Making A Better World - Milton Louw

A list of Namibian bloggers which I hope to expand with your help. Change your life Creating Wealth Daves Boring Blog Dune Sieben (German) End forced Sterilisation Frantic Naturalist Girl Uncovered I present Roxanne Making a better Namibia Namibian DJ|s Namibia Facts Namibia Welcome One Stoned Crow The Joys Of My Splintered Life In SMALLTOWN Vakwetu Style Vieranas Safaris the new Der/die/das Namibia/er auf Deutsch Sinisterstuf Thanks

During the 1980's the battle for the hearts of the Namibian people was being fought. The PLAN combatants were waging war with their Angolan, Cuban and Russian allies, but this was taking place outside the borders of the country. Inside the country, the battle was in the form of protest and civil disobedience. The internal struggle included famous Namibians such as Hendrik Witbooi, Danny Tjongarero, Niko Bessinger, Anton Lubowski, John Pandeni and Ben Ulenga. They were harassed, beaten and arrested continuously by the South African regime. However, the regime felt it was winning. They had created ethnic authorities and many of these leaders had convinced the people of the need for managed democracy versus the communist take-over by SWAPO. All that changed when the students started participating in the struggle. In 1987 the police were unable to control and prevent the students from running through Katutura and Khomasdal, with some of the marchers reaching the central busine...

This week I sent out an email about an email between myself and Messr. Sherbourne of Nedbank. I though I should just explain why I felt it to be a remark based on racial stereotyping. _____________________________________________________ This week, once again it has been proved that we need to have a system that forces the white-owned financial institutions to make decisions that are not based on the race or gender of a person. Mr Robin Sherbourne, Economist of Nedbank, replied to my email: Please stop sending me emails. The IPPR is still trying to recover money you owe us from 2004. I can’t believe how duplicitous you have been yet you have the nerve to write about ethics and helping SMEs – unbelievable! You give BEE a bad name. It is true that I have a default judgement against me for a business transaction I was involved in. (more on my blog at http://milton-louw.blogspot.com/2011/04/open-letter-to-robin-sherbourne-nedbank.html). The fact of the matter is that in Sou...

All Namibian and visitors know what a hassle it is to collect application from Home Affairs. Now a collection of these forms are available. Just visit  Milton Louw's Blog  and all the forms can be downloaded from a list on the left. Just another service to keep "Namibia -the smile on the face of Africa." 

I am sitting in Germany struggling to establish a Credit Register System in Namibia. I have been working on this project for over 12 years in the hope that with such a system there would be more affordable credit for poor people and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME's) in my country. With very little funding (and no salary), I have managed to get this idea on to the national agenda. All financial institutions and supervisory bodies understand the need for a credit register system to allow financial inclusion - access to banking services especially by the poor, black people of our country. To get this idea to the public I have been sending emails to individuals within government and the business sector since 1997. This morning (6 April 2011) I sent a copy of a blog about the need for a Credit Register in India to the financial services community in Namibia. "... one of the major complaints against micro-finance institutions (MFIs) is the widespread trend of multiple...

Google is looking for bright youngsters (aged 13 - 18) from around the world to submit interesting and creative Science projects that are relevant to the world today. It would be fantastic to see a Namibian student emerging as one of the 15 finalists who each get a $25 000 scholarship, An internship (at CERN, Google or Scientific American) personalized Lego kits Digital Access to Scientific American for their school If I was still in high-school, I'd be scheming to win this thing. For more information, check out the Google Science Fair website.

There was a proliferation of NGO’s created during the pre-Independence and immediately thereafter. They are involved in business development, cultural groups, agriculture, Aids, etc. They include international organisations such as the Red Cross, or local chapters of internationally accepted bodies such as the Namibian Society for Human Rights (NSHR). Local NGO’s can work at gender issues such as the Women’s Action for Development (WAD), or animal rights such as the SPCA. They also include a variety of welfare organisations such as the Blood transfusion service or industry interests such as the NCCI or ICT Alliance. While most NGO’s are doing a good job in Namibia, unfortunately, some have not. They have abused their mandate or become a vehicle for an individual who is seen as the driving force or even “responsible for the success of the organisation”. This leads to the next question, “How do we distinguish between a good and bad NGO?” The following questions provide us with a litm...

Mihe Gaomab II Friday 1st April 2011 is the watershed event in the historical development for a broad based consumer movement in South Africa. South Africans have lived in something close to the consumer dark ages for many years that was plagued by historical legacy of disempowerment for consumers. The consumers in South Africa and Namibia alike are suffering enormous weight of “small print” and tedious “terms and conditions” when almost about buying anything under the sun. These were made further difficult by purposefully having unclear hire purchase contractual arrangements to paying the price for a service provider's inability to cancel a contract whether subscribing for a gym facility or paying for a unwanted service on a periodic basis, which is normally a year. Ever since political liberation and independence for South Africa and Namibia, concentrated economic sectors and lack of strong consumer and political will against the need for effective consumer protection have gre...

This no April Fool's Joke What are the most popular sites in Namibia (.na domain)? What are the values of some of these website? 1. www.bankwindhoek.com.na , Points: 9.04212 2. www.bankwindhoekarts.com.na Points: 8.93036 3. www.grnnet.gov.na Points: 8.34682 4. www.namibiatourism.com.na Points: 5.22759 5. www.met.gov.na , Points: 5.02721 6. www.interact.com.na Points: 3.61174 7. library.unam.na Points: 3.22020 8. www.tasa.na Points: 3.00227 9. www.taleni.com.na Points: 2.96004 10. www.airnamibia.com.na Points: 2.89882 11. www.nied.edu.na Points: 2.60780 12. www.internet.na , Points: 2.58421 13. www.oasys.com.na , Points: 2.51922 14. www.nnf.org.na , Points: 2.20978 15. www.sysex.com.na Points: 2.19372 16. millennium.unam.na Points: 2.12801 17. wwwisis.unam.na Points: 2.12801 18. www.e-tourism.com.na Points: 1.96130 19. www.npc.gov.na Points: 1.85357 20. www.parliament.gov.na Points: 1.64096 21. www.nwr.com.na , Points: 1.61660...