robert] Mugabe-Zanu PF type of campaign. Under Namibia’s Anti-Corruption Act, it is a political crime.* THE only young people with military training aside from NDF, Police and Prison Service are the Youth Brigade unless (Elijah) Ngurare tells the nation where the young people he is talking about are being trained: Did Ngurare inform the Intelligence Service?* IT’S time that the councillor of Otavi constituency [Bartholomeus Shangheta] resigns because he has caused big shame to the ruling Swapo Party and Otavi residents whom he represents. He is a thief, ACC and Swapo why are you guys so quiet on this theft [poaching] scandal? – Concerned citizen* WHY is there no media institution that goes straight to the President of this country Namibia and interviews him about events taking place that threaten the peace we enjoy such as name calling between RDP, Swapo Party, NSHR and Swapo Youth League, hate speech, misuse/abuse of GRN property even [with due respect] if it is done by the President himself. His response will tell us where we are heading and we will prepare ourselves for any eventuality and go and live in other peaceful countries since ours might be heading for disaster. – Concerned Namibian from Okotjitundu* COUNCILLOR of Tobias Hainyeko Constituency was fired from the Swapo Party and office by (Secretary General) Pendukeni (Iivula-Ithana) because he is a friend of everyone: young, old, disabled, rich, poor, black or white. Erasmus ‘Kaptein’ Hendjala does not care whether you belong to CoD, DTA, UDF, MAG, NUDO, RDP, RDP, Swapo Party, RP, APP, DPN or the NDMC. As an elected leader he has to represent all people irrespective of their language, but, alas, not with Madam SG. I think he was right. What do you think? Respond and send to many to get funny ideas.* DO you think Jerry Ekandjo gets up in the morning already smiling at the mischief he will cause during the day? In the name of national development, obviously.* MR [Elijah] Ngurare put his head above the ceiling. His hate speech about young people in Ohangwena Region receiving military training earns him a hard boot.* TO the Swapo Party President and Committee. I used to respect and appreciate what the party has done for our country, but lately I wonder whether Swapo really deserves it. Please control the speeches made by Jerry Ekandjo, he is disturbing our peace and that is against our Constitution of the Republic of Namibia. Uncle [Sam] Nujoma please remove him.* HONOURABLE Netumbo [Nandi-Ndaitwah]: Do not condemn and dismiss the recent formation of political parties as an act of tribalism because Swapo laid the foundation for ethnicity when minorities were made prime targets of political and physical annihilation in Angola – Lubango. No amount of bad-mouthing will stop the process because the wounds of some Namibians are still bleeding.* NANDI-Ndaitwah condemning the mushrooming of political parties in Namibia? The challenge is upon her, as a lawmaker, to table a motion in Parliament aimed at removing Articles 1 (6) and 21 (1) (e) from the Constitution, because that is where the problem is.* WHITE Golf full of ladies wearing Swapo colours on Heroes’ Day driving GRN 400 – is it the right way?* I THINK the people who sang the liberation song were the very same people who where fighting.* IT seems to me that the Damara people never existed during colonial times, because nowadays you hear only from the Otjiherero and Nama people. What about the Damara? And the people say we must not promote tribalism. Let’s practise what we preach and why is it only Ovamboland that is so developed?Politics In General* US-LED air strikes last week killed 90 civilians including 60 children. Will the human rights organisations report (US President George) W Bush to appear before the International Court of Justice or are they now silent about it?Business As Ususal?* PRIME Minister Nahas Angula says no country should take control of Namibia yet South African interests run the retail and finance sectors. The Chinese control construction and are moving in on the SME sector. Not much left for Namibians. Just an ineffective public sector.* CAN someone please help us? We get low salaries at Namibia Airports Company! But we give millions in dividends! Please help!* MR Frans Indongo [businessman] did not need empowering legislation to empower himself! Come on, legislation will not give you free money!* COMMEMORATING Heroes’ Day annually, as if it is a normal event without attaching its real value to it, is meaningless and not in good faith. We have been doing it for the past 18 years with the same old rhetoric and promises only without any tangible meaning. The reason for the sacrifices of the lives of our fallen heroes/heroines were among others: land, freedom, equality, economic emancipation and the rule of law. Just eulogising the fallen is not the issue any more. What we need now is to live up to their dreams of a change from apartheid, economic disparities, poverty eradication, water, shelter and others. The history of our liberation struggle is now for the political archives and schools. Our policy of national reconciliation has it all. – UDF Branch, Khorixas* WE are suffering a lot. The Government doesn’t want to recruit us, but when it comes to elections, they are demanding we elect them! No it’s not fair. We apply for the NDF, nursing, the Namibian Police but nothing happens. Some of our parents are poor. Please Government next year you must change. Please do something, even a factory. – SJJ Onyaanya circuitZimbabwe* ANYONE who saw the opening of parliament in Zimbabwe is left speechless by the Movement for Democratic Change legislators’ behaviour. It was worse than street kids at the Harare Gardens. If that’s what we can expect from the MDC, they can definitely kiss the popular party dream good bye. I wish NBC could get the video material for the Namibian opposition and ruling party to see and be proud of their behaviour in parliament. MDC turned the august House into a street mob rally. I can’t help but feel for the kids of those legislators. I think I know for sure my kids would have called me to order. It shows how unprepared MDC is, and how undemocratic they can be. Hats off to the independents and Zanu-PF for the maturity they showed. Running a country is different from running an NGO, football club or union. Shame on MDC, you lost it. – Ashamed and embarrassed, WindhoekService Please* MY daughter Valencia Longer won a prize in The Namibian newspaper of July 11 and to date has not received it. What’s going on? – We looked through the back copies and couldn’t find anything about a prize on that date. Please let us have more details so we can sort it out and make sure the prize goes to the winner. – Newsdesk* OUTAPI FNB branch, your service is pathetic. You have three tellers but only use two. Despite the long queue of frustrated customers the manager does not care to get the third teller working. Those at tellers also seem to be trainees. It takes 15 minutes to complete a simple transaction. Get all the tellers working on a busy day manager. FNB expand that branch because that is the only FNB bank in the whole region. Have your customers in Outapi at heart FNB.* MR Bob Kandetu, where were your radio advertisement co-ordinators on August 27. They left a vulnerable receptionist without any simple advertising pricing info. May I conclude that our revenue is in your wrong hands. I am very angry at such avoidable inconvenience. Why is it the white minority are serious about managerial responsibilities and many of us fail at plain business practices such as availability and service. I love Africa and all Africans, never mind the colour nor the tribe. Please many corruption cases are on our heads. Black people our shame is naked. Please stop, our children will imitate our bad image if our negligence continues like this.Travel Trauma* HIGH transport fees. I’m deeply concerned and shocked by the kombis (Ventures) transporting people from Gobabis to Epukiro and surroundings. They charge you approximately N$80 and extra charges are requested for each item such as small bags and boxes. Please Minister of Transport investigate this issue urgently. We pay the same tariffs as from Windhoek to Caprivi, while Epukiro is 140 km in distance. I wonder whether they are registered with any transport association?* THE taxis commuting between Outapi and Oshakati are overloading. It’s not even worth it paying for it. Can’t the Police do something to stop it? – MagretIn And From The Regions* WHY is the Caprivi Region developing at such a slow pace? Are our regional leaders failing us? Many projects intended for the region are being held back by those at the top, while our regional leadership is quiet. Please, you have the power. Do something.* THE three towns (Ondangwa, Ongwediva, Oshakati) must build sports facilities for their residents and or repair those that were built before Independence. We need tennis courts, swimming pools etc for our children.* HI! Can the CEO of the Municipality of Otjiwarongo please explain why their employees are constantly attending meetings? Because every time you go there with your problems concerning water or the Build Together Programme, you are told “She’s in a meeting.” When will our problems be solved. – Concerned ResidentGeneral* THE “very beautiful sight” at the Avis Dam – to quote Ms Sibindi IS the drawing power for Windhoekers. We have enough fast-food outlets and hotels. We need places of natural beauty for people to walk, run, ride bicycles and stay healthy. A visit to Avis Dam over the weekend will confirm that people from all walks of life already enjoy the area. Please don’t take this away from us. – Dr Rod Lichtman* ON the Avis issue, please leave the dam and walkways for dogs and their owners. Stop commercialising everything.* CITY Police and G4S please patrol the areas around Club Remix and Gammams River at night. We are not safe anymore. Please do something about it.* FORMER Miss Namibias should not enter the Face of Africa! Give other girls a chance, come on! They have enough opportunities.* WE also need speed bumps in Black Rock Street, Rocky Crest, before a certain entertainment company’s car kills our kids or crashes into a house.* I THINK Agra should change their logo. – Concerned citizen* I HAVE many questions to ask the Ministry of Safety and Security on the division of prisons. How does the national release board work? Who are these people? Do these people work for the prison or do they have other offices in other ministries? How can it be possible that a person staying far away from inmates is given this right to decide whether they must be given parole or remission or not, if they are not staying next to the inmates?Education* PLEASE, the allocation of the 100 bursaries offered by the RSA to the GRN should benefit the poor and not relatives of the well connected as done with other study grants.* I WAS really disappointed to hear from Namibian students in Cuba that some never received the money from the Government that was promised to them by the Ministry of Sport. The students are facing hard times. Can someone from this ministry tell us where the funds for these students are going? I appeal to the Anti-Corruption Commission to intervene in this matter. Please let us do what will help our nation to achieve vision 2030.* ETSIP will never realise the aims and goals of Vision 2011 for all schools to have pre-primaries especially with the lack of structures in pre-primary. Because what do you expect from the pre-grade teachers to remain so for the rest of their teaching careers. Tell us what is happening. We want to quit if we have no structures. Why is it taking so long to implement these?* WHY do three mature age question papers cost N$130 at the Otjiwarongo centre, but in Windhoek at the university (Unam) one question paper costs only N$2.80. Please stop putting up the price.* I REQUEST the Ministry of Education to send VTC forms to Okahandja because some of us cannot afford to reach the VTC centre to fetch them.Disconnections* I ALSO agree with Telecom and Cell One on the interconnection fees of MTC, which makes even calling home with a N$10 voucher a two-minute affair, which is ridiculously out of reach of most Namibians’ pockets. Another thing is, how come MTC charges Cell One N$1.06 for a call of N$1.79 per minute? How much does Cell One charge MTC for calls made to its network? Something fishy here. I also strongly urge the Namibian Communications Commission to intervene.Sporting* NBC, please show only the big teams of England especially Arsenal, because other teams such as Fulham and Stockton are useless to broadcast. – President Sugar* AGNES Samaria should stop blaming everyone except herself whenever she loses races. Our youth is looking up to her and that’s sending the wrong message! – Die Leeu* AGNES must not try to fool the nation, she must accept her defeat and retire. Frankie never had a training camp with his countrymen yet he got medals.* NFA. Please, we don’t have strong and aggressive strikers in the national team. As a matter of urgency, please arrange citizenship for Samson John and Armando Pedro, they have been in the country for more than six.Food For Thought * THAT draconian ban did not prevent The Namibian from topping the charts. MediaMetrics found that The Namibian is by far “the voice of the people” and getting increasingly popular with readers. The seven-year- old advertising ban against the newspaper that’s “still telling it like it is” is an indication that Swapo Party does not need our votes anymore. You touch The Namibian, you touch the people! * I’M suggesting that whoever is fined for drinking and driving may have his driving licence suspended by the authorities for six months. And if repeated, let it be taken away for life. In this way we shall avoid stupid accidents and save lives.* HOW very odd for a union to threaten a strike if the boss is not re-installed. It has always been the opposite! What does (Titus) Haimbili and (David) Tjombe have in common, and what are the TransNamib workers, who are now putting their jobs on the line, being told? What eats the bean is inside the bean… – Cobra Bouquets And Brickbats * I WOULD like to thank the news on One Africa TV, keep it up. – Letty! * THANK you NBC for the special programme showing the big role Mr Fidel Castro and the Cuban people played in the liberation struggle of African countries. – Billy * A BIG thank you to City Police! They phoned us to collect our stolen stuff on Saturday morning. Keep up the good work! -Cathy and Lindsay * OCEAN View Shell at Swakopmund. Thank you for Maria for good service. Keep helping the customers.* I really enjoy the Supa Strikas comic in your paper. Thanks for the entertainment. Makes for better “watching” than the Brave Warriors. – Jerome Politics * MUNGIKI is to Kenya as Gukurahundi is to Zimbabwe. These two massacring squadrons represent a darkest chapter in the history of modern Africa. The word Gukurahundi was mentioned in a SMS with reference to Elijah Ngurare’s recent speech at Okakwa, in the Ohangwena Region. As for Mr Ngurare, we know the ventriloquist whose words you keep uttering time and time again. Please stop your witch-hunting against the Ovakwanyama. The international community is by this time too vigilant to allow a Gukurahundi, or any similar practice to be repeated in any democratic country such as Namibia.* THE NBC radio Oshiwambo’s ‘Lunganda’ programme of August 28, at 06h00 refers. The Councillor of the Omuntele Constituency in the Oshikoto Region, Sackey Nangula, invited residents of Onanke and Ompito villages to come to two Swapo Party meetings. He said that, “all those who receive the drought relief food in those villages must come”. Is he trying to use State-sponsored drought relief food as a campaign tool for his party? This is a [Robert] Mugabe-Zanu PF type of campaign. Under Namibia’s Anti-Corruption Act, it is a political crime.* THE only young people with military training aside from NDF, Police and Prison Service are the Youth Brigade unless (Elijah) Ngurare tells the nation where the young people he is talking about are being trained: Did Ngurare inform the Intelligence Service? * IT’S time that the councillor of Otavi constituency [Bartholomeus Shangheta] resigns because he has caused big shame to the ruling Swapo Party and Otavi residents whom he represents. He is a thief, ACC and Swapo why are you guys so quiet on this theft [poaching] scandal? – Concerned citizen * WHY is there no media institution that goes straight to the President of this country Namibia and interviews him about events taking place that threaten the peace we enjoy such as name calling between RDP, Swapo Party, NSHR and Swapo Youth League, hate speech, misuse/abuse of GRN property even [with due respect] if it is done by the President himself. His response will tell us where we are heading and we will prepare ourselves for any eventuality and go and live in other peaceful countries since ours might be heading for disaster. – Concerned Namibian from Okotjitundu * COUNCILLOR of Tobias Hainyeko Constituency was fired from the Swapo Party and office by (Secretary General) Pendukeni (Iivula-Ithana) because he is a friend of everyone: young, old, disabled, rich, poor, black or white. Erasmus ‘Kaptein’ Hendjala does not care whether you belong to CoD, DTA, UDF, MAG, NUDO, RDP, RDP, Swapo Party, RP, APP, DPN or the NDMC. As an elected leader he has to represent all people irrespective of their language, but, alas, not with Madam SG. I think he was right. What do you think? Respond and send to many to get funny ideas.* DO you think Jerry Ekandjo gets up in the morning already smiling at the mischief he will cause during the day? In the name of national development, obviously.* MR [Elijah] Ngurare put his head above the ceiling. His hate speech about young people in Ohangwena Region receiving military training earns him a hard boot.* TO the Swapo Party President and Committee. I used to respect and appreciate what the party has done for our country, but lately I wonder whether Swapo really deserves it. Please control the speeches made by Jerry Ekandjo, he is disturbing our peace and that is against our Constitution of the Republic of Namibia. Uncle [Sam] Nujoma please remove him.* HONOURABLE Netumbo [Nandi-Ndaitwah]: Do not condemn and dismiss the recent formation of political parties as an act of tribalism because Swapo laid the foundation for ethnicity when minorities were made prime targets of political and physical annihilation in Angola – Lubango. No amount of bad-mouthing will stop the process because the wounds of some Namibians are still bleeding.* NANDI-Ndaitwah condemning the mushrooming of political parties in Namibia? The challenge is upon her, as a lawmaker, to table a motion in Parliament aimed at removing Articles 1 (6) and 21 (1) (e) from the Constitution, because that is where the problem is.* WHITE Golf full of ladies wearing Swapo colours on Heroes’ Day driving GRN 400 – is it the right way? * I THINK the people who sang the liberation song were the very same people who where fighting.* IT seems to me that the Damara people never existed during colonial times, because nowadays you hear only from the Otjiherero and Nama people. What about the Damara? And the people say we must not promote tribalism. Let’s practise what we preach and why is it only Ovamboland that is so developed? Politics In General * US-LED air strikes last week killed 90 civilians including 60 children. Will the human rights organisations report (US President George) W Bush to appear before the International Court of Justice or are they now silent about it? Business As Ususal? * PRIME Minister Nahas Angula says no country should take control of Namibia yet South African interests run the retail and finance sectors. The Chinese control construction and are moving in on the SME sector. Not much left for Namibians. Just an ineffective public sector.* CAN someone please help us? We get low salaries at Namibia Airports Company! But we give millions in dividends! Please help! * MR Frans Indongo [businessman] did not need empowering legislation to empower himself! Come on, legislation will not give you free money! * COMMEMORATING Heroes’ Day annually, as if it is a normal event without attaching its real value to it, is meaningless and not in good faith. We have been doing it for the past 18 years with the same old rhetoric and promises only without any tangible meaning. The reason for the sacrifices of the lives of our fallen heroes/heroines were among others: land, freedom, equality, economic emancipation and the rule of law. Just eulogising the fallen is not the issue any more. What we need now is to live up to their dreams of a change from apartheid, economic disparities, poverty eradication, water, shelter and others. The history of our liberation struggle is now for the political archives and schools. Our policy of national reconciliation has it all. – UDF Branch, Khorixas * WE are suffering a lot. The Government doesn’t want to recruit us, but when it comes to elections, they are demanding we elect them! No it’s not fair. We apply for the NDF, nursing, the Namibian Police but nothing happens. Some of our parents are poor. Please Government next year you must change. Please do something, even a factory. – SJJ Onyaanya circuit Zimbabwe * ANYONE who saw the opening of parliament in Zimbabwe is left speechless by the Movement for Democratic Change legislators’ behaviour. It was worse than street kids at the Harare Gardens. If that’s what we can expect from the MDC, they can definitely kiss the popular party dream good bye. I wish NBC could get the video material for the Namibian opposition and ruling party to see and be proud of their behaviour in parliament. MDC turned the august House into a street mob rally. I can’t help but feel for the kids of those legislators. I think I know for sure my kids would have called me to order. It shows how unprepared MDC is, and how undemocratic they can be. Hats off to the independents and Zanu-PF for the maturity they showed. Running a country is different from running an NGO, football club or union. Shame on MDC, you lost it. – Ashamed and embarrassed, Windhoek Service Please * MY daughter Valencia Longer won a prize in The Namibian newspaper of July 11 and to date has not received it. What’s going on? – We looked through the back copies and couldn’t find anything about a prize on that date. Please let us have more details so we can sort it out and make sure the prize goes to the winner. – Newsdesk * OUTAPI FNB branch, your service is pathetic. You have three tellers but only use two. Despite the long queue of frustrated customers the manager does not care to get the third teller working. Those at tellers also seem to be trainees. It takes 15 minutes to complete a simple transaction. Get all the tellers working on a busy day manager. FNB expand that branch because that is the only FNB bank in the whole region. Have your customers in Outapi at heart FNB.* MR Bob Kandetu, where were your radio advertisement co-ordinators on August 27. They left a vulnerable receptionist without any simple advertising pricing info. May I conclude that our revenue is in your wrong hands. I am very angry at such avoidable inconvenience. Why is it the white minority are serious about managerial responsibilities and many of us fail at plain business practices such as availability and service. I love Africa and all Africans, never mind the colour nor the tribe. Please many corruption cases are on our heads. Black people our shame is naked. Please stop, our children will imitate our bad image if our negligence continues like this.Travel Trauma * HIGH transport fees. I’m deeply concerned and shocked by the kombis (Ventures) transporting people from Gobabis to Epukiro and surroundings. They charge you approximately N$80 and extra charges are requested for each item such as small bags and boxes. Please Minister of Transport investigate this issue urgently. We pay the same tariffs as from Windhoek to Caprivi, while Epukiro is 140 km in distance. I wonder whether they are registered with any transport association? * THE taxis commuting between Outapi and Oshakati are overloading. It’s not even worth it paying for it. Can’t the Police do something to stop it? – Magret In And From The Regions * WHY is the Caprivi Region developing at such a slow pace? Are our regional leaders failing us? Many projects intended for the region are being held back by those at the top, while our regional leadership is quiet. Please, you have the power. Do something.* THE three towns (Ondangwa, Ongwediva, Oshakati) must build sports facilities for their residents and or repair those that were built before Independence. We need tennis courts, swimming pools etc for our children.* HI! Can the CEO of the Municipality of Otjiwarongo please explain why their employees are constantly attending meetings? Because every time you go there with your problems concerning water or the Build Together Programme, you are told “She’s in a meeting.” When will our problems be solved. – Concerned Resident General * THE “very beautiful sight” at the Avis Dam – to quote Ms Sibindi IS the drawing power for Windhoekers. We have enough fast-food outlets and hotels. We need places of natural beauty for people to walk, run, ride bicycles and stay healthy. A visit to Avis Dam over the weekend will confirm that people from all walks of life already enjoy the area. Please don’t take this away from us. – Dr Rod Lichtman * ON the Avis issue, please leave the dam and walkways for dogs and their owners. Stop commercialising everything.* CITY Police and G4S please patrol the areas around Club Remix and Gammams River at night. We are not safe anymore. Please do something about it. * FORMER Miss Namibias should not enter the Face of Africa! Give other girls a chance, come on! They have enough opportunities.* WE also need speed bumps in Black Rock Street, Rocky Crest, before a certain entertainment company’s car kills our kids or crashes into a house.* I THINK Agra should change their logo. – Concerned citizen * I HAVE many questions to ask the Ministry of Safety and Security on the division of prisons. How does the national release board work? Who are these people? Do these people work for the prison or do they have other offices in other ministries? How can it be possible that a person staying far away from inmates is given this right to decide whether they must be given parole or remission or not, if they are not staying next to the inmates? Education * PLEASE, the allocation of the 100 bursaries offered by the RSA to the GRN should benefit the poor and not relatives of the well connected as done with other study grants.* I WAS really disappointed to hear from Namibian students in Cuba that some never received the money from the Government that was promised to them by the Ministry of Sport. The students are facing hard times. Can someone from this ministry tell us where the funds for these students are going? I appeal to the Anti-Corruption Commission to intervene in this matter. Please let us do what will help our nation to achieve vision 2030.* ETSIP will never realise the aims and goals of Vision 2011 for all schools to have pre-primaries especially with the lack of structures in pre-primary. Because what do you expect from the pre-grade teachers to remain so for the rest of their teaching careers. Tell us what is happening. We want to quit if we have no structures. Why is it taking so long to implement these? * WHY do three mature age question papers cost N$130 at the Otjiwarongo centre, but in Windhoek at the university (Unam) one question paper costs only N$2.80. Please stop putting up the price.* I REQUEST the Ministry of Education to send VTC forms to Okahandja because some of us cannot afford to reach the VTC centre to fetch them.Disconnections * I ALSO agree with Telecom and Cell One on the interconnection fees of MTC, which makes even calling home with a N$10 voucher a two-minute affair, which is ridiculously out of reach of most Namibians’ pockets. Another thing is, how come MTC charges Cell One N$1.06 for a call of N$1.79 per minute? How much does Cell One charge MTC for calls made to its network? Something fishy here. I also strongly urge the Namibian Communications Commission to intervene.Sporting * NBC, please show only the big teams of England especially Arsenal, because other teams such as Fulham and Stockton are useless to broadcast. – President Sugar * AGNES Samaria should stop blaming everyone except herself whenever she loses races. Our youth is looking up to her and that’s sending the wrong message! – Die Leeu * AGNES must not try to fool the nation, she must accept her defeat and retire. Frankie never had a training camp with his countrymen yet he got medals.* NFA. Please, we don’t have strong and aggressive strikers in the national team. As a matter of urgency, please arrange citizenship for Samson John and Armando Pedro, they have been in the country for more than six.

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