SMSes of the Day : Thursday

* IT is very saddening to see how 93 children can live in such conditions (at the dumpsite at the Laurent Kabila Informal Settlement on the outskirts of Windhoek). I would like to ask The Namibian to find out the contact details for Meme Lina Johannes so me and my friends can help. We are all employed and would like to help however we can. (I have asked the reporter who did the story to call you with the details. – News Editor)

Thanks and encouragement * THANK you for your concern about the Oshakati Disability Department. I trust the Ministry of Health got the message. – PM * FORUM For The Future workshop at Oniipa from July 12 – 15 was educative. Go ahead with conducting workshops, ordinary people are hungry for information. – Beata* WORDS of merit: to be frank or simply to say, to be candid, I would like to thank the doctors, nurses, Pastor Tatekulu Hamunyela of Grootfontein congregation and all the entire staff of Grootfontein Hospital for the work you are doing and all assistance you rendering to patients. I know the work you are doing is an outstanding on humanity. God bless you. – Hamunyela Isak Rizta P Food for Thought * PLEASE doctors, hurry up and make another drug that can eliminate HIV-AIDS from the body. HIV-AIDS is killing us.* MEMBERS of Parliament are worried about SMSes (freedom of speech, which they have sworn to protect), while the young become botsotsos and sex workers because of unemployment. It’s a disgrace.* I JUST want to remind our MPs that the way to freedom was long and bitter. Now the cake is only for the LEADERS.Accident anguish * THE front page picture in the August 29 edition of the newspaper is something I’d have expected to see on rotten.com or some other newspaper, and not The Namibian. In short, it’s ghoulish and thoroughly in bad taste. There are better ways to highlight that speed kills.* I FEEL it is in bad taste for The Namibian to publish the photo of the victims of the car crash. It was not in the public interest to publish it. It’s insensitivity to the victims and their families. I hope you will tell it like it is and publish my message. (We always weigh the use of photos of this nature very carefully. Various factors, most particularly related to the people directly concerned, are examined. In this case, the photo was among a number of the accident scene brought to use by a concerned resident from the North. We discussed its use extensively. There were other far more graphic photos. We used one in which bodies can be seen, but not the faces. One of the factors considered was the continuing high rate of accidents because of alleged negligence, which could be avoided and lives saved. Although we do not make a habit of using photos of this nature, in this case, and because of the high death toll, we felt it was important to underline the connection between lives lost and the wreckage. – News Editor) Politics in General * WHO organised the recent event (shrine) at Eenhana? It seems the Chief of Defence Force was not recognised by the organisers of that event. He was supposed to be seated close to President Pohamba! Please be protocol-wise! Until when will you keep on sidelining some of our leaders? Will Swapo ever unite?* AS we rightfully buried our dead at Eenhana, let’s bring back those who died at Lubango. Our leaders know where to find them. – Joe* MR Jhonny Hakaye should concentrate on the development for which you were voted (as a Councillor). For example, the road between Okalongo and Oshikuku needs to be tarred. – Suama From the Regions * SOME socalled rights owners of the Karas Region are systemically becoming beggars and labourers, simply because they lack vision, initiative, seriousness and persistence. Whose wake-call are you waiting for and when? – BAB, Karas* I WANT to raise a complaint about the bad and dirty environment at Punyu village at Ondangwa. Why aren’t the health inspectors doing something?* RUNDU is a lost town for visitors and residents who don’t know the place very well. All the streets have no names because of the poor management of the town.* THE Ruacana village council must take Ruacana residents to heart, rather then making money out of them. Why are they selling old houses at Oshifo from the 1970s for price of N$1 500. We are sick and tired of irresponsible attitudes. – Oshifo resident* SORRY for saying this, but it hurts me. Why do school girls schooling outside Katima Mulilo cut their hair while others do not? I need feedback.* PEOPLE from Caprivi Region are not wanted at Opuwo. The locals dislike us. They always complain that we are finishing their jobs. Are we not suppose to work anywhere in Namibia. We are not even many compared to other tribes. They just seem to hate us.General * WHY is the Government is so blind. Education became unaffordable few years after Independence. Look, we are now importing magistrates from Zimbabwe. What is this?* What role do traditional authorities play in helping their people to get birth certificates and other related documents? We still have many elderly and young people who are not able to get help from the Government because they don’t have documents. – Nicco* TO the National Council and leaders as well. Please support both forces, the NDF and the Police. Don’t only take a one-sided look at the living conditions. Look at the living conditions of the NDF. Most of them are staying in the shanty towns because of poor salaries, and carrying wood fire everywhere. Law and order * IT’S hard to believe what’s becoming of our once peaceful country, how criminals have taken over and rule and the Government has become toothless. Gone are the days when we could roam streets freely. It’s hard to believe this is happening in Namibia. What is happening has become the norm; indiscriminate killings no longer shock. It makes me wonder why we fought for independence in order to become prisoners in our own homes.* GOVERNMENT must take serious steps against those who are committing crimes, or if it is not able to, it must allow us to handle it. We are very tired. Something needs to be done as soon as possible. The crime rate is increasing and now we’re living in fear. What are the Ministers and other politicians waiting for? Just their GRN money? They eat well and drive very expensive cars while we’re struggling. Remember that we vote (Ministers and opposition members). Opposition take part, debate. Was it a waste of time for those who voted for you. Thank you. – Seth K* WHAT is really going on in this country of ours? When a person is alleged to have committed a crime, he goes on trial and is judged. So many people have been dragged to court for questioning. Did the nation ever ask for some of those cases to be dropped and forgotten about because we want peace in our country?Big Brother Africa * NO ONE is complaining about Meryl’s behaviour in BBA 2. Is it because she is Oshiwambo-speaking. I wonder if she was … Damara-Nama-speaking, then what? (It’s irrelevant what language Meryl speaks! Namibians should all regard themselves as Namibians first and foremost. And behaviour is behaviour. Her actions in the house have drawn both criticism and praise on the BBA SMS strip that runs across the bottom of the TV screen during the show. People either love her, or not. I feel she’s representing well; some others in our office are not so enthusiastic. I also notice that people are very quick to trumpet what they see as negatives, and very slow to give praise for positives and good deeds. – News Editor)* NBC, what’s going on? Come on, show us what you’re made of. I’m sure every one wants Big Brother Africa on NBC. What do we pay our TV licence for? The clock is ticking. Please, NBC wake up, you will be late!What happened to Mars? * NBC TV news announced that on August 28 the planet Mars would seen, but nothing was seen in the sky. Did the NBC give accurate info? What happened? – Jerome, Okk* WE sat until 02h00 waiting for Planet Mars to appear just as we were told by NBC TV news, but nothing appeared. NBC, did you give the correct info or was it a hoax? – Rome Harry Simon * I DON’T see any reason why people have to complain bout HARRY being treated like a celebrity. Of course he is a hero and one must also think back what he did in the past. We must not only judge him on the wrong side but also think of his past good deeds. – Cackau* I DON’T have a problem with Harry having a TV, but he must complete his two-year sentence. I would advise him to stay away from clubs. I think he will become a good boxer next.* WHY should HARRY SIMON be treated specially for a serious crime. You find people in jail with not even serious crimes, but no access to luxury. I HATE THIS.* HARRY Simon is a person all Namibians should be proud of. People must stop thinking he left his house on that sad day to go and kill.* FRANK Fredericks put Namibia on the world map not Harry Simon. Beam us up, please! * BOB Kandetu must come and remove his NBC from my TV. I’m not going to pay for a TV licence. NBC is just a waste of space. n WHY does the NBC not show the names of newsmakers at news time?* WHY does NBC not want to show ONE AFRICA’s microphone label on its screen. Is it because ONE AFRICA TV is better? – Solo* MR KANDETU, for two weeks we’ve had no NBC programme at USAKOS. NO action has been taken. I mean, surely we only have to pay half (the TV licence fee). MAKE A PLAN. – Herman Walter Rutz* I SEE no reason to repeat the same news on NBC TV in different indigenous languages. English is declared as the official language in Namibia. So, we must learn to listen to news in English and pick up something, otherwise we may end up listening to the same news for eight hours – everyone would want to hear news in their language. – Sean E* NBC. Please do something. We pay a lot of money for licence here in the North, but we watch only NBC not other channels. – N Sh* PLEASE One Africa TV, extend your coverage to Katima. – Sayyed* Please bring all radio stations like RADIO ENERGY, RADIO KUDU AND OTHERs, ALSO ONE AFRICA TV TO OUTAPI IN OMBALANTU. We want to enjoy them like other towns. Stop discriminating against US. – DAVID KONDJAMBA, Walvis Bay ICC issue * I CONSIDER Sam Nujoma as my hero but now I have doubts since he does not want to face the challenge of ICC. Tatekulu be brave like the brave warriors and fight for the truth. The ball is in your court. – Kaunackie* LUBANGO dungeons: It seems that the South African agents within Swapo leadership arrested, detained, tortured and killed innocent people, accusing them of being South African spies.* OUR Founding Father did many good things. He also did bad things. The bad ones should not outweigh the good ones. Let’s focus on the good ones and build our future on that. Dwelling on negative stuff may lead us fruitlessly. The former President is not an angel and situations might have forced him into actions. – Kauna* PHIL ya Nangoloh, you have guts. Hence you have become a household name. I’m asking you one more thing: please give us a reason why we should prosecute our Founding Father, who only did the best he could to liberate our country. Nujoma, please give us your side of the story. One Namibia, one hope. Different cultures.* LET the former President (Sam Nujoma) speak for himself. We don’t need other people (speaking on his behalf)! We are waiting!* YA NANGOLOH must remember that this Independence was (achieved) through thick and thin with great sacrifice. – Martin Ampweya* FORUM For The Future workshop at Oniipa from July 12 – 15 was educative. Go ahead with conducting workshops, ordinary people are hungry for information. – Beata* WORDS of merit: to be frank or simply to say, to be candid, I would like to thank the doctors, nurses, Pastor Tatekulu Hamunyela of Grootfontein congregation and all the entire staff of Grootfontein Hospital for the work you are doing and all assistance you rendering to patients. I know the work you are doing is an outstanding on humanity. God bless you. – Hamunyela Isak Rizta P Food for Thought * PLEASE doctors, hurry up and make another drug that can eliminate HIV-AIDS from the body. HIV-AIDS is killing us.* MEMBERS of Parliament are worried about SMSes (freedom of speech, which they have sworn to protect), while the young become botsotsos and sex workers because of unemployment. It’s a disgrace.* I JUST want to remind our MPs that the way to freedom was long and bitter. Now the cake is only for the LEADERS.Accident anguish * THE front page picture in the August 29 edition of the newspaper is something I’d have expected to see on rotten.com or some other newspaper, and not The Namibian. In short, it’s ghoulish and thoroughly in bad taste. There are better ways to highlight that speed kills.* I FEEL it is in bad taste for The Namibian to publish the photo of the victims of the car crash. It was not in the public interest to publish it. It’s insensitivity to the victims and their families. I hope you will tell it like it is and publish my message. (We always weigh the use of photos of this nature very carefully. Various factors, most particularly related to the people directly concerned, are examined. In this case, the photo was among a number of the accident scene brought to use by a concerned resident from the North. We discussed its use extensively. There were other far more graphic photos. We used one in which bodies can be seen, but not the faces. One of the factors considered was the continuing high rate of accidents because of alleged negligence, which could be avoided and lives saved. Although we do not make a habit of using photos of this nature, in this case, and because of the high death toll, we felt it was important to underline the connection between lives lost and the wreckage. – News Editor) Politics in General * WHO organised the recent event (shrine) at Eenhana? It seems the Chief of Defence Force was not recognised by the organisers of that event. He was supposed to be seated close to President Pohamba! Please be protocol-wise! Until when will you keep on sidelining some of our leaders? Will Swapo ever unite?* AS we rightfully buried our dead at Eenhana, let’s bring back those who died at Lubango. Our leaders know where to find them. – Joe* MR Jhonny Hakaye should concentrate on the development for which you were voted (as a Councillor). For example, the road between Okalongo and Oshikuku needs to be tarred. – Suama From the Regions * SOME socalled rights owners of the Karas Region are systemically becoming beggars and labourers, simply because they lack vision, initiative, seriousness and persistence. Whose wake-call are you waiting for and when? – BAB, Karas* I WANT to raise a complaint about the bad and dirty environment at Punyu village at Ondangwa. Why aren’t the health inspectors doing something?* RUNDU is a lost town for visitors and residents who don’t know the place very well. All the streets have no names because of the poor management of the town.* THE Ruacana village council must take Ruacana residents to heart, rather then making money out of them. Why are they selling old houses at Oshifo from the 1970s for price of N$1 500. We are sick and tired of irresponsible attitudes. – Oshifo resident* SORRY for saying this, but it hurts me. Why do school girls schooling outside Katima Mulilo cut their hair while others do not? I need feedback.* PEOPLE from Caprivi Region are not wanted at Opuwo. The locals dislike us. They always complain that we are finishing their jobs. Are we not suppose to work anywhere in Namibia. We are not even many compared to other tribes. They just seem to hate us.General * WHY is the Government is so blind. Education became unaffordable few years after Independence. Look, we are now importing magistrates from Zimbabwe. What is this?* What role do traditional authorities play in helping their people to get birth certificates and other related documents? We still have many elderly and young people who are not able to get help from the Government because they don’t have documents. – Nicco* TO the National Council and leaders as well. Please support both forces, the NDF and the Police. Don’t only take a one-sided look at the living conditions. Look at the living conditions of the NDF. Most of them are staying in the shanty towns because of poor salaries, and carrying wood fire everywhere. Law and order * IT’S hard to believe what’s becoming of our once peaceful country, how criminals have taken over and rule and the Government has become toothless. Gone are the days when we could roam streets freely. It’s hard to believe this is happening in Namibia. What is happening has become the norm; indiscriminate killings no longer shock. It makes me wonder why we fought for independence in order to become prisoners in our own homes.* GOVERNMENT must take serious steps against those who are committing crimes, or if it is not able to, it must allow us to handle it. We are very tired. Something needs to be done as soon as possible. The crime rate is increasing and now we’re living in fear. What are the Ministers and other politicians waiting for? Just their GRN money? They eat well and drive very expensive cars while we’re struggling. Remember that we vote (Ministers and opposition members). Opposition take part, debate. Was it a waste of time for those who voted for you. Thank you. – Seth K* WHAT is really going on in this country of ours? When a person is alleged to have committed a crime, he goes on trial and is judged. So many people have been dragged to court for questioning. Did the nation ever ask for some of those cases to be dropped and forgotten about because we want peace in our country? Big Brother Africa * NO ONE is complaining about Meryl’s behaviour in BBA 2. Is it because she is Oshiwambo-speaking. I wonder if she was … Damara-Nama-speaking, then what? (It’s irrelevant what language Meryl speaks! Namibians should all regard themselves as Namibians first and foremost. And behaviour is behaviour. Her actions in the house have drawn both criticism and praise on the BBA SMS strip that runs across the bottom of the TV screen during the show. People either love her, or not. I feel she’s representing well; some others in our office are not so enthusiastic. I also notice that people are very quick to trumpet what they see as negatives, and very slow to give praise for positives and good deeds. – News Editor)* NBC, what’s going on? Come on, show us what you’re made of. I’m sure every one wants Big Brother Africa on NBC. What do we pay our TV licence for? The clock is ticking. Please, NBC wake up, you will be late!What happened to Mars? * NBC TV news announced that on August 28 the planet Mars would seen, but nothing was seen in the sky. Did the NBC give accurate info? What happened? – Jerome, Okk* WE sat until 02h00 waiting for Planet Mars to appear just as we were told by NBC TV news, but nothing appeared. NBC, did you give the correct info or was it a hoax? – Rome Harry Simon * I DON’T see any reason why people have to complain bout HARRY being treated like a celebrity. Of course he is a hero and one must also think back what he did in the past. We must not only judge him on the wrong side but also think of his past good deeds. – Cackau* I DON’T have a problem with Harry having a TV, but he must complete his two-year sentence. I would advise him to stay away from clubs. I think he will become a good boxer next.* WHY should HARRY SIMON be treated specially for a serious crime. You find people in jail with not even serious crimes, but no access to luxury. I HATE THIS.* HARRY Simon is a person all Namibians should be proud of. People must stop thinking he left his house on that sad day to go and kill.* FRANK Fredericks put Namibia on the world map not Harry Simon. Beam us up, please! * BOB Kandetu must come and remove his NBC from my TV. I’m not going to pay for a TV licence. NBC is just a waste of space. n WHY does the NBC not show the names of newsmakers at news time?* WHY does NBC not want to show ONE AFRICA’s microphone label on its screen. Is it because ONE AFRICA TV is better? – Solo* MR KANDETU, for two weeks we’ve had no NBC programme at USAKOS. NO action has been taken. I mean, surely we only have to pay half (the TV licence fee). MAKE A PLAN. – Herman Walter Rutz * I SEE no reason to repeat the same news on NBC TV in different indigenous languages. English is declared as the official language in Namibia. So, we must learn to listen to news in English and pick up something, otherwise we may end up listening to the same news for eight hours – everyone would want to hear news in their language. – Sean E* NBC. Please do something. We pay a lot of money for licence here in the North, but we watch only NBC not other channels. – N Sh* PLEASE One Africa TV, extend your coverage to Katima. – Sayyed* Please bring all radio stations like RADIO ENERGY, RADIO KUDU AND OTHERs, ALSO ONE AFRICA TV TO OUTAPI IN OMBALANTU. We want to enjoy them like other towns. Stop discriminating against US. – DAVID KONDJAMBA, Walvis Bay ICC issue * I CONSIDER Sam Nujoma as my hero but now I have doubts since he does not want to face the challenge of ICC. Tatekulu be brave like the brave warriors and fight for the truth. The ball is in your court. – Kaunackie* LUBANGO dungeons: It seems that the South African agents within Swapo leadership arrested, detained, tortured and killed innocent people, accusing them of being South African spies.* OUR Founding Father did many good things. He also did bad things. The bad ones should not outweigh the good ones. Let’s focus on the good ones and build our future on that. Dwelling on negative stuff may lead us fruitlessly. The former President is not an angel and situations might have forced him into actions. – Kauna* PHIL ya Nangoloh, you have guts. Hence you have become a household name. I’m asking you one more thing: please give us a reason why we should prosecute our Founding Father, who only did the best he could to liberate our country. Nujoma, please give us your side of the story. One Namibia, one hope. Different cultures.* LET the former President (Sam Nujoma) speak for himself. We don’t need other people (speaking on his behalf)! We are waiting!* YA NANGOLOH must remember that this Independence was (achieved) through thick and thin with great sacrifice. – Martin Ampweya