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namib times SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6594 FRIDAY 7 OCTOBER 2016 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net

Veteran politician Hidipo Hamutenya dies at age 77 after short illness Floris Steenkamp Veteran Namibian politician, Hidipo Hamutenya, passed away in a Windhoek medical facility early yesterday morning after falling ill in Namibia's north some weeks ago. He was 77 years old. Hamutenya was a well against Swapo's 75,27 tance of a multi-party known political and % democracy being one public figure in Wal- The RDP's rapid ad- of the founders of the vis Bay, where he vance was followed by RDP and serving as the spearheaded the Wal- an equal rapid plummet Leader of the then vis Bay Export Pro- in the 2014 elections Official Opposition – cessing Zone concept when it failed to make these are just some of i n h i s t e n u r e a s any inroads and lost the the hallmarks of the Minister of Trade and title of Official Oppo- great legacy that has Industry almost two sition to the DTA of been left behind by a decades ago. He was Namibia by attracting brave son of the soil.” honoured in Walvis 3,51 % of the vote Read full media stateBay with a street a g a i n s t S w a p o ' s ment today on namib named after him. 80,01% times facebook profile. Hamutenya at a ceremony where he rejoined Swapo. He is dressed in the colHamutenya was born Hamutenya rejoined ours by Swapo Secretary General Nangolo Mbumba on 17 June 1939 in the Swapo after the 2014 Onhangwena Region election defeat. and was exiled during Ironically, the DTA of the liberation strug- Namibia was the first gle. He received his political party yestertertiary education in day to issue a statement Bulgaria, Canada and after the news broke of the United States. Hamutenya's death. Top ranking Govern- “Hidipo's legacy will Dozens of members of the public are expected to join protest group Anti-Plunder Action ment officials led by reverberate in the on Sunday on a number of small vessels at the Walvis Bay waterfront and yacht club, to Prime Minister Nic- echoes of time and sail to the Russian vessel Ryazanovka to hand over a petition to the vessel’s master. key Iyambo as well as everything that he The vessel is marred in controversy after it emerged in recent weeks the vessel owner launched an Swapo high ranking sacrificed and has done application with the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources for the capture of live dolphins, officials reportedly for this country will seals, penguins and killer whales for aquariums in Asia (Also See report on page 3). visited the Hamutenya never be forgotten. A decision to protest at sea by taking small craft out to the Russian boat at anchorage in the bay area residence in Wind- From the sacrifices he was taken on Wednesday night during a public meeting. It was decided interested parties will meet at h o e k ' s O l y m p i a made during the libe- 10:00 at the Walvis Bay Yacht Club to board boats that was made available by volunteers to hand a yesterday to comfort ration struggle by petition to the vessel’s master. the bereaved family. going into exile in H a m u t e n y a m a d e Zambia and other political upheavals in countries, to persisthe second part of the tently petitioning the new millennium when UN for Namibia's he left the Swapo independence, to being party and founded the one of the members of Rally for Democracy the Constituent Assemand Progress which bly who wrote the ConFloris Steenkamp performed well as a stitution of this counfledgling party in its try, to serving as a The official opposition, DTA of Namibia, this week said the party is determined to see first elections in 2009 Member of Cabinet through a plan for a nationwide march against unemployment, should fishermen fail in by becoming the offi- and Minister in various their attempt in the Labour Court next week to get their jobs back from fishing companies cial opposition with ministries and as a that dismissed them last year during a strike. 11,31 % of the vote believer in the imporContinues on page 2

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