Minister Clears Hostel Boss Aziz Kyababa

A GOVERNMENT investigation has decided that Asian workers who occupied a former Windhoek railway hostel did so without acting improperly.

The finding lets Aziz Kyababa, the man behind the occupation, off the hook after his decision to move Ramatex factory workers into the Philip Troskie building raised eyebrows.

17 November 2003

List of Namibian bloggers / 2011

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

Internal Struggle for Namibia's Independence - 1985-1989

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 business district. By mid 1988, the South African regime and their puppet government was losing control. Over 75 000 school students were boycotting schools throughout the country in protest at the South African army and police repressions. The boycotts began at the Ponhofi Secondary School in Ovamboland.

Laws such as the Protection of Fundamental Rights Act (No. 16 of 88) were being used to prevent the gathering of any kind. This specific law was contested by the Namibian National Students Organisation and others and was found to be unconstitutional. This legal battle is still used around the world when discussing human rights as it "creates criminal offences for activities which in democratic societies have been perfectly acceptable and legal."[i]

In legal literature, "The period of 1985 to Independence ... an historical prelude because it arguably sets the stage for the constitutional development that followed Independence."[ii]

Unfortunately, this internal struggle for Independence has largely been neglected. This publication is a first step in bringing this story into the common memory of all Namibians.


http://www.scribd.com/full/52317421?access_key=key-1su694cazh8mkmptl651
Photo album of photos from the 1987/8 student unrest in Namibia
Comments collected during the two weeks of 21 March - 1 April 2011 via Facebook.
All photographs courtesy of John Liebenberg.­­­­


[i] Namibia National Students' Organisation & Others v Speaker of the National Assembly for South West Africa 1990 (1) SA 617 SWA, at 627.

[ii] Constitutional jurisprudence in Namibia since Independence - George Coleman and Esi Schimming-Chase

Open Letter to Robin Sherbourne / Nedbank Namibia & Old Mutual Namibia - No. 2

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.
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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 South Africa I am registered as a white male and do not qualify for black economic empowerment (where BEE is the law).


What could the statement "... you give black economic empowerment a bad name"? Putting that as a statement after referring to my bad debt must mean that my bad credit has something to do with his perception of my race.


This is exactly why I believe we need a credit register in Namibia that does not allow an individual to make credit decisions based on their own assumptions. 


Kind regards


Milton Louw
Debtor 

Namibia Home Affairs Application Forms

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."