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Gruesome murder sends shockwaves through Swakopmund The Swakopmund community is still reeling after 46-year old Mr Gerson Kahorere shot and killed his 43-year old wife, subsequently turning the gun on himself, on Thursday night. Ria Hancke So tragies, jaloerse man hoekom skiet hy nie net homself nie? So ‹n mooi vrou. Selfsugtige bliksem. Tasneem Ochs Waar sal dit eindig?
Adolf Pollo Garosab Og where is todays life leading us,but remember the devil is a liar and god will act soon. Unenjando Kasaona What a bad news og!
Jong man verdrink byna by Mole - Brandweerhoof tot die Redding ‘n Jong man het byna Vrydagmiddag by die Mole in Swakopmund verdrink, nadat die jet-ski waarop hy was, omgeslaan het. Danny Beukes Dis nou plein onnoselheid, en daar is mos nie voorsorg vir dit nie... Peter Dirks He deserves a big massive hiding!
Ria Hancke Geen reddigsbaadjie? Fool. Roger Vermaak Only Jet-Ski's Kurt Tohermes? I bet you have a Electric Vehicle that you drive around in then?
‘Road of death’ claims another life Another fatal car accident occurred during the early hours of Saturday morning on the B2 road between Walvis Bay and Swakopmund in the vicinity of Langstrand. Ria Hancke Die pad is net daar met dubbel lyne ens. Gehoorsaam net spoed en padreels en moenie onverskillig bestuur nie. Gewoonlik is dit spoed wat ongelukke veroorsaak. Sue Nelson Southworth The carnage continues on the B2! Sion’s Daughter Overtaking in that road, people just dont want to learn really. Hastings Khasi İf i die today it was meant to be, doesnt matter the cicurmstances of my death, now who do u expect could have died? Alot a scared of death, some save money and fly to other countries to receive healing, financial break through etc, check
wht hapend in 9ja at TB–Josua’s church, was that good? Have faith in god wherever u re, and always be prepared coz death can reach u anytime. Death isnt a problem, it will only be a problem if we die to the devil’s side. Gregory J. Kauluma This man was my lil cousin. Dounie Boesman Swanepoel Daars niks fout met die pad nie dit kom van menslike foute ek dink namibie het van die beste en beter paaie goeie instandhouding kom Suid Afrika toe gat in die pad word 'n boom geplant nie slegte instandhouding nie. Retha Snyders The road is not danger-
ous, people just drive badly Alexes Taylor So sad and the festive season hasn’t even started. condolence to the family. Selvia Dahafa Condolences to his family and friends. RIP Conschita Zuanita Jooste People must also stop reffering to the seat belt as a safety. Elizabeth Tórsdóttir Hentze Horrible. There isn’t really anything wrong with the road, people have to be more patient, make smarter decisions and be considerate of their fellow road users... Danny Beukes Condolences to his family. Paul Smit Almal
dink dis mos 'n speel parkie die pad, hou op kanse vat dis nie die pad nie. Wekies Uek As dit jou family is sal jy ni so praat nie. Paul Smit My familie ry nie soos varke of vat kaanse nie wie het jo hok geskud. Erika Glück Something has to be done about this road being so dangerous. Borris Flow Junior How is it the Roads fault while you’ve just read that the driver tried to overtake & hit the car he was overtaking on the side? I don’t understand how that could be the roads fault? Monika Mayer People has to learn to follow the rules.
The President of the Republican Party - Do not blame Amupanda The controversy surrounding ex SPYL spokesperson, Job Amupanda’s land grab in Kleine Kuppe, yet again illustrates the inability of the Swapo government and the Swapo dominated Council of the City of Windhoek, to effectively address the problems surrounding land transactions and allocations. What Amupanda did was illegal and the Republican Party will never support or condone any such actions. We nevertheless have sympathy and understanding for the reasons behind Mr Amupanda’s drastic and dramatic actions. Knowing full well that his actions will have dire consequences for him, Mr Amupanda nevertheless embarked on this chosen course of action in an act of total desperation, defiance and dissatisfaction with the prevailing land allocation issue as perpetrated by government and specifically the City of Windhoek. It also mirrors the general public’s disillusion and discontent with the present situation in which justice, order, equity and fairness have no role to play anymore. The Mayor Kafula’s son, Dillish and others get lightning quick favourable treatment, whereas Joe Citizen “has to follow procedure” and pay through his neck after sometimes terminally lengthy waiting periods for applications to be finalized. Typical of SWAPO, they chose to play the man and not the ball, simply because they cannot or will not see the ball. Instead of
firing Mr Amupanda from the party, they should have sat down with him in a bid to uncover the reasons for this pathetic state of affairs. Had they done so, they would have uncovered the reasons soon enough. The entire crisis is caused by inept, incompetent, greedy officials and councilors of the City of Windhoek. Instead of fulfilling their obligation to identify suitable tracts of land, divide these up, supply the required services and offer the plots for sale to the general public at the lowest possible cost, they choose to sell land to non-bona fide, but well connected “developers”, who in turn sell the land off to other “developers” who then develop and resell at hugely inflated prices. This creates a chain of middle persons each taking his/her cut and rendering property prices totally unaffordable for the person in the street. If SWAPO had embarked on an honest attempt to uncover the real reasons for this dismal situation, they would have uncovered a corrupt, self-enriching and mismanaged City of Windhoek municipality, which arro-
gantly sails forth on a course of no-accountability to anyone – especially the public and law abiding tax payers – for the sake of greed, political favours and hidden agendas of power mongering. A brief scan of the newspaper reports of the past few weeks leaves no one in doubt about what has been happening clandestinely for many years and is now being brazenly perpetrated in broad daylight. SWAPO, do the right thing! Don’t blame Job Amupanda -rather look in the mirror, for once recognise what you see there and take the necessary steps to redress the situation and show the general public that you care and that you are able to at least resolve one of the many serious issues confronting our country. A good first step for Swapo could be to fire all their current City Councilors with those who are prepared to put the interest of the residents that they are supposed to serve before their own interest and that of their families and friends. Signed at Windhoek on this 18th day of November 2014. H.F. Mudge President of the RP
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