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namib times SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6839 TUESDAY 2 APRIL 2019 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
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Honesty the best policy
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On fire on the B2 coastal road
Walvis Bay is host to an unusual visitor - the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) ship, Petrojarl Cidade de Rio Das Ostras. The vessel was pulled alongside at Namdock in the port of Walvis Bay yesterday. An assessment will be carried out on the ship to determine what repairs and maintenance work must be carried out, and whether Walvis Bay has the capacity to carry out the work (more pictures on page 2).
Shock as sweetheart Elna-Marie Abbott’s body is found at railway line
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NCCI Swakop Breakfast with Minister Calle Schlettwein
Floris Steenkamp Residents of Walvis Bay learnt with shock and horror on Friday of the death of Elna-Marie Abbott, a former school learner and resident of the harbour town. Abbott's decapitated body was discovered on a railway line in Windhoek on Friday morning, two days after she disappeared. Abbott attended school in Walvis Bay for a part of her school career and her father, Johnny Abbott, and some other relatives still reside in Walvis Bay. Although the news of her death came as a shock, there were people close to her who admitted Abbott was suffering from depression. On at
least one occasion in the past Abbott reportedly made an attempt to end her own life by drinking an overdose of pills. Despite the negative, Abbott was described over the weekend as a pleasant and friendly person who always placed other people's lives and feelings first, often neglecting her own emotions in these
acts of kindness. She The late Elna-Marie Abbott was an emotional person, soft-hearted and it was important for her of how people perceived her. The Namibian Police is now following up every possible clue. They are under pressure from the Namibian public to determine beyond doubt whether Abbott died as Continues on page 2 A view from Merenksy Towers overlooking the southern suburbs
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Rossmund Golf News The Novanam Monthly Medal
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