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Old 8th April 2008, 11:41 PM
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Default Cabinet Reshuffle - April 2008

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WINDHOEK, 08 APR

(NAMPA) - President Hifikepunye Pohamba on Tuesday announced a major reshuffle of Cabinet Ministers as a measure to improve the quality of government service.

In brief, the new list of reshuffled Cabinet Ministers looks like this:
  • Swapo-Party Vice President Dr. Hage Geingob is the new Minister of Trade and Industry.
  • Dr. Nickey Iyambo is the new Minister of Safety and Security having been moved from the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry
  • Jerry Ekandjo is the new Minister of Regional, Local Government, Housing and Rural Development, a position previously held by the late John Pandeni
  • Helmut Angula has been moved from the National Planning Commission to become a full Minister of Works and Transport
  • Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwa moves from Information and Broadcasting and has now become Minister of Environment and Tourism
  • Immanuel Ngatjizeko is the new Minister of Labour and Social Welfare having been moved from Trade and Industry
  • Alpheus !Naruseb has moved from the Ministry of Labour to become Minister of Lands and Resettlement.
  • John Mutorwa, who has been with the Ministries of Sports and Education since independence, has now been made Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry
  • Rev. Willem Konyore is the new Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture
  • Joel Kaapanda is the country's new Minister of Information and Communication Technology - a move from Works, Transport and Communication.
  • Ambassador Peter Katjavivi has replaced Helmut Angula as Director-General of the National Planning Commission (NPC).
President Pohamba also reshuffled the following Deputy Ministers.
  • Bernard Esau, previously the Deputy at Trade and Industry, is now the new Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy
  • Teopolina Mushelenga has been moved from Home Affairs to replace Esau as Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry
  • Isack Katali, who was at Lands and Resettlement is now the new Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry
  • Paul Smit is the new Deputy Minister of Works and Transport
  • Henock Ya Kasita was moved from Mines and Energy and is now the new Deputy Minister of Lands and Resettlement.
  • Stephanus Mogotsi, the former Deputy Minister of Works and Transport, is the new Deputy Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration.
So what are your opinions shebeeners?
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Old 9th April 2008, 05:46 PM
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Default re: Cabinet Reshuffle - April 2008

Same old peeps with same old ideas - shuffling the chairs, nothing else. It's like a roundabout, isn't it? I have little confidence they will take our Republic substantially forward. They have little fresh ideas, and are obviously running out of energy, too. It's like a job for life for them....
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Default re: Cabinet Reshuffle - April 2008

Maybe what needs to happen is for the senior dudes and Girlz to be given final packages for meaning so much to the Republic and be opted out of Ministerial offices, and maybe it be time to make sure all Ministers henceforth have no less than at least a masters in their respective fields....d@ may be a start of an intelligent Government to propel our Republic into prosperity!!!
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I hesitantly agree to some degree, but would L O V E to see the list or part list of those that are said to be more suitable than others ..........
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Default re: Cabinet Reshuffle - April 2008

One way of doing it will be to put out an advert in the print media for the vacancies, with the respective minimum requirements, of course the old you must be a comrade line can get in the way of getting the relevant expertise in a given position, maybe if it is stated that it could count in ones favor if one is a comrade ;-). Well then the candidates have a chance to apply, be short listed, interviewed by a headstrong panel, and hey, maybe even before the interview, appear on national TV to introduce themselves to the public in the name of transparency, it could happen if we all stop being rigid and start enjoying being alive and kicking hey. sort of like Donald Trumps The apprentice kind of setup could also work.....LOL
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Default re: Cabinet Reshuffle - April 2008

Wouldn't that be novel, to hear someone say to our lesser performing "leaders": "You're fired". Sure haven't heard it once here.....LOL
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Yes, we did! Sam with HH! Maybe not in so few words, but the meaning was the same ........

....... and with Geingob. One day Hero; the next day Zero!

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Default re: Cabinet Reshuffle - April 2008

juicy!!!!

Ad for the "Herald" in Harare?????????????????????????

Hey, Comrades President/ministers! Lost your job recently? Namibia wants YOU!!???????????????????
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Default re: Cabinet Reshuffle - April 2008

Is such an act (reshufflement) politically motivated or is it meant for efficient operation? Honestly just a question. For us the naive and novices would assume that first, it could make sense for an electrician to do electrical or related work and so forth. That either by skill and experience or academic pursuit one could do better in a particular area. Unless found to be incompetent to be then.....
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We will end-up with as many masters as the positions. That is easily done. Look at the Dr.s.
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