02 july namib times e-edition

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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6920 FRIDAY 2 JULY 2021 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net

Petrol and diesel prices increased by 40c/liter The price of petrol and diesel is set to increase by 40 cents per liter at one minute past midnight on 7 July. the Ministry of Mines and Energy made the announcement on Monday citing various factors to warrant the increases. A higher demand for crude oil globally, coupled with reduced availability of crude oil on international markets was the decisive factor for the increase. Furthermore, oil companies lose 66 cents per liter on retail fuel and 55 cents per liter on diesel (under-recoveries). These shortfalls are subsidised by the National Energy Fund. Increasing fuel prices will narrow these underrecoveries and release the burden on the National Energy Fund. Fuel prices at Walvis Bay as the closest to the point of fuel imports will be N$13,55 per liter for petrol and N$13,58 for diesel.

“Our darkest hour is yet to come” Approximately sixty two people lost their lives to Covid-19 in the Erongo Region since midJune. Over the same period, a total of 2 904 people in Erongo tested positive for the Coronavirus. These grim figures were released on Wednesday Describing it as “the darkest hour of the night by Namibia’s Head of State Dr. Hage Geingob arrives just before daybreak”, the Head of State during a televised address to the nation. called upon every Namibian to do his or her part Dr. Geingob said Namibia finds itself in an to break the Covid-19 onslaught. unprecedented state of disaster with more than That must be interpreted that every Namibian and 20 000 active Covid-19 cases, and a death rate visitor to the country has the responsibility to that surpassed 1 500 people. wear face masks (correctly); regularly sanitise To make matters worse, Namibia also ran out of their hands, avoid crowded places, practise social adequate Covid-19 vaccines, crucial if the nation distancing and make use of opportunities to get is to reach herd immunity against Covid-19. vaccinated. According to the Head of State Namibia the Equally all are called upon to adhere to the health situation will become worse before the country regulations that came into force at one minute to reaches a turning point in the wave of infections midnight on Wednesday and which will stay in and deaths. Estimates are that Namibia could force until the same time on 15 June. reach that crucial turning some time next month.

New Record for port and shipping line A new record was set by Namport and the shipping company, CMA CGM, on Sunday. A record number of 1 513 containers were discharged in the port of Walvis Bay from the container ship CMA CGM Cypress, which incidentally was also on its maiden call to the port of Walvis Bay.

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