Our 22 HP computer school labs. I had them mentioned in ‘Nicht für diese Welt’ in Outapi Times issue #2. Maintenance is done by Netts in Windhoek – in theory. Last month Victor finished to put our own Win2K3 image on all of the servers in the Omusati Region. The Labs are equipped with a …
Despite the availability of Internet access which has become quite ubiquitous in the country email as an communication channel for official (government) business is virtually not seen yet. A society simply needs time (and not just two or three years as some members of the Namibian Parliament wish for) to get used to the media. …
Last weekend a tooth which had been treated in January in Munich started to hurt. It became immediately clear that the only real choice would be Windhoek as the best treatment you can get in the 4-O-Region is a Cuban Doctor. Not a good idea having the former Soviet Union dental care standard in mind. …
For the last months making copies at the regional office had become playing the lottery: the machine indicated everything (paper jam, paper tray not detected, system error XY) but ‘yes-I-am-ready-to-make-you-a-copy’. Two weeks ago the ICT department’s new toy a Kyoceramita TASKalfa 300i arrived. Not just a copy machine – a multi function printer (MFP). I …
Our Director had been informed last week that the head office sent thirteen computers for the administration division to the Region. Here they are – and our favorite brand. Unfortunately the guys at the government park in Windhoek didn’t think it through once more: no space, no power plugs let alone spare UPS units in …
You call a number in Germany and end up somewhere in a call center in India or Bulgaria – nothing fancy with a decent Internet access and some pieces of VOIP Open Source software. Now you call a Swiss number and end up at my house. Although the water pressure is often gone and snakes …
Two weeks ago I had been in Windhoek to attend a technical briefing session at the Ministry of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development (gov. slang: MRLGH) due to the ongoing decentralization process. The briefing session was really needed as the progress made so far with the technical integration of the Directorates of …
Diesmal scheint die hiesige staatliche Post über das Ziel hinausgeschossen zu sein: Nach nur zwei Wochen sind die ersten Exemplare der gedruckten Outapi Times Nr.2 in der Schweiz und Deutschland eingetroffen. Rekord-verdächtig. Am Monatsende (nach dem Zahltag der Regierungsangstellen) muss man vermutlich gleich lange am Post-Schalter warten um eine Sendung aufzugeben. Wie alles andere an …
Read more “Outapi Times, Issue Nr.2, February 2011 – print edition”
The ministerial GRN stamp follows you everywhere, also to the restrooms where it nicely decorates the toilet paper. We wouldn’t let some of the staff take some of those valuable government items home, would we (some of them really do – luckily our cleaners are always on alert). Of course also new IT equipment get …
For this post and the linked PDF a translator or at least a German-English dictionary is highly recommended… Nein, kein grober Schnitzer der Redaktion: Die Juni Ausgabe (=Erstausgabe) der gedruckten OutapiTimes hat es anscheinend gerade noch so dieses Jahr zu den ‘Abonnenten’ nach Europa geschafft. Nicht nur der Regierungsapparat arbeitet oftmals im Schneckentempo – auch …
Read more “Outapi Times, Issue Nr.1, June 2010 – print edition”