Making A Better World - Milton Louw

Dear people who care about me, the consumers of Namibia, My humble apologies. Over the past 20 years it has been my honour of being the custodian of your personal digital information. I have on a laptop in the possession of the Namibian Police a software program I wrote in 2004 called the "Namibian Consumer Database". In that database of over 3 million records I have stored the following personal digital information if the people in it. They are: Voters Register of Namibia 1999 (VRS99) City of Windhoek debtors book 2003 Namibian Taxpayers Excel Sheet not dated Voters Register of Namibia 2009 Nambiz database 1999, 2004, 2013 Box holders of Nampost Thank you for the honour and the understanding. We in the world, and very much so here in Namibia, (where I reside with my Captain Adorable), need: Consumer Protection Act Privacy and Data Protection Protection of Personal Digital Information I believe in standards. I thank you. Milton (whose...

I feel very much honored to be asked to write a foreword to this book by a political and economic researcher about our country and our times. The author of this book has spent many years studying the political and economic set up of our country. In my opinion, he has come up with many constructive ideas that can contribute to Namibia`s development. During the liberation struggle, we were building our sand castles and dreaming of how we wanted an independent Namibia to be. After we took the reins of power, we realized that it was not so easy to realize our dreams. It became apparent that even if the leaders of the government have good ideas, they cannot implement programmes and projects alone, but must rely on the commitment of civil servants to work in the interest of the Namibian people. As we set about to transform a system that has been based upon apartheid and colonialism, we were also challenged to transform the thinking of some staunch ...