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Doomed Again
WALVIS BAY/ SWAKOPMUND/ HENTIES BAY/USAKOS/ARANDIS/ KARIBIB/OMARURU
Domestic (Single Phase)
The Project is Definitely Not Happening – Says Investor With Basic
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1.350
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1.740
2.060
2.360
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More than 30 Amp was supposed to be fully functional ECB Levy by this year November, it appears NEF Levy as if Strauss disappeared over-night, Pensioners Single Phase (Registered pensioners only) abandoning all promise of the long Up to 40 Amp awaited truck port. ECB Levy From the horse’s mouth: “As NEF Levy from 1Pensioners November Pre-Paid 2013 we will have Single Phase people(Registered on site every pensioners only)day to complete Up to 40 Amp I am going to make a this project. ECB Levy bold statement and say that the truck NEF Levy port will be fully operational by 1 Business Pre-Paid (Single Phase)
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wandering back to his home in High Season See TOU Timetable Civic Low Centre Street, See behind the Season TOU Timetable On Wednesday morning, the WalvisECBBay Levy municipality. Namib Independent learned of NEF Levy Eileen, owner of Einstein, the twoBusiness (Bulk Connections) an appalling act of animal cruelty year-old cat the family had bought when a domestic cat was found High Season See TOU Timetable tortured and in a state of shock Continued on Page 3
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Lavrenty Repin
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After 20 years of promises and despite well-known businessman and investor Dudley Strauss’s assurance to the community to have a truck port up and running by November this year, all that is left is the desolate wasteland with not a trace of progress. The Namib Independent attempted to track down Strauss to do a follow-up on the truck port’s evolvement, which
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1.700
1.290
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1.310
1.000
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Demand Charge
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ECB Levy
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0.015
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Standard Time N$/kWh
Off-Peak Time N$/kWh
Network & Service Fee N$/Month
High Season
See TOU Timetable
2.280
1.460
1.050
1.520.00
Low Season
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1.280
1.070
0.760
1.520.00
Network Access Charge
N$/kVA/ Month
62.00
14
S
O
O
S
O
O
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O
15
S
O
O
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O
O
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O
16
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2 | News
Thursday, 10 July 2014
Swakop Uranium Buys Areva’s Building and Opens New Office Lavrenty Repin Swakop Uranium of the Husab Project moved their office from the capital to Swakopmund,
into the old Areva building now called Husab Tower, which they purchased for undisclosed fee. In an interview with the
Namib Independent, Vice President Percy McCallum explained that Swakop Uranium, a company owned by Taurus minerals Limited and Epangelo
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Mining, officially moved their office from Windhoek at the end of June. “It was important for Swakop Uranium to be in Windhoek, as Central Government is seated in the capital… and our Namibian shareholders (who own 10% of the mine), Epangelo mining, are based in Windhoek.” said Mr McCallum. “Now, with our mine about 70km from Swakopmund, it is important that we are as close as possible to the mining operations and accessible to the communities in the Erongo Region.” He explained that the
Erongo Governor, Mr Cleophas Mutjavikua, welcomed the move wholeheartedly. Mr McCallum said he was pleasantly surprised that all 45 Windhoek employees chose to move with the office to Swakopmund. ”We haven’t lost one employee, many moved with families. It was in my opinion because we have always been very open with our workers,” he said, adding that additional workers from Swakopmund were hired for the new office. Presently, the mine, which is in its construction
phase, employs 393 workers, which will increase to over 1000 by the end of 2015. “This sizeable force will increase the disposable income in the Erongo region, particularly in the towns of Swakopmund, Arandis and Walvis Bay, through housing rentals and acquisitions, the enrollment of our employees’ children at local educational institutions, the use of health facilities and participation in general trading,” Mr McCallum predicted. He also said that during the course of this year the mine’s workforce will
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Thursday, 10 July 2014
Walvis Bay Cat
Brutally Tortured Continued from Page 1 from the SPCA when he was eight months old, explained how she found the cat. “The cat came running from the other side of the yard as I was leaving. That’s when I noticed something on his tail.” She discovered that the cat was covered in masking tape “from the paw to the leg, and on the back leg as well as on the tail. It was wrapped very tightly.” The masking tape also held in place a long narrow plastic pipe connected to the tail of the animal. Eileen rushed Einstein to the Southern Cross Veterinary, where the items were removed – it is further suspected that the cat was sodomised with a black marker. Eileen and the local veterinarian both believe that the perpetrator’s objective was to eventually burn the cat by pouring combustible liquid down the attached pipe. The veterinarian on duty at Southern Cross, who explained that she cannot comment on ongoing cases, also mentioned that this is something that has not happened before at her practice. Losing a precious pet is devastating as it is, but
Einstein is more than just a pet – Eileen bought the cat for her autistic daughter who fell in love with a similar looking animal in Cape Town. “My daughter and Einstein are inseparable,” Eileen explained, “the cat goes looking for her, and she for him, all the time.” Pets are renowned to dramatically lessen autistic patients’ social discomfort and lift the burden of the illness. The loss of a pet for an autistic child can be a dramatic and long-lasting experience. In an effort to inform the community and find justice, Eileen has decided to offer a N$5000 reward to anyone who can lead her to the culprit(s). “I don’t know what I will do to them,” she said, “I’ll probably do the same as he did to our cat, if I catch him.” Peter Brooks from the Walvis Bay SPCA said that animal cruelty is prevalent in the coastal towns. “We do see mutilation quite often, especially in Naraville and Kuisebmund, where children who don’t go to school tie up dogs and cats by their hind legs or their tails and often their necks.” He also mentioned that limbs are damaged
to restrict the animal’s movements and the smaller animals are thrown against walls. He stated that “almost all” of the perpetrators are young children, “13 and below” and the SPCA has on occasions even caught them in the act – but minors cannot be charged with the crime. He explained that they “won” a case in Swakopmund; the man pleaded guilty and paid a flimsy fine. “Here in Namibia we struggle with our animal law,” Peter lamented. Sylvia Brytenstein from the Windhoek SPCA, who has been working on better rights for animals, revealed that the maximum sentence for an animal abuser in Namibia is either a fine of N$2000 or two years prison time. Suffice to say that offenders afford the fine. “The consequences don’t fit the crime,” Sylvia explains, “I’ve been trying to change the law for years, although we still haven’t looked at (revising) penalties – we’ve just been trying to change the law itself.” She said one way to extend the punishment is if the animal has been killed, one can make a charge on
the basis of property. “I’ve bought this cat, I’ve fed it – so it becomes destruction of property.” She also explained the police officers lack interest and motivation in arresting animal offenders, which Sylvia called a mistake. “The very unfortunate thing is that, in my experience, where there is an abused animal, there is also cases of child abuse, and gender violence.” Indeed, studies indicate that law enforcers have benefited from paying closer attention to animal abusers. A notorious case in Britain began with an abused dog, but when police entered the property, they found not
only an array of abused animals but also three children locked in cages. Less extreme cases are documented worldwide. A survey in Britain of pet-owning families with substantiated child abuse and neglect found that animals were abused in 88 percent of homes where child physical abuse was present. A study of women seeking shelter at a safe house showed that 71 percent of those having pets affirmed that their partner had threatened, hurt or killed their companion animals, and 32 percent of mothers reported that their children had hurt or killed their pets. Another police study
in Australia revealed that “100 percent of sexual homicide offenders examined had a history of animal cruelty.” These are all promising indications that the Namibian police enforcers can use to target the domestic violence so rampant in our country. The mistake of overlooking such cases cannot be overstated, and is best described by a chilling extract from international organisation PETA, which reads a cold warning: “Acts of cruelty to animals are not mere indications of a minor personality flaw in the abuser; they are
symptomatic of a deep mental disturbance. Research in psychology and criminology shows that people who commit acts of cruelty to animals don’t stop there — many of them move on to their fellow humans.” “Murderers … very often start out by killing and torturing animals as kids,” stated Robert K. Ressler, who developed profiles of serial killers for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. If you have any information about Einstein’s abusers, please call Eileen on 0812 555 010.
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Truck Port Doomed Again November 2014,” Strauss confirmed in an exclusive interview with the Namib Independent last year. However, almost a year later the project is no further than it was at the time of the interview. In a failed attempt to track down Strauss, the paper learned of a few other investors, who indeed confirmed that the project has been aborted. “There will be no truck port, I can assure you that. We are currently in the process of selling the land,” one of the investors told the paper on terms of anonymity. Another
investor, who also wishes to keep his name out of the papers, said that apart from the fact that Strauss abandoned the project, other factors also contributed to the final desertion. “The initial infrastructure would have made sense for our plans, but now with the new road plans from Narraville, the roundabout and the road leading up to the airport, the location for the truck port is no longer feasible,” another investor told the paper this week. “With the new municipal infrastructure plans, the
truck port plans will also have to be revised to fit in with the new town developments,” the stakeholder confirmed. Not only has Strauss struggled since 2008 to try and convert the truck port dream into a reality, but many before him have failed to launch the anticipated solution to the truck-ups in town. Following the vague traces Strauss left behind, all that could be established is that he changed his numbers, cleared out his warehouse, and located to Cape Town, without a word to
Continued from Page 1 any stakeholders. In an interview with the Walvis Municipality last year, council confirmed that the land was made available at a special rate, for the sole purpose that a truck port is developed on that land, and that specific piece of land in question is not allowed to be used for any other drive but that. The paper forwarded its queries regarding the fate of the land to local authority, but was unable to get a response from council by the time of going to print.
4 | News
Thursday, 10 July 2014
A Place for the
Special Needs Children in Walvis Tanya Calitz
After intensive research, the mother of a five-yearold special needs child could not find a centre or school in Walvis Bay for her son, who suffers from cerebral palsy, to attend, which inspired her to open a special needs school in Walvis Bay, in the future. Speaking to Kim Flanagan, who recently moved from South Africa to Walvis Bay, it is clear that she is extremely passionate about children with special needs and the opportunity for both the parent and child to get the support and attention they deserve. Due to this passion, Kim has already established such a facility in her former hometown of East London, and wants to do the same here. “Firstly, I would like to share Justin’s and my journey with the
community, in the hope that our situation can inspire and encourage other parents in similar situations, and secondly share our predicament in the hope that with the help of the community we can establish a similar centre for special needs children, the same as the one I have established back in SA,” Kim conveyed her message to the paper from her new home in Walvis. But Kim and Justin’s story does not start here. It starts five years back when he was born pre-maturely, which caused braindamage. Justin was born at 29 weeks, only weighing a fragile 1.5kg. He was hospitalised and incubated for a month, and he was on an oxygen machine for a week before been able to breathe on his own. At 22 days old he was rushed to ICU due to milk on his lungs. His heart stopped four times.
In ICU he was put back on an oxygen machine and had a thick pipe down his throat, which was taped to his mouth because he kept pulling it out. His fingers were taped to his hands to prevent him pulling any wires and pipes that surrounded him. He had two drips inserted on either side of his head and was fed through a tube in his throat. “He weighed 1.84kg when we arrived home. Even though he was so small and fragile, he was very alert and he got stronger by the day. Despite the fact that Justin was premature and suffered from colic, he reached all his expected milestones at six months old. At eight months old I noticed that Justin’s left eye went squint. I took him to an eye specialist, they could not identify the cause of the problem but mentioned that an operation at a later stage
would be able to fix it,” Kim related. But Justin started regressing. He became very weak at the neck and struggled to hold his head upright. He could no longer sit with support and lost all will to try progress. “I immediately consulted a pediatrician, who advised me not to be concerned as he was a premature baby and delayed milestones were to be expected,” Kim laid out her ordeal. “At twelve months old, Justin still showed no attempts to try and roll, crawl or
sit. I took him to a local family doctor who advised me to have a CTI scan. The scan showed no bleeding or pressure or any sign of fluid on the brain. I then consulted with a nero-surgeon who suggested that I take Justin for therapy sessions to help motivate and encourage him to sit and progress.” At 18 months, Justin was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. “I was also told that my child will be a vegetable for most of his life, but we refused to accept that, and have so far proven the critics wrong,” Kim said determined. His diagnosis was followed by continuous therapy sessions, which was financially draining.
She continued, “Due to the many challenges of having a child with special needs, I decided to open a center for children like Justin. Not only for children with cerebral palsy, but children with any kind of physical or mental disability. In my SA school I have several autistic, Down-syndrome and Asperger children, all in need of a school or daycare facility that can attend to their special needs. The school offers Physiotherapy, occupational therapy as well as speech therapy. The school provides activities for the children to stimulate both body and mind, and they receive meals daily.” The Justin Selby care centre in South Africa is an Edu-therapy daycare facility
The Hypocrisy of Political
“Gay Rights” Arguments Lavrenty Repin As the election season draws nearer, Namibian newspapers have often become a battleground for politicians to gain momentum in the electoral race. Last week McHenry Venaani, the president of Namibia’s biggest opposition party, the DTA, announced his disapproval of Namibia’s laws regarding homosexuality, urging for sexual freedom. In the meantime, the recently established, yet to be registered, political party NEFF (sister to Julius Malema’s EFF) has jumped on the wagon to prosecute homosexuality, calling the
practise “unafrican” and degrading and promising to outlaw it entirely in Namibia. The atmosphere for gay men and women in Namibia has always been uneasy although not outright illegal; gay men can face prosecution for sodomy and gay couples often have their rights limited. Furthermore, same-sex marriage is illegal in Namibia. In 2006, South Africa became the first country in Africa and fifth in the world to legalise same-sex marriage. The decision was met with praise and surprise; such liberty was difficult to believe for a country with its recent ruthless discrimination record.
In the eight years since the legalisation, little has apparently changed in SA; one journalist writes that there is still discrimination towards homosexuals, hate crimes that lead as far as “corrective rape” and murder, and a general disdain from certain communities towards the practises of homosexuality – just as it was prior to the marriage law. In the same breath, there is no increase in “gay propaganda” or “cultural contamination” or any other fear that activists against gay marriage use when presenting their arguments. The only difference is that legally, homosexual individuals have the same rights as everyone else, and the
writer notes that when they marry, they marry like everyone else: in private with a group of friends and family, and with no direct “effect” on their society. Yet the topic in Namibia has been infinitely dramatised, to the point where you begin to wonder what the true meaning of this homophobia is. If legalising gay marriage and gay rights has such a small social impact if none at all, while discriminating against such individuals has paramount negative side effects on countries like Nigeria, Uganda and Russia (economic sanctions, to mention but one), why is the Namibian government seemingly breaking its head over
their approach? Unlike in South Africa, we do not have weekly gay-pride parades and monthly news of men murdered because of their sexual preferences. Our discrimination is reserved to obscene comments over Facebook and occasional rants and jeers; but murder or rape or “physical cleansing” is unheard of in Namibia. Certainly, our laws are outdated yet obviously not enforced, seeing as we have had a third Mr Gay Namibia in a row, a gay parade in Windhoek, and sent a contestant to Mr Gay World. We have open discussions, and non-profit organisations criticising our laws. We are a long way from Nigeria’s murdering
tactics or Russia’s suffocating restrictions. However, problems such as starvation, malnutrition, birth mortality and gender-based violence are far below the par, even compared to the most extreme examples. So it begs the question of, what game are our politicians playing? It is no secret that the Founding President describes gays as dogs, and last year’s “gay list” was a baffling exercise from an attention-seeking weekly newspaper that vowed to publish a list revealing the politicians, musicians and businessmen who are secretly gay (who cares?); yet their (lack of) credibility is obvious,
for children with mental and physical disabilities. The Centre also offers a permanent residence for special needs children. It is run as a non-profit organisation and relies on the generosity of the community for donations to keep it running. Please visit The Justin Selby Care Centre on Facebook or http://justinselbycare.webs. com/ for more information. “I would like to reach out to families who have special needs children as I plan to create a support group and open the same center here. Should anyone like to contact me for advice or support, please feel free to contact me on kimflanagan24@gmail.com or 081 479 0725.” especially with statements like: “Homosexuality in Namibia has become like HIV/Aids today. It’s either you are affected or someone in your family or office is. HIV is an actual health problem affecting nearly 30% of Namibia’s population – to be gay or not is a personal choice.” It seems, unfortunately, that many of these arguments are less about “moral fibre” and “equal rights” than public attention. This takes away from the work of activists like Mercedes, Namibia’s first outspoken transgender, Ricardo Amunjera and Marc Themba, Namibia’s first gay married couple and organisations like OutRight Namibia. Certainly gay rights is an issue in Namibia, but in the context of the country, our politicians are taking advantage of the frenzy to win over votes without proposing any real lasting change and inciting public separation in the meantime.
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Thursday, 10 July 2014
Walvis Bay Chef Wins
4th Culinary Trophy Siglinde de Villiers David Thomas, coowner of Lyon Des Sables in Walvis Bay, once again brought home the trophy of this year’s national Chef Competition. This is the fourth trophy he has won since 2010, and it continues to create awareness, as well as raise the standard, of culinary art in Namibia. The competition took place at Polytech College in Windhoek on 24 and 25 June with 16 senior and 21 junior chefs from all around Namibia competing against each other. “Every year we get an extra four to six competitors, so the industry is definitely growing,” Thomas said. “This year, the whole competition was a mystery basket that contained a bunch of weird stuff,” he added. Some of the ingredients were Mahangu, Viggo, Omahaere and Horse Mackerel. “In the five years that I have been here, I never used Mahangu before and when I opened the basket I wondered how on earth I am going to cook this. I had to read the instructions at the back of the pack, but that is what makes this competition so exciting,” Thomas related. “It was a real battle. We had two and a half hours to prepare a starter, main course and dessert for four people,” he explained. According to Thomas, each year there are more and more Namibian chefs attending the competition, which increases the level of the competition. Thus it also becomes more and more difficult to win, since the Namibian Chef Association keeps on trying to improve the standards and ensure that chefs are able
to push themselves and improve on their performance. Nevertheless, Thomas has won the trophy every year from 2010 to 2014 except in 2012 when he came second. The trophy is not just a piece of metal adorning some table. It carries a lot of meaning for its owner as well as Namibia. “The trophy really amplifies the reputation of Lyon des Sables. It gives people a proper reason to drive through to Walvis Bay,” Thomas said. He continued to explain that there are more and more television shows that feature cooking, motivating people to become chefs. In turn, this expands the food industry and as it grows it involves more and more people. “A few years ago, food was only viewed as a means to survive, but now, it is viewed as a luxury that can be enjoyed. These days, if you go to a coffee shop, you expect fresh juice and healthy sandwiches. Supermarkets are stocking a greater variety of products. The growth can be seen everywhere,” Thomas explained. Will Thomas win the trophy again next year? “With all the competitors, anything can happen. Some expect me to win and some view me as the ultimate challenge. I do not know of anyone who has won five times, but I would be proud if I could make that history,” Thomas replied. Having said that, the Namibian Chef Association would like Thomas to switch over to judging. “Judging requires a lot of training with official judges. If I start with that then this would have been my last competition, but if the process takes too long then I will enter again,” he commented. Judging will allow Thomas
the opportunity to train others as well as showcase Namibia in other countries at international competitions. The winning dish of this year’s competition was Starter Trio of horse mackerel: Horse mackerel tartar, pan fried mahangu, omaere and fresh herbs dressing with pickled carrots and Beetroot Horse mackerel ceviche, Parmesan cheese crumble Horse mackerel soup Main course Braised lamb shoulder in red wine, lamb burger, potato fondant, tomato chutney, lamb jus Dessert Dark chocolate fondant Dark chocolate and orange cream, orange biscuit, orange and brandy salad, Vigo sorbet
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Thursday, 10 July 2014
Pastor Arrested for “Smuggling” Siglinde de Villiers
A well known resident and pastor of Henties Bay, Paul de Witt, was arrested at the Vioolsdrift border post early on Monday morning with thousands of white mussels in his possession. Even though he presented invoices for the sea species found in his car, he did not have the required
export permit on hand. “Fishermen from South Africa always complain that we Namibians exploit them with our bait prices. So I decided to go out of my way to buy white mussels where they are cheap,” de Witt, owner of the Skubbebar in Henties Bay, explained. However, the attempt cost him dearly. “Transport is very costly, thus I
decided to fetch the white mussels and calamari myself,” de Witt continues. “I phoned the headquarters of the Ministry of Fisheries in Windhoek to find out what documents I needed. They told me that all that is required is an invoice, nothing else.” And so, around 1pm on Monday morning, de Witt found himself being arrested by the Vioolsdrift police
officers, after they searched his Nissan X-Trail and found various bags of mussels and calamari in the back. Raymond Vollmer, Station Commander at the Vioolsdrift border post, told the Namib Independent that de Witt presented the invoice where he purchased all the seafood at a legal dealer in Cape Town. “The supplier had all the necessary
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permits and documents to harvest and sell the species in question, however, de Witt did not possess any export permit which would have allowed him to take the seafood across the border,” Vollmer said.
Paul de Witt explains that he thought that the Namibian and South African laws on transporting sea species across the border overlap. “I was wrong. On the South African side, one needs a commercial export permit, which I did not have,” he said. However, it gets even more complicated. “If one wants to resell items, a simple invoice is not enough, you then need a commercial invoice,” de Witt explained. “And that again, adds a lot of other documents.” According to Vollmer, white mussels and calamari are protected species. “One is not allowed to trade with white mussels in Namibia,” de Witt added, “but in South Africa one can buy them from those who have permits to harvest and sell them. Most of our bait comes from there, which makes it quite expensive.” The police officers found 11 400 white mussels and 20 kg of calamari in de Witt’s possession, amounting to an approximate value of N$14 000. When de Witt was arrested, his car as well as the seafood was confiscated. “The white mussels and calamari were handed back to the Sea Fisheries, since it is still their property,” Vollmer said. According to Vollmer, de Witt appeared in court in Springbok on Monday. “Since this was his first offense, he was fined N$12 000, however, half of it was suspended and he got N$ 6000 or a three months’ jail term and another N$ 6000 or three months’ jail if he commits the same offence for five years.” In the end, de Witt left Springbok Monday afternoon with a cash fine of N$6 000. The attempt to sell bait as cheap as possible to his customers cost de Witt more than N$20 000. Also, various media reports only told half the story. “I have received a lot of damage through this,” de Witt said. Nevertheless, he remains positive. “I learned an expensive lesson, and I hope that customers appreciate all the effort we do for them,” de Witt concluded.
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Thursday, 10 July 2014
Racist Robert Mugabe systems, being blended in, for example, with the fight against terrorism.” Europe has long admitted that it was a mistake to colonise Africa and that they have burdened the continent almost singlehandedly. At the time, the theory of eugenics (among other things, it signifies that certain races are scientifically superior to others) was a belief shared among almost the entire general populations and endorsed by many
Opinion by Lavrenty Repin It is a well-known fact that a large portion of Namibia’s population, not to mention politicians, supports a man who a large portion of the Western world call “a dictator” – Robert Mugabe. Indeed, by all means and definitions, Mugabe is a dictator, a ruthless one at that. He is a man who rose to power through the defamation and degradation of human beings solely based on their skin colour in much the same fashion that Sadam Hussein or Bin Laden degraded and destroyed humans based on their religion and culture. All dictatorships plant the seeds of their ever-reaching roots by exploiting history; whether colonisation a hundred, or religious wars a thousand, years ago, African dictators have no shortage of history to draw from. Robert Mugabe enjoys fame in Namibia because of his outspoken approach – so does Julius Malema, who has inspired a sister party formation in Namibia that many onlookers believe will do well in the upcoming elections. Both these men owe their success to the increasing sentiment many proud black Africans adopt; that removing the white man will bring prosperity to the continent. The semantics or legitimacy of this argument is, to me, absolutely irrelevant, because just as many proud
white Africans believe that it is in fact the black folk that are contributing to the (apparently rapid) decline of the continent – this silly bickering is as constructive as Mugabe’s lame propaganda. Last week Robert Mugabe announced for the nth time that white farmers will never own land in Zimbabwe again, which was met with an applauding roar by Namibians, posting on Facebook and twitter their “approval”. I’ve learned that it is not enough to explain that current generations cannot be blamed for the mistakes of others, that ideologies of a handful of men do not directly reflect the ideologies of the majority or that the entire world, from France to Argentina, was built and continues to be built on one or another form of colonisation – many a lot more gruesome than those in Africa. The animosity or racism is not wiped out by reason, just as the prosperity of a nation is not achieved by revenge. In the big picture, there is little advantage for a racist approach (starving Zimbabweans should prove a sufficient example), yet, paradoxically more and more young Namibians have a racist attitude in politics, business, education and social circles. It hasn’t decreased, and many even suggest that it may be on the increase. Before we blame each other for the enduring racist atmosphere in Namibia, think for a minute; what chance have
we of reconciliation and of building a rainbow nation when the world, from Europe to South America, is seemingly incapable of letting go of the obsolete dogma and even more so, racism in general seems to be increasing in prominence and tolerance. Only look at the frequent depictions of racism in pop culture, films and music. Racism has become a plague in sport, not only on the national level, but disturbingly even in the World Cup and the Olympics; which is as diverse a sport as can be. In Europe, extreme political parties who rally for race purification have gained a large following – many winning seats in parliament, while in the East of Ukraine, extremists are in control. The mass murderer Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people (mostly teenagers) in Norway in 2011 (to “cleanse” his country), was one of them. Or America’s handling of Arabs, China’s attitude to Tibet, India to Pakistan, Russia to Georgia – the list is endless. A politician is yet to fill the spot left by Mandela as an advocate against racial discrimination – Obama never stood up to the task. And the racist attacks on USA’s first black president have been relentless. A UN report into the globalisation of racism explained that “while racial discrimination used to be the province of extremist far right political parties, it is now becoming a regular part of democratic
scientists. This was the driving moral force behind ruthless colonisation; but the theory collapsed, and along with it the hold onto foreign territory. We have entered an age where equality is the moral compass to which we look and the universal goal we aspire to achieve – achieving it anytime soon is a far-fetched prospect. Namibia’s aim should be to ignore the confusing dynamics of its bordering countries, and of the world itself,
and focus on the situation at hand – too often we try to compare ourselves with the countries of the world and too often we forget to praise our own achievements. No one confiscates land by force here. No man murders teenagers because of his twisted believes. No school pupils bring guns to class and no army wages war because of colour, religion or history. I often read, and catch myself writing, that racism is not alone in
the proverbial basket of prejudice, rather surrounded by its evil brothers; tribalism, sexism, anti-Semitism, etc. but this approach is a sure way to belittle the importance that racism plays in shaping our social structure. We have our own set of problems here that neither Mugabe nor Obama can begin to understand, problems that we have to bear with, and slowly shape into something conducive together, as Namibians, on our own.
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WALVIS BAY/ SWAKOPMUND/ HENTIES BAY/USAKOS/ARANDIS/ KARIBIB/OMARURU Domestic (Single Phase) With Basic
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1.680
2.060
8.00
UIS Domestic (Single Phase)
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250 kWh - 750kWh N$/kWh
Over 750 kWh N$/kWh
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1.510
1.600
2.060
7.75
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0.015
0.015
0.015
NEF Levy
0.0102
0.0102
0.0102
First 250 kWh N$/kWh
250 kWh - 750kWh N$/kWh
Over 750 kWh N$/kWh
Up to 30 Amp
1.200
1.350
1.600
More than 30 Amp
1.740
2.060
2.360
ECB Levy
0.015
0.015
0.015
0.0102
0.0102
0.0102
First 250 kWh N$/kWh
250 kWh - 750kWh N$/kWh
Over 750 kWh N$/kWh
Up to 40 Amp
1.200
1.350
1.600
ECB Levy
0.015
0.015
0.015
NEF Levy
0.0102
0.0102
0.0102
First 250 kWh N$/kWh
250 kWh - 750kWh N$/kWh
Over 750 kWh N$/kWh
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1.200
1.350
1.600
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0.015
0.015
0.015
NEF Levy
0.0102
0.0102
0.0102
Domestic Pre-Paid (Single Phase)
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0.015
0.015
0.015
NEF Levy
0.0102
0.0102
0.0102
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250 kWh - 750kWh N$/kWh
Over 750 kWh N$/kWh
Up to 30 Amp
1.200
1.350
1.600
NEF Levy
More than 30 Amp
1.740
2.060
2.360
ECB Levy
0.015
0.015
0.015
Pensioners Single Phase (Registered pensioners only)
NEF Levy
0.0102
0.0102
0.0102
Domestic Pre-Paid (Single Phase)
Pensioners Single Phase (Registered pensioners only)
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250 kWh - 750kWh N$/kWh
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1.200
1.350
1.600
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0.015
0.015
0.015
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0.0102
0.0102
0.0102
First 250 kWh N$/kWh
250 kWh - 750kWh N$/kWh
Over 750 kWh N$/kWh
Up to 40 Amp
1.200
1.350
1.600
ECB Levy
0.015
0.015
0.015
0.0102
0.0102
0.0102
NEF Levy Business Pre-Paid (Single Phase)
Pensioners Pre-Paid Single Phase (Registered pensioners only)
Business Pre-Paid (Single Phase)
Energy N$/ kWh
Up o 30 Amps
2.120
More than 30 Amps
2.440
Three Phase
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2.120
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2.440
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-
ECB Levy
0.015
NEF Levy
-
ECB Levy
Energy N$/ kWh
0.0102
Business (Single Phase)
Energy N$/ kWh
Basic N$/ Amp/Month
All Breaker Ratings
1.650
7.85
ECB Levy
0.015
0.015
NEF Levy
0.0102
Business (Single Phase)
Energy N$/ kWh
Basic N$/ Amp/Month
All Breaker Ratings
1.900
9.60
ECB Levy
0.015
NEF Levy
NEF Levy
0.0102
Business (Three Phase)
Peak Time N$/ kWh
Standard Time N$/ kWh
Off-Peak Time N$/kWh
Basic N$/ Amp/Month
0.0102
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2.450
1.630
1.220
25.20
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1.450
1.240
0.930
25.20
0.015
0.015
0.015
ECB Levy
2.840
2.020
1.610
28.20
NEF Levy
See TOU Timetable
1.840
1.630
1.320
28.20
Business (Bulk Connections)
0.015
0.015
0.015
0.0102
0.0102
0.0102
Peak Time N$/ kWh
Standard Time N$/ kWh
Off-Peak Time N$/kWh
Network & Service Fee N$/Month
High Season
See TOU Timetable
2.450
1.630
1.220
1 520.00
Low Season
See TOU Timetable
1.450
1.240
0.930
1 520.00
Network Access Charge
N$/kVA/ Month
114.00
Demand Charge
Basic N$/ Amp/Month
See TOU Timetable
See TOU Timetable
Business (Bulk Connections)
Off-Peak Time N$/kWh
Low Season
Low Season
NEF Levy
Standard Time N$/ kWh
High Season
High Season
ECB Levy
Peak Time N$/ kWh
0.0102
0.0102
0.0102
Peak Time N$/ kWh
Standard Time N$/ kWh
Off-Peak Time N$/kWh
Network & Service Fee N$/Month
High Season
See TOU Timetable
2.450
1.630
1.220
1 520.00
Low Season
See TOU Timetable
1.450
1.240
0.930
1 520.00
N$/kVA/ Month
Network Access Charge
114.00
Demand Charge
119.00
ECB Levy
0.015
0.015
0.015
NEF Levy
0.0102
0.0102
0.0102
119.00
ECB Levy
0.015
0.015
0.015
NEF Levy
0.0102
0.0102
0.0102
TIME OF USE (TOU) SLOTS LOW SEASON - SUMMER TIME
INSTITUTIONAL CUSTOMERS IN TOWNS, VILLAGES AND SETTLEMENTS Institutional (Single Phase)
HOUR
Energy N$/ kWh
Basic N$/Amp/ Month
All Breaker Ratings
2.090
11.00
ECB Levy
0.015
NEF Levy
0.0102
Institutional (Three Phase)
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Standard Time N$/kWh
Off-Peak Time N$/kWh
Basic N$/Amp/ Month
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HIGH SEASON
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SATURDAY
SUNDAY
WEEKDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
WEEKDAY
SATURDAY
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O
O
2
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
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O
3
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
4
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
5
O
O
O
S
O
O
S
O
O
High Season
See TOU Timetable
2.930
2.110
1.700
33.00
6
S
O
O
S
S
O
S
S
O
Low Season
See TOU Timetable
1.930
1.720
1.410
33.00
7
S
S
O
P
S
O
P
S
O
ECB Levy
0.015
0.015
0.015
8
P
S
O
P
S
O
P
S
O
NEF Levy
0.0102
0.0102
0.0102
9
P
S
O
P
S
O
P
S
O
Peak Time N$/ kWh
Standard Time N$/kWh
Off-Peak Time N$/kWh
10
P
S
O
P
S
O
P
S
O
11
P
S
O
P
O
O
P
O
O
12
P
O
O
S
O
O
S
O
O
13
S
O
O
S
O
O
S
O
O
Institutional (Bulk Connections)
Network & Service Fee N$/Month
High Season
See TOU Timetable
2.520
1.700
1.290
1 530.00
Low Season
See TOU Timetable
1.520
1.310
1.000
1 530.00
N$/kVA/ Month
Network Access Charge
132.00
Demand Charge
137.00
ECB Levy
0.015
0.015
0.015
NEF Levy
0.0102
0.0102
0.0102
BULK CONSUMERS OVER 10MVA Institutional (Bulk Connections)
Peak Time N$/ kWh
Standard Time N$/kWh
Off-Peak Time N$/kWh
Network & Service Fee N$/Month
High Season
See TOU Timetable
2.280
1.460
1.050
1.520.00
Low Season
See TOU Timetable
1.280
1.070
0.760
1.520.00
Network Access Charge
N$/kVA/ Month
62.00
Demand Charge
66.00
ECB Levy
0.015
0.015
0.015
NEF Levy
0.0102
0.0102
0.0102
14
S
O
O
S
O
O
S
O
O
15
S
O
O
S
O
O
S
O
O
16
S
O
O
S
O
O
S
O
O
17
S
O
O
P
S
O
P
S
O
18
P
S
O
P
S
O
P
S
O
19
P
S
O
P
O
O
P
O
O
20
P
O
O
S
O
O
S
O
O
21
S
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
22
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
23
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
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O=OFF-PEAK TIME
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LOW SEASON BULK CONSUMERS = 1 JANUARY TO 31 MAY AND 1 SEPTEMBER TO 31 DECEMBER
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LOW SEASON 3 PHASE CONSUMERS = ALL ACCOUNTS EXCEPT JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST
EX-NAMPOWER CUSTOMERS - MEDIUM VOLTAGE Business (Single Phase)
RURAL MEDIUM VOLTAGE (NEW CUSTOMERS)
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Network & Service Fee N$/ Month
Basic N$/ Amp/Month
Business (Single Phase)
Energy N$/ kWh
Network & Service Fee N$/Month
Basic N$/ Amp/Month
1.650
1 670.00
9.60
1.650
2 530.00
9.60
Farm further supply or plot
1.650
670.00
9.60
Farm further supply or plot
1.650
1 520.00
9.60
Special supply
1.650
9 920.00
9.60
Special supply
1.650
12 650.00
9.60
ECB Levy
0.015
ECB Levy
0.015
NEF Levy
0.0102
Business (Three Phase)
NEF Levy
0.0102
Peak Time N$/ kWh
Standard Time N$/ kWh
Off-Peak Time N$/kWh
Basic N$/ Amp/Month
Network & Service Fee N$/Month
See TOU Timetable
2.450
1.630
1.220
25.20
1 670.00
See TOU Timetable
1.450
1.240
0.930
25.20
1 670.00
Farm additoinal / Plot - High Season
See TOU Timetable
2.450
1.630
1.220
25.20
670.00
Farm additoinal / Plot - Low Season
See TOU Timetable
1.450
1.240
0.930
25.20
670.00
Farm additoinal / Plot - Low Season
See TOU Timetable
1.840
1.630
1.320
28.20
1 520.00
Special supply - High Season
See TOU Timetable
2.450
1.630
1.220
25.20
9 920.00
Special supply - High Season
See TOU Timetable
2.840
2.020
1.220
28.20
12 650.00
Special supply - Low Season
See TOU Timetable
1.450
1.240
0.930
25.20
9 920.00
Special supply - Low Season
See TOU Timetable
1.840
1.630
1.320
28.20
12 650.00
0.015
0.015
0.015
0.015
0.015
0.015
N$/kVA/ Month
ECB Levy NEF Levy
Farm additoinal / Plot - High Season
Peak Time N$/ kWh
Standard Time N$/ kWh
Off-Peak Time N$/kWh
Basic N$/ Amp/Month
Network & Service Fee N$/Month
See TOU Timetable
2.840
2.020
1.220
28.20
2 530.00
See TOU Timetable
1.840
1.630
1.320
28.20
2 530.00
See TOU Timetable
2.840
2.020
1.220
28.20
1 520.00
ECB Levy
0.0102
0.0102
0.0102
Peak Time N$/ kWh
Standard Time N$/ kWh
Off-Peak Time N$/kWh
Network & Service Fee N$/Month
See TOU Timetable
2.450
1.630
1.220
3 110.00
See TOU Timetable
1.450
1.240
0.930
3 110.00
Business (Bulk Connections)
Business (Three Phase)
NEF Levy N$/kVA/ Month
0.0102
0.0102
0.0102
Peak Time N$/ kWh
Standard Time N$/ kWh
Off-Peak Time N$/kWh
Network & Service Fee N$/Month
See TOU Timetable
2.450
1.630
1.220
3 930.00
See TOU Timetable
1.450
1.240
0.930
3 930.00
Business (Bulk Connections)
Farm additoinal / Plot - High Season
See TOU Timetable
2.450
1.630
1.220
2 120.00
Farm additoinal / Plot - High Season
See TOU Timetable
2.450
1.630
1.220
2 920.00
Farm additoinal / Plot - Low Season
See TOU Timetable
1.450
1.240
0.930
2 120.00
Farm additoinal / Plot - Low Season
See TOU Timetable
1.450
1.240
0.930
2 920.00
Special supply - High Season
See TOU Timetable
2.450
1.630
1.220
11 370.00
Special supply - High Season
See TOU Timetable
2.450
1.630
1.220
14 050.00
Special supply - Low Season
See TOU Timetable
1.450
1.240
0.930
11 370.00
Special supply - Low Season
See TOU Timetable
1.450
1.240
0.930
14 050.00
Network Access Charge
114.00
Network Access Charge
Demand Charge
119.00
Demand Charge
ECB Levy NEF Levy Institutional (Single Phase)
0.015
0.015
0.0102
0.0102
0.015 0.0102
NEF Levy
Network & Service Fee N$/ Month
Basic N$/ Amp/Month
Normal Supply
2.090
1 740.00
11.00
Plots Supply
2.090
2 120.00
11.00
Special Supply
2.090
10 420.00
11.00
ECB Levy
0.015
Institutional (Single Phase)
0.0102
Institutional (Three Phase)
Peak Time N$/ kWh
119.00
ECB Levy
Energy N$/ kWh
NEF Levy
114.00
Off-Peak Time N$/kWh
Basic N$/ Amp/Month
Network & Service Fee N$/Month
0.015
0.0102
0.0102
0.015 0.0102
Energy N$/ kWh
Network & Service Fee N$/Month
Basic N$/ Amp/Month
Normal Supply
2.090
3 930.00
11.00
Plots Supply
2.090
2 920.00
11.00
Special Supply
2.090
14 050.00
11.00
ECB Levy
0.015
Off-Peak Time N$/kWh
Basic N$/ Amp/Month
NEF Levy Standard Time N$/ kWh
0.015
0.0102
Institutional (Three Phase)
Peak Time N$/ kWh
Standard Time N$/ kWh
Network & Service Fee N$/Month
Normal Supply - High Season
See TOU Timetable
2.930
2.110
1.700
33.00
1 740.00
Normal Supply - High Season
See TOU Timetable
2.930
2.110
1.700
33.00
2 660.00
Normal Supply - Low Season
See TOU Timetable
1.930
1.720
1.410
33.00
1 740.00
Normal Supply - Low Season
See TOU Timetable
1.930
1.720
1.410
33.00
2 660.00
Plots Supply - High Season
See TOU Timetable
2.930
2.110
1.700
33.00
690.00
Plots Supply - High Season
See TOU Timetable
2.930
2.110
1.700
33.00
1 600.00
Plots Supply - Low Season
See TOU Timetable
1.930
1.720
1.410
33.00
690.00
Plots Supply - Low Season
See TOU Timetable
1.930
1.720
1.410
33.00
1 600.00
Special Supply - High Season
See TOU Timetable
2.930
2.110
1.700
33.00
10 420.00
Special Supply - High Season
See TOU Timetable
2.930
2.110
1.700
33.00
13 290.00
Special Supply - Low Season
See TOU Timetable
1.930
1.720
1.410
33.00
10 420.00
Special Supply - Low Season
See TOU Timetable
1.930
1.720
1.410
33.00
13 290.00
0.015
0.015
0.015
0.015
0.015
0.015
Network & Service Fee N$/Month
N$/kVA/ Month
ECB Levy NEF Levy Institutional (Bulk Connections)
0.0102
0.0102
0.0102
Peak Time N$/ kWh
Standard Time N$/ kWh
Off-Peak Time N$/kWh
ECB Levy NEF Levy Network & Service Fee N$/Month
N$/kVA/ Month
Institutional (Bulk Connections)
0.0102
0.0102
0.0102
Peak Time N$/ kWh
Standard Time N$/ kWh
Off-Peak Time N$/kWh
Normal Supply - High Season
See TOU Timetable
2.520
1.700
1.290
3 270.00
Normal Supply - High Season
See TOU Timetable
2.520
1.700
1.290
4 110.00
Normal Supply - Low Season
See TOU Timetable
1.520
1.310
1.000
3 270.00
Normal Supply - Low Season
See TOU Timetable
1.520
1.310
1.000
4 110.00
Plots Supply - High Season
See TOU Timetable
2.520
1.700
1.290
2 220.00
Plots Supply - High Season
See TOU Timetable
2.520
1.700
1.290
3 060.00
Plots Supply - Low Season
See TOU Timetable
1.520
1.310
1.000
2.220.00
Plots Supply - Low Season
See TOU Timetable
1.520
1.310
1.000
3 060.00
Special Supply - High Season
See TOU Timetable
2.520
1.700
1.290
11 940.00
Special Supply - High Season
See TOU Timetable
2.520
1.700
1.290
14 740.00
Special Supply - Low Season
See TOU Timetable
1.520
1.310
1.000
10 420.00
Special Supply - Low Season
See TOU Timetable
1.520
1.310
1.000
14 740.00
Network Access Charge
132.00
Network Access Charge
Demand Charge
137.00
Demand Charge
132.00 137.00
ECB Levy
0.015
0.015
0.015
ECB Levy
0.015
0.015
0.015
NEF Levy
0.0102
0.0102
0.0102
NEF Levy
0.0102
0.0102
0.0102
EX - ERONGO REGIONAL COUNCIL Domestic (Single Phase)
With Basic
EX - ERONGO REGIONAL COUNCIL
First 250 kWh N$/kWh
250 kWh 750kWh N$/kWh
Over 750 kWh N$/kWh
Basic N$/ Amp/Month
1.560
1.680
2.060
8.00
ECB Levy
0.015
0.015
0.015
NEF Levy
0.0102
0.0102
0.0102
First 250 kWh N$/kWh
250 kWh 750kWh N$/kWh
Over 750 kWh N$/kWh
Up to 30 Amp
1.200
1.350
1.600
More than 30 Amp
1.740
2.060
2.360
Domestic Pre-Paid (Single Phase)
ECB Levy
0.015
0.015
0.015
NEF Levy
0.0102
0.0102
0.0102
First 250 kWh N$/kWh
250 kWh 750kWh N$/kWh
Over 750 kWh N$/kWh
Up to 40 Amp
1.200
1.350
1.600
ECB Levy
0.015
0.015
0.015
NEF Levy
0.0102
0.0102
0.0102
First 250 kWh N$/kWh
250 kWh 750kWh N$/kWh
Over 750 kWh N$/kWh
Up to 40 Amp
1.200
1.350
1.600
ECB Levy
0.015
0.015
0.015
Pensioners Single Phase (Registered pensioners only)
Pensioners Pre-Paid Single Phase (Registered pensioners only)
NEF Levy
0.0102
Business Pre-Paid (Single Phase) Up o 30 Amps
2.120 2.440
0.015
NEF Levy
0.0102
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power to the people
Basic N$/ Amp/Month
All Breaker Ratings
1.900
9.60
ECB Levy
0.015 0.0102
Business (Three Phase)
Peak Time N$/ kWh
Standard Time N$/ kWh
Off-Peak Time N$/kWh
Basic N$/ Amp/Month
High Season
See TOU Timetable
2.450
1.630
1.220
25.20
Low Season
See TOU Timetable
1.450
1.240
0.930
25.20
0.015
0.015
0.015
ECB Levy NEF Levy Business (Bulk Connections)
0.0102
0.0102
0.0102
Peak Time N$/ kWh
Standard Time N$/ kWh
Off-Peak Time N$/kWh
Network & Service Fee N$/Month
High Season
See TOU Timetable
2.450
1.630
1.220
1 520.00
Low Season
See TOU Timetable
1.450
1.240
0.930
1 520.00
Network Access Charge
119.00
ECB Levy
0.015
0.015
0.015
NEF Levy
0.0102
0.0102
0.0102
IN-FEED TARIFFS FOR ERONGO REGION Power Infeed
0.0102
Energy N$/kwh
Small Renewable - 1 Phase
Maximum 60 Amps
1.080
Samll Renwalbe - 3 Phase
Maximum 3 x 80 Amps
1.080
Large
Above 3 x 80 Amps
1.080
NOTE
red
power to the people
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
N$/kVA/ Month
114.00
Demand Charge
-
ECB Levy
Energy N$/ kWh
NEF Levy
Energy N$/ kWh
More than 30 Amps Three Phase
0.0102
Business (Single Phase)
Conversion to pre-payment available free of charge for up to 30 Amp pre-payment connection only. Registered pensioners are exempt from paying the basic charges. Usage steps apply per billing cycle and do not accrue. Usage steps apply per calendar month and do not accrue. Only registered pensioners up to 40 Amp circuit breaker size qualify to the subsidised rates. Demand charged on current Demand peak. The charge will be applied to demands measured in Peak, Standard and off Peak periods.
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Thursday, 10 July 2014
Save a Sh@t-Load by Getting
Sewage Water Connection
Tanya Calitz Following the announcement that the water tariff will increase by 10% for the financial year 2014/2015, and the constant plea to conserve and use water sparingly, having a semi-purified
water line connected to your property or home for your garden might just be the answer. The Walvis Bay Municipality offers this service to residents in some areas of the town. According to Municipal Public Relations Officer
Kevin Adams this service offers consumers the opportunity to save some money while more importantly making a conscious decision to use water sparingly. Currently there are 245 erven / residents making use of this service, which
is segmented as: 153 for domestic garden use, 82 businesses, and 10 municipal connections. “Saving on fresh water from the Kuiseb aquifers, which despite good recent recharges may still become a limited resource in future, is always a plus point,” says Adams. Other advantages presented by using the semipurified water are nice green town and parks, low-cost green school fields and containing our wetlands area. The municipality however cautioned that despite this being a great money and water saving initiative, residents have to use the water with caution, and remember that it is not save or healthy for human and animal consumption.
It should only be used as an alternative to watering one’s garden or as source of water for cleaning premises, equipment, or vehicles. “Unfortunately, the high salinity makes it unsuitable for smaller plants and flowers, but trees, large shrubs and especially lawns thrive on the nutrient-rich product,” says Adams. The municipality would like to encourage the community to
get an application form from the Department of Water, Waste & Environmental Management, which will advise if supply is available at, or close to, the property concerned. To get tapped into the system will cost the consumer about N$2250, made up of an installation fee of N$1150, VAT N$172.50, a deposit of N$700, and the connection fee of N$195.
The 2014/15 rate is N$5.30/ kl for private use compared to a starting rate of N$9.90/ kl for potable water going as high as N$27.50/kl for consumption exceeding 30kl/month. Therefore, it does constitute a huge saving. Unfortunately the network does not cover all areas / erven and it will not be cost-effective to embark upon a retrofitting / installation programme.
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“Like every year, we wanted to spend our December Holidays at Longbeach with our family and were shocked when our camping site booking was denied. When I asked why, we were told that the camping sites are to be annulled and used as a parking bay for the new Ocean Keys building.” Fortunately, the above resident was called back and given a camping site, once they were informed that the Longbeach camping area would still be operational at the end of this year. Nevertheless, what progress is being made to the new camping site? What can holiday goers expect once the new camping site is completed? The Namib Independent decided to find out. The new camping site
is located right next to Dolphin Park. “We want to make Dolphin Park the centre of all recreational activities,” Kevin Adams from the Walvis Bay Municipality said. For this purpose, Adams stated that there will be 64 stands a Dolphin Park for campers, a little more than half the number currently at Langstrand. According to Adams, the new camping sites will boast individual ablution facilities, a play park as well as more communal facilities. “These will be added as the budget allows in the next few years to come,” Adams said. Will these upgrades increase the tariffs for campers? “It is still too early for tariffs, they first need to be approved by the council and then it has to be gazetted,” Adams answered. At the moment, the new
camping site is still under construction and not fully operational. “We hope that it will be up and running towards the end of the current financial year,” Adams commented. He also added that the old site will be operational until the new one is completed. As for the parking area rumour, Adams replied that there is no truth to it. “The Department of Community and Economic Development is in the process of drawing up a master plan for the old campsite area. This will indicate what kind of development will be undertaken in the future,” Adams said. The area to be rezoned also included the privately owned mobile units. According to Adams, they have received notices to vacate the area before October 2014.
12 | Worldwide News
Thursday, 10 July 2014
W o r l dwid e Nearby Exoplanet Chinese Hospital Offers Hands-free Is Best Candidate Sperm Extraction Device for Supporting Life Finding new exoplanets is always awesome, but discovering exoplanets within a star’s habitable zone is exponentially more exciting. A team led by Robert Wittenmyer of the University of New South Wales has announced the discovery of the Super-Earth C, which could very well turn out to be the best candidate for extraterrestrial life discovered to date. It is also fairly close, cosmologically speaking, which adds to the intrigue. The team’s paper has been accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal, but has been made available online in an open access format on arXiv. org. Gliese 832 is a red dwarf star that is located 16.1 lightyears away in the constellation Grus. Astronomers discovered a Jupiter analogue orbiting the star back in 2009, but its orbit takes nine years to complete; far beyond the star’s habitable zone. Gliese 832 c looks much more promising. Though only two planets in the system are known, it appears to be organised quite similarly to our own solar system. The planet is about 5.4 times more massive than Earth and has an Earth Similarity Index
(ESI) of 0.81, which compares an exoplanet’s radius, escape velocity, surface temperature, and density to Earth. Other exoplanets with similar ESI values include Gliese 667 Cc (ESI 0.84, 22 light-years away) and Kepler-62e (ESI 0.83, 1,200 light-years away). ESI does not account for the planet’s potential habitability, which makes Gliese 832 c a little more of a priority for further analysis. Gliese 832 c has an orbital period of only 36 days. While this does seem fairly short by our standards, the host star is much smaller and cooler than our Sun. This results in Gliese 832 c getting the same amount of solar energy as Earth. One aspect of Gliese 832 c that could make or break its likelihood of supporting life is its atmosphere. Researchers are not certain about the atmosphere’s composition or density. A dense atmosphere would make the planet much too hot for life, and Gliese 832 c would be more like a Super-Venus than SuperEarth. If the atmosphere is not quite as dense, it could have weather patterns somewhat similar to Earth, albeit with greater seasonal variations. Source: http://www.iflscience. com
Photo credit: Artistic representation of the potentially habitable Super-Earth Gliese 832 c against a stellar nebula background. Credit: PHL @ UPR Arecibo, NASA Hubble, Stellarium
The Zhengzhou Central Hospital in Nanjing, China, announced a new and rather unique therapeutic device that is designed to treat infertility in patients. The hands-free "sperm extractor" is a stand up device with a height-adjustable "massage pipe" that moves inward and outward from the main body of the sperm extractor. According to the manufacturer, the speed, amplitude and frequency can be adjusted by the user, which aims to provide a "warm" and "comfortable" feeling for users who find difficult to retrieve their sperm the traditional, manual way. That’s right, the modern world has produced an adjustable contraption that can, with a massage pipe, extract sperm. There's even a display screen and sound system, according to the Huffington Post, upon which users may watch videos, to let’s say… "help the man focus on his job without distraction." The as yet untitled machine is meant for patients who, for some reason, have trouble ejaculating in more, shall we say, traditional ways. The description of a sperm extractor may be a bit misleading, since the extraction is done not for the purpose of sperm donation, but to collect a patient's sperm during an infertility treatment. Zhu Guoxin, director of the urology department at the hospital also noted that previous methods that involved the use of condoms may have negatively impacted the test results to the use of lubricants and other chemicals on them. The sperm extractor is on sale for about US$2,800. It really is a weird wide world. http://www.tomshardware.com/ news/research-china-spermextractor,17922.html
Cat Breaks Into Home, Poops, Smashes Antiques
and Attacks Couple
An elderly couple have been viciously attacked by a rogue cat that staked out in their home and caused chaos over two days. Bruce and Eileen Gough, both in their 70s, cowered in fear of the moggy, which broke into their house in Chartham, Kent. The crazy feline
smashed antiques, defecated over the bedroom floor and bit Mr Gough so badly he needed a tetanus shot. The retired aerospace engineer told Kent Online: I suddenly saw the cat standing in the doorway. It must have got in through a bedroom window. When I got up, it dashed off into a spare bedroom and I found it hiding under the bed. I tried to coax it out but it wouldn’t budge, so I got a broom to ease it out. But when I went to pick it up, it just flew at me and sank its teeth and claws into my forearm.
It wreaked havoc for 48 hours until the couple called on their neighbour for help. Keen motorcyclist Andrew Fox donned his full leathers and helmet and managed to wrap a blanket around the cat before releasing it outside. Source: http://metro.co.uk/
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Lifestyle | 13
Thursday, 10 July 2014
LIFESTYLE
Women Who Have
Babies after 33
Live Longer, Study Says
According to research by Thomas Perls, director of the New England Centenarian Study (NECS), women who are able to have children after the age of 33 have a greater chance of living longer than women who had their last child before the age of 30. And it wasn’t a small difference; women who had their last child after the age of 33 doubled their chances of living to age 95 or older compared with women whose last child was born before their 30th birthday. The
study, scheduled for print publication in Menopause: The Journal of the North American Menopause Society in January 2015, also provided evidence that the genetic variations that go into making a woman fertile longer may also increase her chances of having an unusually long life span, researchers say. “The natural ability to have a child at an older age likely indicates that a woman’s reproductive system is aging slowly, and therefore so is the rest of her body,” said Perls. Unlike some aging and
other universities that studies a cohort of 551 families in which many members live exceptionally long lives. From this group, researchers used a pool of 462 women for whom they knew the age at last birth and age at death. But let’s take a look at a couple of caveats, here. First, the women included in this study were already from families with a propensity to be unusually long-lived. I would like to see the researchers tease out this distinction, and make a case for how we would know the conclusions can be generalised to apply
fertility research, which focuses on a woman’s age at first birth, this study looked at when women had their last child. Explained Perls, a Professor at Boston University School of Medicine: “The age at last childbirth can be a rate of aging indicator.” This isn’t the first research out of the NECS highlighting the connection between a woman’s age when she last gives birth and increased longevity; a previous study found that women who gave birth to a child at or after 40 had four times the chance of
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living to 100 than women who were younger when they had their last child. Perls stressed that his research does not mean that if you wait longer to have children, you’ll live longer. And longevity should not be used as a reason to postpone having children. For one thing, a woman’s fertility peaks in her 20s and declines precipitously after the age of 30. According to current research statistics, your chance of having a baby (without drugs or IVF) within a year is 75 percent at age 30, 66 percent at 35, and just 44 percent at 40. If you give yourself four years of trying, your odds increase to 91 percent at age 30, 84 percent at 35, and 64 percent at 40. Perls’ Boston University research team analysed data from the Long Life Family Study (LLFS), a co-effort by BU and three
to all women. Then there’s the issue of association rather than causation. Sociological data show that women who have children at a later age tend to be better off and better educated, factors that are associated with making healthier lifestyle choices as well. According to Perls, the study results also suggest that the link between extended fertility and longevity may be driving the evolution of genetic variants that slow down aging and prolong life. How? “If a woman has those variants, she is able to reproduce and bear children for a longer period of time, increasing her chances of passing down those genes to the next generation,” said Perls. He noted that women make up 85 percent of people who live to age 100, while just 15 percent of centenarians are men. Source: http://www.forbes. com
14 | It Happened to Me!
Thursday, 10 July 2014
It Happened to ME!
Breaking the Vicious Cycle
of Abuse – Walvis Bay
Mother Shares Her Story Tanya Calitz “The day my daughter was born, something within my father changed. He never raised his hand to me or my mother ever again. He became a lamb. The beast inside him had subsided,” Alette Botha, local Walvis Bay mother, shares her story with the Namib Independent. “Growing up, I do not remember a day of seeing my mother without bruises. She, as well as myself, suffered physical and verbal abuse from my father on a daily basis. He was a very angry man, who believed the only way to discipline was by using aggression, beating and violence. For years my mother accepted his wrath silently, never fighting back. In fact, they are still together today, something I am not sure I understand
completely. My father, in return, also grew up in a violent household like that, seeing his mother being beaten regularly and also suffering abuse under his father’s hand. I guess in his defence, he didn’t know any better. So it might not come as a surprise that I myself walked the same path, ending up in an abusive marriage. Somehow, for some time it seemed like the norm, but luckily, I soon realised that I cannot let my little girl grow up in this environment,” Alette says. “I suppose my abuse runs much deeper than just the violence in my house as a child, because from the tender age of ten, I was repeatedly raped by a family member. I stayed with some other family members for a whileat that time, which gave this monster access to me. He
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would come home drunk and tell me that we are going to play a game, but I cannot tell anyone about this. He would completely undress me, tell me to relax and then have sexual intercourse with me. “This in itself destroyed my self-worth at a very young age. I confided in a teacher at school who called in my parents. She explained to them what had happened and what I told her about being raped. Instead of protecting me, my parents told me off for telling such lies. That was when I knew I was alone in this world. “The years passed and I eventually fell pregnant at the young age of 17. The reason for this was the fact that I had no selfrespect and any self-worth due to years of abuse and abandonment. Shortly after the 21-year-old father found out that I was pregnant, he ran for the hills. Strangely enough my parents reacted rather calmly about it and raised my child for the first few years. That was when my dad became a
completely different man. Unfortunately, I was still the same broken child from before. I fell pregnant again. I went from bad relationship to the next, until I eventually got married to Jaco. “My second daughter was two years old by the time I got married to Jaco. Not long after we said our ‘I do’s’ he started the abuse. It went from monthly to weekly to every second day. He would use different methods of abuse to really get me. He was very jealous. I was not allowed to work, or even go to town on my own. If I wanted to go to town, run errands or pay bills I had to phone him to come with me. He accused me of affairs all the time. At times it was so bad that he would shoot at me and I had to run for my life. “My poor daughter was exposed to all this madness and abuse. She used to run to the neighbours house as a two- and three-year old for help. One day the abuse got so bad that he broke all my fingers on the one hand.
I only went to hospital three days later, when I could no longer bare the pain and a friend convinced me to have it looked at. “All this proved to be very damaging for my daughter. I knew I had to get out. His drinking also became worst. At this stage he would have finished a bottle of brandy before the sun set. The final straw came when my half sister’s father, Ben came to visit us. I was very fond of him. He was like a second dad to me. We were all at home when Jaco started pushing me around. I knew this was the start of a serious beating. Ben intervened and warned Jaco to not abuse me. The two of them got in an argument and Jaco lost his temper and beat Ben up so badly, he ended up in hospital. A few days later he was released, but not long after being released he was admitted again and died due to bleeding on the brain. “Out of fear I covered up for Jaco, but knew that I had to get out, because I would be next.
“Two months after Ben had died I finally got the courage and support together to leave. I filed for a divorce and left town, until things settled a bit. Today I live with a lot of guilt about Ben. Emily is receiving therapy at the moment as well. She wets the bed, gets nightmares and regularly wants confirmation from me that we will not be going back to Jaco. Whenever I speak of him it upsets her. She did a lot of black drawing, which according to her psychologist is an indication of all the fear, bitterness and negative memories inside her. Slowly, but surely we are building our lives again. Session by session Emily is healing and I hope by making this move and getting out I have broken the sick cycle of abuse. I hope by building a peaceful life for Emily now, she will not repeat the life cycle of abuse. There is a lot of healing ahead for both of us.” Note that all names have been changed due to confidentiality.
Motoring | 15
Thursday, 10 July 2014
MOTORING General Motors Recall: Families
Offered N$10 Million General Motors said on 30 June 2014 it would pay the equivalent of N$10 million in compensation to the families of victims killed in crashes caused by defective ignition switches in its cars. GM has publicly acknowledged 13 deaths linked to the ignition switch defect but federal safety officials suggest the toll could be higher. The top US automaker is under investigation for failing to recall the problem cars for more than a decade, even
after some in the company were aware of the defect. GM began recalling 2.6 million older model cars in February 2014. Kenneth Feinberg, the lawyer GM appointed to head the compensation fund, announced on 30 June 2014 that claims will be taken from 1 August to 31 December 2014. Feinberg said: "There is no ceiling on the aggregate dollars." For each eligible death claim, in addition to the equivalent of N$10 million for the victim, an equivalent of N$3 million
will be awarded for the surviving spouse and another N$3 million for each of the victim's surviving dependents. Financial and medical treatment compensation will also be offered for those with eligible physical injury claims from an accident. People who were killed or injured prior to GM's government-backed bankruptcy re-organisation can file claims with the "new" GM. Feinberg said: "For accidents, the GM
bankruptcy is no bar to filing a claim on this program." GM is reportedly facing a federal criminal probe and is under congressional investigation for not having recalled the cars years ago. The automaker says it is aware of 13 deaths and 54 crashes in which air bags did not deploy, possibly due to the ignition problem. The US auto safety regulator, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said it thinks the death toll could be higher. Independent Centre for Auto
Safety says it has counted more than 300 deaths linked to air bag non-deployment in the GM cars covered by the ignition recall, though it has not linked that problem to ignition shutdowns. Since the first recall in February 2014, GM has scoured its safety files and initiated recalls of more than 20 million cars, in an effort to ward off fresh scandals and begin rebuilding the company's battered reputation. Source: http://www. wheels24.co.za/
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