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Illegal Striking a Lose, Lose SituationConcerns loom as illegal striking rises at the coast

Lavrenty Repin

There have been a number of illegal strikes this year, including one at the Walvis Bay Harbour, resulting in over 100 suspensions,

and a lengthy strike by security guards of Swakopmund-based security company Rubicon, both of which provided little success for the displeased workers.

However, last week’s illegal strike

at swakop Uranium's Husab mine was awarded with negotiations and a redraw of the contract after only one day. over 20 contractors refused to work when they held an illegal strike to demand better living conditions.

sam Kajiva, one of the constructors explained to namib independent that he wanted an increase in wages. He further stipulated that they lacked free accommodation at the mine and that the food was not enough.

When the mineworkers Trade Union representing swakop Uranium employees was approached, it was discovered that they had no knowledge of the strike or the demands of workers. A spokesperson from the union simply said that, “the workers have a right, if they choose so, to strike without our permission.”

According to swakop Uranium Communications Director, mr Grant marais, the strike was resolved on the next day (saturday), when the mine and the

workers negotiated on a revised contract to better meet their demands. mr marais explained that it was a “show of good faith, despite the fact that the strike is [illegal].”

“We want to get to the root cause of the strike, people want to be heard. it was a plea to talk, and we listened,” he stated, saying that the strike revolved around bias treatment, whereby contractors from different companies would have different benefits. He explained that Swakop Uranium found this complaint reasonable and thus agreed to negotiations.

He denied that the persistent strikes

92% of participants in recent survey found to be obese

45% of coast in general are obeseTanya Calitz

It is official, our coastal towns are a cluster of fatties. This, according to a recent public health screening held on the coast, which found that nine out of ten random members of the public screened were found to be clinically obese.

After in-depth discussion with the medical professionals that carried out the tests, the namib independent decided to look into the matter in the hope of identifying the deeper causes of this phenomenon on the coast. There are of course many factors that contribute to the issue like food intake, alcohol and the prices of fruits and vegetables in the shops, but we decided to get some expert advice from a health practitioner on the coast.

swakopmund based dietician mariska van Wyk explains some of the main reasons people on the coast are obese and struggle so much with keeping an ideal weight.

“The main aspect is an imbalance between food intake and exercise,

but then there are a few other key factors that contribute hugely to the obesity numbers on the coast,” says mariska. According to mariska calorie dense food is a big culprit.

This means instead of eating a high fibre sandwich, we rather choose a burger, which might seem like the same size, but has a lot more calories than a health sandwich. Another big factor is portion sizes and choices of food.

“There seems to be a trend of eating fast foods on the coast,” says mariska. “This leads to a form of addiction to refined carbohydrates, which is not sustainable, and within an hour or two you feel hungry again, and this is when you end up

There seems to be a trend of eating fast foods on the coast.

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According to benguela Fishing manager, Andries olivier, the two vessels crashed into each other on Tuesday about five miles North of the Fairway buoy.

“in all honesty i really cannot say what the cause for the accident was, or the extent of the damages the company suffered. We are currently busy collecting all the facts and figures. We just do not know at this stage,” said olivier.

According to olivier the Directorate of the maritime Affairs has lodged an investigation into the incident. Word on the street is that the one vessel was making its way out to sea, while the other was heading back. The two met each other mid-way and crashed into one another. no injuries have been reported.

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have caused the mine to delay production.

“We are still shooting towards next year. some areas are slightly behind, but significant projects are actually ahead of schedule.”

Currently, Husab mine employs 2800 workers, but the number is set to increase to as much as five or even six thousand employees before construction is finalised, confirmed Mr Marais.

ministry of labour Deputy Commissioner, Tuuliki shikongo, agreed that it made sense that some employers, especially from large companies, would opt to negotiate with illegal strikers, as it can save time and keep the publicity low. However, she warned that this was not a viable long-term solution. she explained that when taking the appropriate procedure, unsatisfied workers reduce a large array of risks.

“When unprotected disputes

happen, employees run a risk of losing their jobs,” she explained, insisting that the law protects both parties. she also mentioned that strikes backed by the ministry have a larger impact on the company:

“The employer is not allowed to bring in scrap labour (replacements for the striking workers).”

The system is effective enough to ensure that if an employer refuses to negotiate or when the arbitration process finds the employer liable, the ministry can confiscate personal belongings in order to compensate workers. Furthermore, the decisions in court are final.

Commissioner shikongo said that workers can approach the ministry on a number of issues besides rights violations: workers can also appeal for personal interests such as wage increases. “We live in a dynamic society, sometimes prices shoot up,” she said.

she explained that illegal strikes leave both parties unprotected and that there is nothing to stop the workers from striking again or the company from reversing its decisions. Commissioner shikongo did admit that workers

sometimes mistrust trade unions and the labour ministry because they believe that the wealthy companies “pay us off”. However, she was adamant that “at the end of the day, no one is above the law.”

she also cited time as a factor for illegal strikes, pointing out that it can take three to four months before a resolution is derived legally, but she mainly put the prominence of illegal strikes down to human nature.

“We people are very difficult to work with. When workers' tempers go up, they ignore us and the rules, which is understandable. it might take a bit longer, but if you are really interested in having your conditions improved, it is better you give us a notice,” Commissioner shikongo concluded.

events like this have led to rumours that companies like swakop Uranium, especially in the mining sector, are planning to give prevalence to hiring foreign employees. mr Grant marais however said that these strikes have little effect on swakop Uranium's foreign investors, as they are small in comparison to south Africa's strikes.

When unprotected disputes happen, employees run a risk of losing their jobs. “

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buying garage pies or samoosas,” she explains.

mariska says that the way we prepare our foods is another fat trap.

“We tend to rather cook with oil and pour fattening sauces over our food. This has a big impact on a person’s weight, even though it does not seem as such,” she says. mariska also mentions that as a nation we tend to drink heavily, and also drink alcohol with high calorie content, like beer and soda with spirits, which also contribute to the pounds pilling on.

The prevailing perception is that it is cheaper to eat junk rather than healthy food. The paper set out to test that perception by comparing food prices and

talking to people on the street. The recommended portion of fresh fruit and vegetables on a daily basis is five to seven portions, and is now being argued by some health practitioners to not be enough.

looking at the main stream fast food outlets, a meal consisting of a drink, protein and starch or carb will cost you an average of n$50, compared to a single head of broccoli which costs between n$30 and n$40 on average. not to mention the 500 grams of strawberries, which will cost you about n$35, or the 1kg bag of apples, also for n$35. more steep prices for fruits and veg include; two Avo’s at n$20, four peaches for n$32, six plums for n$22, one Water lettuce for

n$25, one pineapple for n$20, six mini squash for n$20, four maize for n$32, a small bag of tomatoes for n$25 and one green pepper for n$15.

Considering you have a family of four, and you fall under the middle income group, it is basically impossible to give each member the daily recommended portions of fresh fruit and vegetables. Therefore, many argue it is cheaper to eat food, considered to be unhealthy, rather than the expensive healthy fresh produce.

There are ways to eat healthy cheaper, says mariska.

“if you are on a tight budget, i would suggest you buy dried bags of lentils and beans, which

can go a long way with a bag of frozen vegetables at about n$30 a bag, and some chicken breast pieces. it works out to be a very healthy meal priced between n$20 to n$25. Another great healthy combo is a basic salad, with beans, or chickpeas, which is even cheaper than the first mentioned option.”

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The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry in conjunction with the Municipal Health Section will launch a vaccination campaign against rabies, which includes dogs and cats from the age of three months upwards.This vaccination program will take place on the following days:

Walvis Bay 14 April 2014 08H30 – 16H30 Civic Centre (Behind Town Hall)

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The public is encouraged to support this endeavour. Dogs must be on a leash and cats must be in carriers or secured in boxes with air holes. Please bring along veterinary cards, if any.For more information contact:

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Rabies: 4000 Years of Misery

Lavrenty Repin

The Directorate of Veterinary Services in Walvis Bay has called on all pet (dogs & cats) owners the age of three months upwards to bring their pets for rabies vaccination for free, as part of their effort to eradicate the virus. Rabies is most commonly transmitted through the saliva of an infected animal, occurring primarily through bite wounds, or infected saliva entering an open cut, mucous membrane such as those in the mouth, nasal cavity or eyes. If not treated immediately (within ten days),

symptoms may appear within six months. Once symptoms show, death is inevitable and will occur within a few days.

Short History of Rabies:Rabies has been characterised as one of the oldest and most feared diseases of both animals and man. Fines on individuals who allowed a rabid pet-dog to bite another person were enforced as early as 2000 b.C, in mesopotamia. The Greeks had two special rabies gods; one to prevent rabies (Arisaeus, son of Apollo) and one to heal rabies (Artemis). in 19th century-europe, the fear of

rabies was so great - mainly because of the quantity of rabid dogs and the absence of any cure - that bitten by a dog merely suspected of being rabid, a person was likely to commit suicide or to be killed by others. When rabies appeared in england in 1752, the king ordered to shoot dogs on sight, a reward of two shillings per dog was offered.

Was Rabies a Biological weapon? one of the most interesting historical theories is that rabies was used as a biological weapon. in Greece, scientists toyed with the idea of applying the virus to cloth that would then come in contact with open-flesh wounds, while ancient Indian text outlines different ways of poisoning arrows with rabies. The most prevalent idea, though, is leonardo Da Vinci's vision of a “terror-bomb created from sulphur, arsenic, tarantula venom, toxic toads, and the saliva of mad dogs.” by this point, Da Vinci's ideas are frighteningly close to a biological weapon of mass destruction. How was Rabies treated in the middle ages?

When rabies reached Greece in the 5th century bC, the Greeks began to look for cures. The most popular was the toxic stomach acid of seahorses to counteract the mad dog “venom.” naturally, the cure did not work and the patients died. other than that, most cultures turned to superstition and religion. During the 16th century, Christian europeans believed a patron saint named st. Hubert would cure rabies. many travelled to his shrine at liege, belgium and died of ‘the madness’, as it came to be known in europe.

Quick Facts• 50 000 people die from Rabies each year.• Jeanna Giese was the first person to survive rabies

in 2004 after she was placed in an induced coma, essentially protecting her brain and lowering her temperature until the body fought off the virus. it has been difficult to repeat his treatment, although five more patients were cured.

• Rabies-free countries include Australia, Chile, France and malaysia.

• The word "rabies" originates from a latin word that means "to rage". infected animals, and humans, become violent due to hypersensitivity to light and noise, which increases the chance of bites thus further transmitting the virus.

• in rare cases the incubation period can be as little as nine days or as long as several years.

• Without a valid rabies vaccination, your pet may be quarantined for up to six months when traveling cross-border.

• The nature of rabies was still a mystery when louis pasteur developed the rabies vaccine in 1885.

• louis pasteur introduced the idea of using vaccines to prevent diseases; the discovery is hailed as one of the most important in medical science history.

• edgar Allan poe may have died from rabies.

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Statue of Bigotry?

Lavrenty Repin

An upset parent who recently took his child to the local Walvis Bay library said that the “American Corner” represented, to him, blatant American propaganda. Although, he explained, the rest of the library was informative and interesting, “the moment we walked into the corner my kid asked 'who's that', pointing at a Barack Obama cutout. If you feel the need to have an American corner, why not put up Neil Armstrong or Martin Luther King? If it has to be political, then put up Socrates – someone educational with historic relevance.”

He said that the display of mostly politically affiliated objects like the statue of liberty or the “capture the flag” kids book are there to “win the hearts and minds” of, especially, impressionable children.

“As if we don't have enough of American culture – i keep my kids away from that corner,” he concluded. interestingly, no other country has a permanent corner in our local library.

mr piet van niekerk from the Walvis bay municipality explained that the American Corner was established in 2004.

“The American embassy donates books on American culture and history. General educational books and material are also provided. it also donates equipment in the form of computers, printers, pA system, furniture, games for children, etc. books and equipment are primarily appropriated for American Corner issues,” he laid out. Furthermore, the embassy hosts programs including Jazz evenings, library weeks and national

woman’s month. “such programs are presented to the

benefit of the whole community,” Mr Niekerk explained. He also confirmed that the embassy regularly services the American corner.

mr niekerk admitted that there is always need for more funding, but said that the library operates efficiently.

“Walvis bay is in fact the only municipality in namibia that offers a library service to its residents. An operating budget of plus minus n$4.2 million has been submitted for the 2013/14 financial year,” he pointed out. The library section receives a measly, in comparison, n$60 000 annually from the government. mr niekerk said that the library is in high demand with Walvis bay residents and popularity has remained steady for the past ten years. However, the library has not received any donations from local companies of note in the past, which he sees as a troubling fact.

This attitude by local businesses seems to leave a gap for other institutions to take advantage of the opportunity. Although American education is important, it is sad to see that it unjustly receives significantly more prevalence, if not through content then through visual presentation, in comparison to the namibia, or any other section, of the library. This subtly shows the social responsibility that local organisations and companies have, to promote different educational and cultural points of view. The question is; how much more impact does a glossy barack obama cut-out have on a child's mind, in comparison to a small pohamba portrait hanging on the wall?

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The Oil Democracy A look at how significant oil discoveries affect democratic freedom.

Lavrenty Repin

Despite all indications leaning towards the notion that, no matter how you twist it, there are not really any viable oil-wells in the Namibian ocean, foreign companies, like spoiled brats, are relentless and adamant to find oil reserves.

our government is in turn fully in support of such initiatives. in the midst of a growing oil-fever, expensive seismic vessels are zigzagging through our waters and spanish rigs light-up our horizon. With the latest ambitious project costing over a billion Nam dollars in its first phase, we are left to wonder, if oil is struck, will our government be prepared?

The obvious answer here is no. no third world country is prepared for the massive greed, international corruption and pressure that the dirtiest market in the world offers. need an example less obvious than sudan or Angola? Remember the horrendous bp spill that was classified as a global disaster in the Gulf of mexico, the same one the company pleaded guilty of negligence to, resulting in almost $40 billion worth of fines? The one that killed eleven people, 10 000 animals and to this day continues to leak oil into the gulf, seeing as bp is incapable of closing the oil-well entirely. Well, guess who is getting the Gulf of mexico oil drilling rights this year - again?

it is like asking Chernobyl to build a new nuclear power station. The oil business is infested by greasy pR men, dissolute lawyers and corrupt politicians. oil has the potential to lift a country onto the forefront; the kind of money involved could put each person in our country behind a Range Rover, yet time and time it has been proven that you simply cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

The curse of oil is that once a country depends on oil, its democracy becomes

redundant. When Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, first came to power, Russia was in more debt than it could manage. so putin threw the billionaires that helped him get to power in prison, confiscated their oil businesses, and made all oil and gas production and exportation a state matter. You can draw conclusions on the state of Russian democracy by just one glance at current world news.

it is not only third world and ex-communist countries that suffer from oil fever, but rather, like an unspoken secret, the whole world is in on it. europe is too afraid to intervene in Ukraine because it relies on Russian oil. saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest supplier of crude oil, is an ally to most countries in the West, most notably UsA, which makes just about everybody happy – except the saudi Arabians of course, who live under some of the worst conditions on the planet: it is placed fourth in the world in number of executions, and you can earn a death sentence for simply renouncing islam. one can pay around UsD50 000 to legally kill a woman, avoiding all criminal liability (100 000 for killing a man). speaking of which, women are not allowed to drive, vote (until 2011) or work. obama last month visited saudi Arabia for the third time in six years, saying it was an “investment in one of the most important Us relationships in the middle east”. nothing about human rights violations was mentioned. but, that is what oil will buy you.

indeed, only nine of the 20 top oil-reliant countries (countries whose GDp depends on oil production) in the world are considered democratic. of which Yemen (7th) and syria (15th) are the lowest ranking democracies according to GlobalDemocracyrRanking.org. brunei, ranked first in oil-reliance (90% of its GDp), is the only country in the 21st century

where not even a “pretend election” (north Korea style) exists. The country has literally been under martial law since 1962. if the hypocrisy eluded you thus far, brunei is also part of the United nations and maintains a close relationship with all Western and Asian countries.

so, out of the top 20 countries that rely on oil exports, most are either non-democratic or ranked in low positions, often suffering from human rights violations and wide-spread corruption – albeit one exception. norway is 16th on the oil dependency list, wryly sitting in between syria and iran, yet it is ranked as the world’s most democratic country (UsA is ranked 15th). Norway is the fifth-largest oil exporter and third-largest gas exporter in the world. Thanks to its extensive state owned oil-fields, Norway is the second-wealthiest

country in the world (with only five million people, mind you) and thanks to politicians that are actually responsibility for their actions, the country has basically topped every humanitarian list out there and offers the world’s largest pension fund, free education (regardless of nationality) and free health services.

The potential that an oil discovery brings is astronomical. it has the power to catapult a nation decades ahead of its time, eradicate poverty, bring stability and prosperity – but, looking at the most blatant statistics, the likelihood is that oil will only succeed in corrupting our fragile democracy. it is foolishly naive to believe that when the black gold is discovered in our back-yard, our problems would be solved. Unfortunately though, oil seems to be the Holy Grail that politicians are putting their hope in.


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Logistic Support Services (LSS) successfully completed one of the bigger crew change operations to happen at the coast this month when Maersk’s Viking Rig docked at Namport in preparation for its voyage to the Gulf of Mexico.

The namib independent sat down with lss’s operations manager, Quintin simon, to better understand what it takes to successfully execute an operation of this magnitude. According to simon, lss managed to pull off a usually seven-day minimum operation in just 40 hours.

“i think this says a lot about our team and the collective amount of skills we have to successfully execute an operation of this scale,” simon said, impressed with a job well done. The mission entailed quick thinking and fast acting to get 175 crew members off the rig and another 175 on to the rig.

“We arranged all 350 crew members’ paperwork, which means organising transit visas, work visas and their letters of invitation. We also arranged for a charter flight from Johannesburg, the on-going and off-coming crew’s accommodation and all round transport,” simon explained. namib marine services and skeleton Coast services made sure that the crews safely made it to and from the rig. Also organised by lss, upon request from the client maersk Drilling, the on-going and off-coming crew were spoiled to a lovely braai in the dunes, catered for by Abenteuer Afrika safari.

preparing the eight-month-old Viking who arrived in Walvis from singapore on her maiden voyage to mexico was no easy task, but with crafty ideas the lss team of six managed to organise all of it, with

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According to him they saved the client many expenses by delivering in such a short span of time. Upon asking why maersk Drilling decided to use Walvis as their halfway house, simon explained that namibia was a great option for them in terms of expenses and getting through the legalities involved for a crew change.

simon said that immigration, Customs, the Airports Company and namport offered wonderful support to assist lls in their endeavour to deliver to the client.

“everyone involved with these types of projects understand that it is crucial to operate and assist one another, so we can promote Walvis bay to the international market as a viable option for all their logistical needs.”

According to Simon, this was the first of another seven similar projects coming to the coast this year, with the second arriving on 7 may, which will be the maersk Valiant.

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LIFESTYLEArtist Shows What Barbie Would Look Like as an Average Woman

We have all heard the talk that Barbie is not representative of real women. But what if she was?

Artist nickolay lamm decided to see for himself by creating a doll based on the average measurements of a 19-year-old woman. Then, using the magic of photoshop, he made his doll look like barbie.

lamm explained his motivation by saying:

“if we criticise skinny models, we should at least be open to the possibility that Barbie may negatively influence young girls as well. Furthermore, a realistically proportioned barbie actually looks pretty good. if there’s even a small chance of barbie in its present form negatively influencing girls, and if barbie looks good as an average-sized woman in America, what’s stopping mattel from making one?”

That seems like a pretty good question to us.

Check out some of the images of lamm’s barbie next to regular barbie and judge for yourself.

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Experiment Hints that Humans Are Not Necessarily Evil After AllA research group from Kyoto University conducted an experiment into the behaviour of babies when shown an animation depicting a scene of bullying. During the experiment, a high percentage of the babies showed a deep interest in the party being bullied. It is thought that the tendency to sympathise with the weaker party reveals the essentially benevolent nature of humankind. The group showed 20 babies aged just ten months an animation of one character attacking another. After the animation had finished, the babies were then made to choose between two images extracted from the same animation. one image represented the party engaging in the bullying, the other the victim. out of the 20 babies that were used in the experiment, a staggering 16 of them (80 percent) showed a strong preference for the character being bullied.

The same research group interpreted the findings as showing babies to have a strong tendency to sympathise with those enduring pain or being subject to some form of suffering. The group also conducted the same experiment on adults; however, the results suggested that upon reaching maturity the same propensity to sympathise is much less.

professor Yasuhiro Kanokogi who lead the research team commented, “These results point

towards the essentially good-nature of man.”maybe there’s hope for us yet!

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NAMPOWER’S BOARD OF DIRECTORSAT THE HELM OF ENSURING RELIABLE POWER SUPPLY FOR NAMIBIA

MS. MARIA NAKALE-GAOMASCHAIRPERSON

Ms. Maria Nakale-Gaomas is the General Manager: Provident Institutions at NAMFISA, responsible for the regulation and supervision of pension funds, medical aid funds and friendly societies.

She has gained extensive experience in fi nance and investments from both the public and private sector after working for the Bank of Namibia, Prudential Portfolio Managers and Social Security Commission.

She was appointed as a Director to the Board on 1 January 2011 and as Chairperson from 1 April 2013. She was then reappointed as Chairperson on 1 January 2014 for another term. She also serves as a director in other companies both in the public and private sector.

Ms. Nakale-Gaomas has BCom, MCom (Corporate Finance) and MBA degrees from the Universities of South Africa, Cape Town and Stellenbosch respectively.

MR. PAULINUS ILONGA SHILAMBA MANAGING DIRECTOR

Mr. Shilamba has been a director in the Company since his appointment as Managing Director in May 2006.

He has more than twenty years of practical experience in the electricity sector. From 1990 to 2000 he served in the Ministry of Mines and Energy, fi rst as an Electrical Engineer up to 1992, as Deputy Director of Electricity up to 1996 and as Director of Energy up to 2000.

Mr. Shilamba contributed signifi cantly to the development of the National Energy Policy, resulting in the adoption of the Energy White Paper in 1998, and the restructuring of the electricity market and distribution sub-sector. He also spearheaded the development of the electricity legislation, which culminated in the creation of the Electricity Control Board (ECB) in 2000.

He obtained an Msc Electrical Engineering Degree at the Higher Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in Sofi a, Bulgaria, in 1988. He also obtained a Diploma in Management and Business Administration at the Henley Management College, United Kingdom, in 1998.

ADV. WERNER BOESAKAdv. Werner Boesak is a practising Advocate in the High Court of Namibia. He is also a consultant in the oil and gas industry and serves on an educational scholarship board in the industry

He was previously employed as Corporate Legal Advisor at Namdeb Diamond Corporation, and before that he worked for the Trustco Group as Head, Legal Advisor. Before joining the Trustco Group, he worked as an Attorney in Namibia and South Africa.

He holds a Bachelors of Law degree from the former University of Natal, and studied towards a Masters in Mineral Law and Policy at the renowned Centre for Petroleum, Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP), at the University of Dundee in Scotland. He is currently in the process of completing a thesis towards a Masters in Petroleum Law and Downstream Energy Law at the same university.

He was appointed to the Board on 1 January 2014.

MS. SUSAN MAVULU GROUP COMPANY SECRETARY

Prior to joining NamPower in 2007 as Company Secretary, Ms. Susan Mavulu was a Trade Policy Analyst at the Ministry of Trade and Industry.

Ms. Susan Mavulu is a trade and investment specialist with almost 10 years experience in trade policy formulation and the implementation of trade rules. This work has included investment treaties, investment climate, multilateral WTO negotiations, regional trade and investment negotiations and bilateral trade agreements. She has also amassed a wealth of experience in the fi eld of corporate governance and commercial law.

Ms. Susan Mavulu holds an LLB degree from the University of the Western Cape and LLM degree with specialisation in International Trade Law from the University of Stellenbosch.

MS. PATTY KARUAIHE-MARTINMs. Patty Karuaihe-Martin is currently the Head of the Project Management Offi ce: Tax Reforms at the Ministry of Finance. Prior to joining the Ministry of Finance in 2013, she was a Tax and Advisory Partner/Leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers Namibia.

She has gained broad experience in Internal Audit and Investigations through her exposure in the public and private sector over the past 23 years as well as having been a director at various organisations.

She has a BCom Accounting degree and two Honours BCom degrees specialising in Accounting, Auditing and Tax obtained from the University of Western Cape and the University of KwaZulu Natal. She has completed the Executive Partners Development Programme with the Gordon Institute Business School.

Ms. Karuaihe-Martin was appointed to the Board on 1 January 2014.

MR. PEDRO MARITZMr. Pedro Maritz has been practicing as a Professional Engineer in Namibia for more than 40 years. He has Bachelor and Honours degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Pretoria.

During his early career he worked for the Department of Water Affairs and was involved in most of the large water supply schemes and dams built in Namibia. During that time he also participated in the construction of the Ruacana Hydropower Station. He left the services of Government in 1994 to pursue a career as a private consulting engineer and is still active in that fi eld.

He has been serving as a director on the NamPower Board for the past nine years and was reappointed on 1 January 2014 for another term.

MR. PENDA KIIYALAMr. Kiiyala is a local businessman with interests in demersal fi shing, telecommunications, and oil-and-gas exploration. He was formerly the General Manager of External Relations at Rio Tinto Rössing Uranium; CEO of the Road Fund Administration (RFA) and Director of Development Cooperation at the National Planning Commission (NPC). Mr Kiiyala was one of the drafters of Vision 2030 while he was with the National Planning Commission.

He holds a Bachelors degree in Political Science (USA), a postgraduate diploma in Development Policy (UK), an MA in International Relations (UK), a certifi cate in Senior Management Programme (University of Stellenbosch), and an MBA in General and Strategic Management (Holland).

Mr. Kiiyala has been serving as a director on the NamPower Board for the past nine years and was reappointed on 1 January for another term. He also serves as a director in other companies both in the public and private sector.

MS. SELMA-PENNA UTONIH Ms. Selma-Penna Utonih is the Director of Energy in the Ministry of Mines and Energy. She holds a MSc. Electrical Engineering (Institute of Technology in Plzen, Czech Republic), MBA (Maastricht, Netherlands), Diploma in Teaching Methodology in Turin, Italy and Teachers Certifi cate, Ongwediva Teachers Training College.

She has extensive experience through her exposure in the public sector over the past 24 years, while working in the Ministry of Mines and Energy, the Ministry of High Education and University of Namibia (Programme Leader of the Energy Resources Management and Engineering Technology, MRC).

She has been serving as a director on the NamPower Board for the past two years and was reappointed on 1 January 2014 for another term. She has in addition, served on many professional energy committees.

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WorldWIdEHarvard discovers Three of its library Books are

Bound in Human FleshThere's something undeniably creepy about big, expansive libraries. The hushed whispers, the almost artificial quiet, and the smell of dusty tomes combine to create a surreal experience. But when it comes to creepy libraries, Harvard University might take the cake... you see, at least two of its books are bound in human skin.

A few years ago, three separate books were discovered in Harvard University's library that had particularly strange-looking leather covers. Upon further inspection, it was discovered that the smooth binding was actually human flesh... in one case, skin allegedly harvested from a man who was flayed alive. Yep, definitely the creepiest library ever. As it turns out, the practice of using human skin to bind books was actually pretty popular during the 17th century. it is referred to as Anthropodermic bibliopegy and proved pretty common when it came to anatomical textbooks. medical professionals would often use the flesh of corpses they had dissected during their research. Waste not, want not, i suppose.

Harvard's creepy books deal with Roman

poetry, French philosophy, and a treatise on medieval spanish law, for which the previously mentioned flayed skin was supposedly used. The book, practicarum quaestionum circa leges regias… has a very interesting inscription inside, as The Harvard Crimson reports. The book’s 794th and final page includes an inscription in purple cursive: ‘the bynding of this booke is all that remains of my dear friende Jonas Wright, who was flayed alive by the Wavuma on the Fourth Day of August, 1632. King mbesa did give me the book, it being one of poore Jonas chiefe possessions, together with ample of his skin to bynd it. Requiescat in pace.’

Years later, the infamous "flayed skin book" had garnered so much attention on campus that Harvard went ahead and had the thing tested, concluding that it was likely a morbid 17th century joke. Despite the creepy inscription, their tests showed that the book's cover was actually made out of a mixture of "cattle and pig collagen". Hey, two genuine flesh-books out of three are not bad. According to Director of University libraries sidney, Verba '53, there are almost certainly more of the human flesh-books

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Nine-Month-Old Pakistani Baby Charged with Attempted MurderMusa Khan, nine-month-old Pakistani baby, faces attempted murder charge.

A Pakistani baby officially became a fugitive from justice Tuesday after his family sent him into hiding to avoid an attempted murder charge levelled by local police.

muhammed “musa” Khan, a nine-month-old in the pakistani metropolis of lahore, is accused of attempting to kill gas company officials by pelting them with stones.

“He does not even know how to pick up his milk bottle properly, how can he stone the police?” the baby’s grandfather, muhammad Yasin, told a reporter for Reuters outside a courtroom last Thursday.

The alleged crime occurred last February, when a team with pakistan’s sui southern Gas Company, along with a police escort, entered the baby’s lahore neighbourhood of Ahata Thanedaran to investigate an alleged case of natural gas theft.

As per a police-drafted “First information Report,” the then-

seven-month-old, along with a gang of 35 others, began attacking the gas company officials with rocks.

“The child has been charged with attempted murder, with stoning the team, and injuring them,” the baby’s lawyer, irfan Tarar, told a Reuters camera operator last week.

The baby’s official charge is attempting “to murder with intention or knowledge” and if convicted, he will face a maximum of ten years in prison, with stricter penalties if a judge determines that the crime was done in “the name or on the pretext of honour.”

The accused baby reportedly cried throughout his lahore court appearance last Thursday, where a judge released the child on post-arrest bail pending an April 12 appearance.

Unable to sign his own release papers, the baby was required to authorise the document with a thumbprint. Court images captured by Reuters showed the baby crying as mr. Tarar pressed the boy’s inked thumb to court

documents.As of Tuesday, the near-

unbelievable story has garnered headlines around the world, and focused attention on the oft-criticized deficiencies of the pakistani criminal justice system.

“everyone in the court was saying ‘How can such a small child be implicated in any case’? What kind of police do we have?” the boy’s grandfather told Agence France presse last week, accusing the police of fabricating the charges in a bid to get the family evicted from their land.

on Tuesday, mr. Yasin told Reuters that he had sent the child 200 kilometres away to Faisalabad “for protection” against the “vindictive” police.

Officials in the Pakistani province of punjab, which contains lahore,

have meanwhile begun taking steps against the officials who first levelled the charges against the baby.

last Friday, “in a bid to avoid further shame,” shahbaz sharif, Chief minister of punjab, suspended the officer responsible for the charges and ordered the convening of an “inquiry committee” to look into the matter, according to pakistan’s The news international.

ironically, the pakistani penal Code contains a provision specifically intended to prevent criminal charges against babies. According to section 82 of the Code, “nothing is an offence which is done by a child under seven years of age.”

Source: http://news.nationalpost.com/

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