10 sept namib times e-edition

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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6930 FRIDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2021 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net

Crosswind possible Man due in court cause of plane crash today for hammerdeath of his girlfriend

A sudden crosswind is the most likely cause of a plane crash involving a trainee pilot and a training aircraft of Swakopmund Flying School on Saturday. The Piper Cherokee (V5-KAI) came down at around noon on Saturday next to the runway on the Roidina Nature Reserve some 20km north of Omaruru. According to the civil aviation authority the pilot was on a navigation flight and had to perform a “touch and go” maneuver at Roidina before flying to the Uis airstrip where he had to perform the same before flying back to Swakopmund. At Roidina the pilot touched down and immediately accelerated to take off again. At a height of around ten feet the plane was caught in a crosswind and the pilot lost directional control of his craft. The plane crashed into trees and shrubs next to the runway. The pilot sustained head injuries, as well as other injuries and was taken by car to the Omaruru state hospital. From there he was rushed by ambulance to Swakopmund and admitted to the Cottage MediClinic. Note: the Aircraft Accident Unit of the Depart of Civil Aviation in the Ministry of Works and Transport investigates the accident and will publish its findings in an accident report in the foreseeable future.

A 29-year old man is expected to make a first appearance in the Walvis Bay magistrate’s court today for the gruesome murder of his girlfriend at their common home in Kuisebmond’s Coris Street on Wednesday. The accused is believed to have beaten his girlfriend, age 26, to death with a hammer, and thereafter reported the matter to the Police and handed himself over. The deceased, who was a factory worker at Hangana Seafood Processors, reportedly arrived at home from night shift work at around 05:00 on Wednesday. Her boyfriend was waiting for her, and started arguing with her accusing her of an affair with another man. He allegedly also pushed her out of the house, but she refused to leave. The accused then reportedly turned violent, hitting her with clenched fists and then delivered her a death blow with a hammer.

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President Geingob on Ryan Gordon LPM’s new Councillor...... visit to Walvis Bay

President Hage Geingob is on a brief visit to Walvis Bay since yesterday, among others to officially hand over completed low cost houses to their new owners in Kuisebmond today.

Mr Ryan Gordon, a well-known community activist, has been elected to replace the late Cllr. Stanley Bikeur as Councillor for the Landless People Movement (LPM) on the Walvis Bay Town Council. Gordon will be sworn in later this month. Councillor Bikeur recently died of Covid19 complications and according to law the LPM had ninety days to select a new Councillor.

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