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namib times SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6525 TUESDAY 2 FEBRUARY 2016 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
Namibians to have a say over possible time change Floris Steenkamp An official letter is circulating in the public domain since midJanuary this year of the Ministry of Immigration and Border Control, as the custodians of the Time Act (Act 3 of 1994)”, requesting for inputs from the public to determine whether there is rationale to do away with what Namibians know for the past 22 years as winter time. Namibians have till month end to put their views in writing as to whether the current time format of summerand winter time should remain, and whether Namibia would return to summer time only. On the first Sunday of A p r i l e a c h y e a r, Namibian time is adjusted to 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT) which effectively places the country then one hour ahead of South African time. Although Namibians have become used to two time zones each year, one for the summer and one for
winter, it led to countless frustrations and hardships, specifically during winter times which see the sun set and almost total darkness shortly after 17:00 each day. It is especially people commuting by taxi or walk to and from work each day who become vulnerable for movement after dark. For cross-border business with South Africa
Verbasing to hengelaars vurktong op strand vind
Ten spyte daarvan dat die Namibiese Polisie op Walvisbaai ‘n verdagte onder oë het, het verskeie weke nou verstryk waarin daar geen vordering gemaak kon word met ondersoek na vyf inbrake by bejaardes se woonstelle by die Huis Palms tehuis vir bejaardes op die hawedorp nie. Een van die slagoffers van die inbraak was wyle mnr Hans de Jager, wat na bewering rot en kaal besteel is terwyl hy aan die begin van Januarie vanjaar op sterwe in ‘n Windhoekse hospitaal gelê het. Hy is ‘n dag na die inbraak oorlede. Van die gesteelde items sluit in kameras, ‘n selfoon, ‘n skootrekenaar en elektriese kombuisware.
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Erongo mall back in race
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the time change during winter also becomes often frustrating as Namibian businesses and South African businesses then don’t share the same opening time, lunch hours and closing times. There remains a discrepancy of one hour. With regard to the official letter, signed by the Permanent Secretary Mr Patrick Nandago, Continues on page 2
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Murders rock Erongo
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BON Hotel Opening Madelaine Laubscher Hengelaars was verbaas om verlede week dié Namibiese sandslang op die strand naby Hentiesbaai te vind. Die slang was redelik naby aan die see, maar die slangkenner Simon McGowan het gister by navraag gesê ofskoon die sandslang normaalweg jag maak op klein knaagdiere en akkedisse in die woestyn, dit om verskeie redes nader aan die see sal beweeg en op sandstrande en selfs in die seewater aangetref word. Maar wag, voor dit klink na die stertjie van nog 'n hengelstorie McGowan het verduidelik dat die slang dit wel in die seewater sal waag in tye wanneer dit vervel. Die nat word en seewater help die slang glo om makliker te vervel, het hy verduidelik. Die sandslang kom algemeen aan die Namibiese kus en in die woestynstreek voor, insluitende op strandgebiede. Die slangsoort is onskadelik, en die publiek word versoek indien hulle sandslange aantref om dit ongehinderd te laat.
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Victory for Namibian Cricket
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