SMS for Wednesday 08 JULY 2009

* WHILE not contesting Namibia’s position on Bashir’s entitlement for African unity purposes, African countries need to apply peer pressure on Bashir. Having been to Khartoum, Sudan, myself in 2003 and having observed the despicable treatment our African brothers are receiving from the Khartoum-Arab Magreb government, one cannot dispute the concern being echoed by the international community. While having a state banquet at Bashir’s villa and receiving nice treatment, our African brothers in Khartoum can only get taxi driving and cleaning jobs. Shameless to mention that at our meetings at the Friendship Hall in Khartoum, the Sudanese government delegation consisted of only Arabs. We were taken on a tour to the Shifa Medical facility bombed by the US instead of being shown the abject poverty some sector of the Khartoum residents are living in. A lot needs to be done in Sudan to address the plight of the Sudanese of southern origin.

Food For Thought
* NAMIBIANS, why do we criticise everything that comes our way? Someone criticised the writings of Mr Bob Kandetu in The Namibian newspaper and NBC-TV for televising President Mubarak of Egypt. If you don’t like someone’s opinion, then you don’t practise democracy. People let us listen and accept each other opinions and criticise constructively. * IS it not high time that the Bank of Namibia considers stepping strongly in the arena even if it means that the BoN will provide home loans, etc, directly to public?
Bouquets And Brickbats * CREDIT must be given to NBC TV news crew for their excellent background view with two presenters last evening. Thumbs up guys. * HATS off to NBC for their new newsdesk. Well done.- Mumbala Katonyala, Ondjabaalala.* I WOULD like to congratulate the President of the Republic of Namibia on the launching of the Elundu-Rundu road at Okongo. That is how Government events are executed as opposed to turning national events into opportunities to attack peaceful citizens and throw shameful expletives. Viva Namibia. Naumbabale.Politics In General
*ELIJAH Ngurare, can we please leave Jesus out of our conversations and/or statements? (Namibian, July 6). I’m sure you can find other ways to make your point! Message Of Condolence
* I’M a great reader of The Namibian newspaper and I have learned with great sadness about the passing on of one of the readers’ letters frequent writer, Mr Kamwi Gwala. Most of his letters were very educative and informative, especially to us teachers. My condolences to his family and friends. May he Rest in Peace. City Fathers Please …
* THERE are a lot of dogs roaming the streets of Cimbebasia and Hochland Park opposite Spar. Please owners look after your pets. These owners should be fined. *PLEASE City of Windhoek without delay instruct the landlords of the following shopping centres in Katutura to erect public toilets with immediate effect. Red Cross, Pick ‘n Pay (Old Black Chain), Lafrenz Industrial. You let your own people down. Why, why?* PLEASE fix the potholes at the Eros Shopping Centre.* WHO chopped down the beautiful trees at the Eros Shopping Centre, and why?In And From The Regions
* SERIOUS repairs, probably a complete overhaul of the power supply is urgently needed at Ongwediva College. Somewhere, some day, something on campus is going to catch fire and burn down.*IN response to the SMS on June 26 regarding the NBC at Keetmanshoop: yes, NBC has a manager at Keetmanshoop. Her name is Cheryl Coetie. Her number is: 063 223233.* ONANDJOKWE Hospital public toilets near Eben-ezel take-away are very dirty. Please make a change.* HONOURABLE Abraham Iyambo, how far are you with the results of the meeting you had with us (Namfi graduates) on July 8 2008?* IS charging for a carry bag without the customer’s consent not illegal? It is happening at a local supermarket here in Arandis (Namib Bakery Supermarket)* PLEASE our beloved Government, we need a tarred road from Oshikuku to Elim. And what happened to the streets lights that used to brighten up the so-called ‘eengulu of Elim’? Please honourable councillor, do something. We need development at Elim also, not only at Onaanda.* THE National Youth Service must do something to avoid alcohol abuse by their recruits every end of the month, or the Grootfontein Police must do something because those kids are drinking even in the road and trouble us in town. They are there for discipline, not for drinking.ACC Alert* WHERE is the ACC in the Otjozondjupa Region? GRN vehicles in Okakarara district are misused to transport private goods and drivers’ family members, more especially in MoHSS. Please the management of Okakarara State Hospital must open their eyes.* IN the Ohangwena Region, teachers are only allowed to visit their educational offices on Friday and Thursday. Is this happening all over the regions or is only Ohangwena?* THE more I see how others have electricity, the more I fear for the people of Otavi because some streets don’t have electricity and it gets very very dark. What if someone gets killed? Please help us we are afraid!* ONDANGWA Town Council, increasing your tariffs? The town is completely underdeveloped, roads are a disaster, full of potholes and broken patches, or non-existent in some parts of the town. The town is very dirty, worse than a pigsty. What do you do with our money? Why can’t you fix those roads, employ people to clean the town? It even takes a month for rubbish on the outskirts of the town to be collected! Are you eating up our money or what do you do with it? You must definitely change! We want to see value for our money!* WHAT happened to the days when the municipal finances were open for public scrutiny especially at Usakos. All we see and hear is the councillors fighting for positions.* WE need some development at Otjimbingwe. Our road from Karibib to Otjimbingwe is horrible.* USAKOS orphanage: Somebody please go and look at the state of this orphanage and lend a hand, if you care about the leaders of the future!Education
* NANTU please do something about the ACE at IOL. We want increments on our salaries and haven’t received any back pay from the Ministry of Education. Please fight for the teacher.* WHEN I was young, my late father used to come home with a newspaper called ABACUS. Where is this kind of newspaper now? From what I can recall is was educative and informing. – JB- There was indeed an educational newspaper supplement called abacus funded by international donors that appeared in the early 90s. In fact it was distributed in The Namibian. We hear that a group of like-minded people are working hard to see that it appears again in the near future. – NewsdeskLabour Issues
* FIRSTLY let me congratulate Mr Haimbili for his reinstatement in his post. This is not only his victory alone, but for all Namibia’s genuine patriots. Most of the people, including me, were lucky to notice just from the beginning of the suspension that it was a political issue in its purest form. A million dollar question to the board of directors especially the chairman is: Why do you want to fire a person because he wants to do his investigations in the company? Very sorry, we are not blind unfortunately! – OshipayaSeal Clubbing
* WHILE I am horrified by the clubbing of the seals I find the hypocrisy of the international community astounding. Are these not some of the same countries who allow babies to be torn limb from limb in the mother`s womb in the name of abortion and call it pro-choice?- Carol Service Please
* THE Petro cards of FNB Oshakati do not work at Engen service stations. Why not? Why have them then? * ORANJEMUND’S Bank Windhoek, the service is poor. To whom can one report this? You’ll find them smoking, chatting and even kissing at the work place while clients are in the queue. Something must done about this behaviour.Road Hogs
* N92469W taxi driver spitting out of his window while we are driving behind him. Please stop the habit it’s unhygienicResponse from the City of Windhoek
* THE City has communicated to the residents, through various platforms, that electricity charges will be based on Time of Use start
ing from this month, July 2009. This means that electricity consumption during peak times will cost more than double than off peak times. The residents of the City and electricity consumers at large can avoid the high charges by using electricity during the off peak hours. This applies only for the months JUNE, JULY and AUGUST.In order to assist the residents and to reduce the electricity bill to be paid by the City to NamPower, the City does switch off geysers during peak times especially in weekdays in the morning hours from 06h00 to 12h00 and in the afternoon from 17h00 to 20h00. This is against the background that the consumers will have hot water during those times as the geyser was on during the off peak time.