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...

A Namibian Consumer Protection Act should specifically target unfair discrimination and enforce the right of equality in the consumer market. The Act must put the onus on the landlord to prove that he is not discriminating in any way against a tenant on the basis of things like race, gender, nationality, and even income. In addition, we believe the new Act should allow for automatic renewal of the rental agreement. This will prevent landlords from using this as an excuse to terminate when the tenant wishes to stay. At present many agents and landlords are using the end of the year contract to get rid of tenants so they can increase the rent amount for the next person. Normally the rent will only go up by around ten percent, and the landlords are pushing up the prices to the new tenants by a lot more. Lastly, we propose that the Consumer protection Act must include the right to fair and honest dealings. “No physical force, coercion, undue influence, pressure, duress or harassment ma...