SMSes Of The Day : Friday

YOU people can really waste time on trivial matters neh? I mean there are far more pressing issues and matters that need to be dealt with rather than the nation standing up against the seven o’ clock news.

I mean, really! Food For Thought n THE attacks on Bishop (Zephania) Kameeta because of his stance against alcoholism are shameful. Namibia wake up.We cannot build this beautiful country with drunken minds.- Shapopi Where to Etosha? n THE Swapo Party Youth League officials should read the MCA compact rather than just scanning and saying things that would harm Namibia’s image to donors.n THE SPYL has no genuine problem with the MCA proposal.They have simply realised that there is a lot of gravy in the MCA and they want to get on that train! Best way to do that is to make sure they replace the train’s conductor with their own man.Remember the oil deal (NLF)? The Omusati beneficiaries? Now they want to partake of the millions of dollars availed by the imperialist USA! The looting continues in the name of the poor masses! n THE problem with the Millennium Account money is that the sharks were excluded from the deal.Include them and the problem is solved.n MAYBE the idea of Americans “taking over” Etosha isn’t such a bad idea after all! Those people know all about good service, good cleaning, good maintenance and good (cheap) pricing.Those are things the NWR people know nothing about! n WILL Etosha now be the 53rd state in the USA? n PEOPLE of Namibia do not mind the Swapo Youth for what they are saying on the MCA.The boys are talking on behalf of a big somebody who wants to use them like Kapia and Kandara to do dirty work.The people of Namibia deserve a decent life and therefore nobody normal should reject the money to reduce poverty.The boys and the big somebody only want NWR to receive the funds only to empower the Omusati clique.n WHO are these Swapo Youth so-called leaders? Little demagogues and authoritarians in the making.Thank God we know them now.n FELLOW Swapo youth, your observation on the Etosha issue is spot on, submit a proposal with your views and suggestions to relevant ministries.Presidential intervention is not needed, there is no crisis yet.n SWAPO government signs deals with little or no understanding.We are not surprised.How many more deals were signed without comprehension of details? Bouquets and Brickbats n WE as inhabitants of Narraville, Walvis Bay, are very happy about the cocaine nest that was exposed.We are grateful for the Narraville Neighbourhood Watch and the Namibian Police.They rock! n WE the Pos 2 farmers of Tubuses would hereby like to express our profound gratitude towards Mr Usurua and his able team of Rural Water Supply at Karibib for attending to our water problems successfully.Keep up the good work! n DR Richard Kamwi I want to congratulate you for a job well done since you became the Health Minister.Now please remember the student nurses and include them in the budget, they are really suffering.n NBC Television Broadcasting, I am so happy at the new style of broadcasting but do something about the movies that are outdated.Shebeens n WE support demonstrating about illegal shebeens.All the towns in the South must do this.n ON alcohol abuse and ignoring law, in Oshali, Omulonga Constituency Ondobe policemen are being insulted by the owners of shebeens.Nature’s Call n WHY don’t you rather build toilets for our brothers and sisters on the outskirts of Windhoek, eg Havana, Kilimanjaro, etc. n WHY build roadside toilets while Gibeon residents in the Hardap Region are using the bucket system toilets? Price Pain n DIESEL and petrol go down again next week.As a consumer am I to expect a drop in the price of bread or just increases like Pick ‘n Pay did last time when fuel prices went down the first time.Disconnections n NBC TV staff are you aware that here in Tses we haven’t had TV coverage since August 2008.Should I really pay my TV licence? No I don’t think so.- Fabian General n GRN please help us.Some of us working in security, as a security guard seven to seven, receive poor salaries.Sometimes we are deducted some amount of money because of uniform that we are using.We are tired of this situation. n ABOUT The Namibian newspaper: What I want to ask and want to know is, is it only the Oshiwambo language in Namibia? Why can’t they change each week the language like to maybe Tswana next week again Damara/Nama and so on.Please see to it or change it or totally take it out.- Resident from Windhoek n I JUST want to ask a question to Natis Valley.If I have the right to communicate in any language, why is it that you decide in which language I must take my learners test? Please reply.n MY response to the SMS of Thursday on the name Otjikoto.It is not true that there is not a word Oshikoto in Oshiwambo.Names such as Oikoto and Ashikoto and words kotoka, kotoken are from the same word as Oshikoto.You can find villages with such names in the north.Why the name Otjikoto was changed to Oshikoto should be the question maybe, because both Herero and Ovawambo used to dwell in the Otjikoto lake area.Hereros grazing their cattle and Aandonga mining copper from Tsumeb.n WHY is Legal Shield not paying out claims for its clients who die from TB? Is this not discrimination? n THE much-advertised no-claim bonus by Law Sure, I was told, may take three to four weeks or even longer for processing.I just hope the payment of their funeral proceeds will be better.n HON Minister of Finance, is the budget that is given to the ministries not allowed to purchase office furniture? The Police station opposite TransNamib, their office furniture is very old.n CAN the Bank of Namibia and any concerned authority introduce a $5 and $2 bank note because one cannot withdraw a $7 and also to cater for the poor. n I DON’T understand that if your car has been repossessed, why do they go on putting your name on ITC, which is unfair.n IT is required by law for everyone to wear a helmet on a bicycle.But what does it help? Nothing, nothing whatsoever! While a motorcycle helmet protects your head on all sides, a cycle helmet is useless! It does not protect any side of the head except the top.Someone please explain how such idiotic helmets were approved?? n PLEASE my dear brothers, if it is in your power to kill your wife (which it is not) be kind to take the kids to the grannies or any family member.They do not have to see all the things you did.n HELLO Namibia, how can a Police commander be attacked without using his gun to help himself? I know why the commander couldn’t shoot at these guys is because he may end up in court.If you defend yourself from armed robbers by shooting at them you go to jail.What kind of lawless country is this? The government should do something fast before Namibia becomes like South Africa.Please do something government.- Pastor Nkem Sunday n TO the Director of Elcin Church in Namibia, we members of Otamanzi Elcin Church were instructed by the church board that each and every worker could pay N$1 000 for the new church to be built.If you failed to pay, you can’t go to the service.Do you know this? Please come and assist.Music To Their Ears n THE Sanlam Music Award becomes an annual disaster.You are killing the music industry.Thanks to Ma//Aisa for unity.Let’s support their decision In And From The Regions n OSHAKATI and Outapi Town Councils, what are you waiting for? The rainy season is coming after one or two months.Do you still want to see residents in you towns under water like frogs as early this year? Where do you get a town without a drainage system? Please be serious about serving the residents, don’t just demand money when we fail to pay.Start with the drainage system now because we do not want to see ourselves in that situation.Please.Tailender n MOBILE phones are the only subject on which men boast about who’s got the smallest.- Readers are most welcome to send a short “tail-end’ thought – something to ponder, as one of our readers recommended, or something genuinely humorous.- Newsdesk Ministry of Education responds THE Ministry of Education has taken time out to respond t
o a number of the complaints about the Education Sector, which have been SMSed to The Namibian: I was very much shocked by two seniors at our school, who prevented some learners from entering the examination room on Tuesday, when physical science was written, before they paid their school development fund fees in full.At a later stage the principal forced them to sign, while others were already seated and started writing.Would anyone make me aware of the policy where this rule is stipulated? – There is definitely no rule, policy, or guidelines that prevent learners from writing school examinations due to outstanding School Development Fund (SDF).The school should arrange with the parents on how parents can contribute towards their children’s SDF.Learners who are denied to write school exams can report the matter to the Regional Office.Minister of Education please come and see how we postgraduate students jostle for a place at the National Library with high school learners every morning.Not only that some, some of these people answer cell phones, study in groups and chat around, thus disturbing others.They even sleep on the desk thereby reserving it.This place requires some degree of maturity from patrons.Please consider opening the library on Saturdays for October and November, as well as the aircon.- According to the Library Rules and Regulations, the use of cell phones is not allowed in the library.To this effect, notices have been placed in different sections of the library for the users to see clearly.However, in cases of non-compliance by some library users, the library staff from time to time does try to discourage users from using cell phones within the library.With regard to study groups, the library has private study rooms, where reasonable study discussions can take place without disturbing the other users.Plans are underway to open the library on Saturdays.Yours in Education, The Public Relations OfficeNamibia wake up.We cannot build this beautiful country with drunken minds.- Shapopi Where to Etosha? n THE Swapo Party Youth League officials should read the MCA compact rather than just scanning and saying things that would harm Namibia’s image to donors.n THE SPYL has no genuine problem with the MCA proposal.They have simply realised that there is a lot of gravy in the MCA and they want to get on that train! Best way to do that is to make sure they replace the train’s conductor with their own man.Remember the oil deal (NLF)? The Omusati beneficiaries? Now they want to partake of the millions of dollars availed by the imperialist USA! The looting continues in the name of the poor masses! n THE problem with the Millennium Account money is that the sharks were excluded from the deal.Include them and the problem is solved. n MAYBE the idea of Americans “taking over” Etosha isn’t such a bad idea after all! Those people know all about good service, good cleaning, good maintenance and good (cheap) pricing.Those are things the NWR people know nothing about! n WILL Etosha now be the 53rd state in the USA? n PEOPLE of Namibia do not mind the Swapo Youth for what they are saying on the MCA.The boys are talking on behalf of a big somebody who wants to use them like Kapia and Kandara to do dirty work.The people of Namibia deserve a decent life and therefore nobody normal should reject the money to reduce poverty.The boys and the big somebody only want NWR to receive the funds only to empower the Omusati clique.n WHO are these Swapo Youth so-called leaders? Little demagogues and authoritarians in the making.Thank God we know them now.n FELLOW Swapo youth, your observation on the Etosha issue is spot on, submit a proposal with your views and suggestions to relevant ministries.Presidential intervention is not needed, there is no crisis yet.n SWAPO government signs deals with little or no understanding.We are not surprised.How many more deals were signed without comprehension of details? Bouquets and Brickbats n WE as inhabitants of Narraville, Walvis Bay, are very happy about the cocaine nest that was exposed.We are grateful for the Narraville Neighbourhood Watch and the Namibian Police.They rock! n WE the Pos 2 farmers of Tubuses would hereby like to express our profound gratitude towards Mr Usurua and his able team of Rural Water Supply at Karibib for attending to our water problems successfully.Keep up the good work! n DR Richard Kamwi I want to congratulate you for a job well done since you became the Health Minister.Now please remember the student nurses and include them in the budget, they are really suffering. n NBC Television Broadcasting, I am so happy at the new style of broadcasting but do something about the movies that are outdated.Shebeens n WE support demonstrating about illegal shebeens.All the towns in the South must do this.n ON alcohol abuse and ignoring law, in Oshali, Omulonga Constituency Ondobe policemen are being insulted by the owners of shebeens.Nature’s Call n WHY don’t you rather build toilets for our brothers and sisters on the outskirts of Windhoek, eg Havana, Kilimanjaro, etc. n WHY build roadside toilets while Gibeon residents in the Hardap Region are using the bucket system toilets? Price Pain n DIESEL and petrol go down again next week.As a consumer am I to expect a drop in the price of bread or just increases like Pick ‘n Pay did last time when fuel prices went down the first time. Disconnections n NBC TV staff are you aware that here in Tses we haven’t had TV coverage since August 2008.Should I really pay my TV licence? No I don’t think so.- Fabian General n GRN please help us.Some of us working in security, as a security guard seven to seven, receive poor salaries.Sometimes we are deducted some amount of money because of uniform that we are using.We are tired of this situation. n ABOUT The Namibian newspaper: What I want to ask and want to know is, is it only the Oshiwambo language in Namibia? Why can’t they change each week the language like to maybe Tswana next week again Damara/Nama and so on.Please see to it or change it or totally take it out.- Resident from Windhoek n I JUST want to ask a question to Natis Valley.If I have the right to communicate in any language, why is it that you decide in which language I must take my learners test? Please reply.n MY response to the SMS of Thursday on the name Otjikoto.It is not true that there is not a word Oshikoto in Oshiwambo.Names such as Oikoto and Ashikoto and words kotoka, kotoken are from the same word as Oshikoto.You can find villages with such names in the north.Why the name Otjikoto was changed to Oshikoto should be the question maybe, because both Herero and Ovawambo used to dwell in the Otjikoto lake area.Hereros grazing their cattle and Aandonga mining copper from Tsumeb.n WHY is Legal Shield not paying out claims for its clients who die from TB? Is this not discrimination? n THE much-advertised no-claim bonus by Law Sure, I was told, may take three to four weeks or even longer for processing.I just hope the payment of their funeral proceeds will be better.n HON Minister of Finance, is the budget that is given to the ministries not allowed to purchase office furniture? The Police station opposite TransNamib, their office furniture is very old.n CAN the Bank of Namibia and any concerned authority introduce a $5 and $2 bank note because one cannot withdraw a $7 and also to cater for the poor. n I DON’T understand that if your car has been repossessed, why do they go on putting your name on ITC, which is unfair. n IT is required by law for everyone to wear a helmet on a bicycle.But what does it help? Nothing, nothing whatsoever! While a motorcycle helmet protects your head on all sides, a cycle helmet is useless! It does not protect any side of the head except the top.Someone please explain how such idiotic helmets were approved?? n PLEASE my dear brothers, if it is in your power to kill your wife (which it is not) be kind to take the kids to the grannies or any family member.They do not have to see all the things you did. n HELLO Namibia, how can a Police commander be attacked without using his gun to help himself? I know why the commander couldn’t
shoot at these guys is because he may end up in court.If you defend yourself from armed robbers by shooting at them you go to jail.What kind of lawless country is this? The government should do something fast before Namibia becomes like South Africa.Please do something government.- Pastor Nkem Sunday n TO the Director of Elcin Church in Namibia, we members of Otamanzi Elcin Church were instructed by the church board that each and every worker could pay N$1 000 for the new church to be built.If you failed to pay, you can’t go to the service.Do you know this? Please come and assist.Music To Their Ears n THE Sanlam Music Award becomes an annual disaster.You are killing the music industry.Thanks to Ma//Aisa for unity.Let’s support their decision In And From The Regions n OSHAKATI and Outapi Town Councils, what are you waiting for? The rainy season is coming after one or two months.Do you still want to see residents in you towns under water like frogs as early this year? Where do you get a town without a drainage system? Please be serious about serving the residents, don’t just demand money when we fail to pay.Start with the drainage system now because we do not want to see ourselves in that situation.Please.Tailender n MOBILE phones are the only subject on which men boast about who’s got the smallest.- Readers are most welcome to send a short “tail-end’ thought – something to ponder, as one of our readers recommended, or something genuinely humorous.- Newsdesk Ministry of Education responds THE Ministry of Education has taken time out to respond to a number of the complaints about the Education Sector, which have been SMSed to The Namibian: I was very much shocked by two seniors at our school, who prevented some learners from entering the examination room on Tuesday, when physical science was written, before they paid their school development fund fees in full.At a later stage the principal forced them to sign, while others were already seated and started writing.Would anyone make me aware of the policy where this rule is stipulated? – There is definitely no rule, policy, or guidelines that prevent learners from writing school examinations due to outstanding School Development Fund (SDF).The school should arrange with the parents on how parents can contribute towards their children’s SDF.Learners who are denied to write school exams can report the matter to the Regional Office. Minister of Education please come and see how we postgraduate students jostle for a place at the National Library with high school learners every morning.Not only that some, some of these people answer cell phones, study in groups and chat around, thus disturbing others.They even sleep on the desk thereby reserving it.This place requires some degree of maturity from patrons.Please consider opening the library on Saturdays for October and November, as well as the aircon.- According to the Library Rules and Regulations, the use of cell phones is not allowed in the library.To this effect, notices have been placed in different sections of the library for the users to see clearly.However, in cases of non-compliance by some library users, the library staff from time to time does try to discourage users from using cell phones within the library.With regard to study groups, the library has private study rooms, where reasonable study discussions can take place without disturbing the other users.Plans are underway to open the library on Saturdays.Yours in Education, The Public Relations Office