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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6652 FRIDAY 12 MAY 2017 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
Two days of water outage Piquet Jacobs The Walvis Bay Municipality Public Relations & Customer Service Division announced in a media statement yesterday that a water outage will take place on Tuesday, 16 May & Wednesday, 17 May. The affected suburbs include Meersig, Fairways, Lagoon and Central Town. Ironically, the outage is due to the construction of a reservoir which will in turn avoid water Piquet Jacobs outages in the future.
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The media statement reads as follows: “The Municipality is in the process of constructing a 20 Ml portable water reservoir at Mile 7. The aim of the new reservoir is to increase the water availability to Walvis Bay in times of a crisis, for example when infrastructure is damaged due to flooding of the Kuiseb River. The contractor appointed for the project has to construct a new manhole on the 500 mm AC pipe to install a temporary bypass pipe that will eventually facilitate the connection of the new reservoir to the existing network. Therefore, water supply to Walvis Bay via the 500 mm pipe will be disconnected as from Tuesday, 16 May 2017 until latest Wednesday, 17 May 2017. Due to this, residents in the suburbs of Meersig, Fairways, Lagoon and Central Town will be Continues on Page 2
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MotoMunicipality calls for calm ring Piquet Jacobs Inside Land grab
The ongoing housing shortage in Walvis Bay took centre stage recently when shack dwellers attempted to illegally occupy public land in Kuisebmond, which led to a clash with police earlier this week. The municipality urged for these dwellers to remain calm, as they focus on solving the low income housing crisis.
For the past few weeks Swakopmund residents can only guess about the remnants of an old railway line on the beach at the Swakop river mouth, in the vicinity of the old concrete pillars. The tracks, as well as some wooden sleepers, surface during low tide and is a source of big curiosity, especially among railway enthusiasts and those interested in the town's rich history. Read full report on Page 3
The municipality in a media statement explains: “Over the last couple of years the illegal occupation of vacant public land by a number of shack dwellers has become more apparent as people are drawn to major urban areas in
search of jobs. In this regard, Walvis Bay has attracted many such people due to its growing economy in terms of increased industrialisation, logistics opportunities, tourism and a promising SME sector, among others. These are in addition to the fishing industry,
which has always attracted large numbers of job seekers. As the demand for housing has increased, and people struggle to find adequate shelter, the number of backyard shack dwellers has also increased exponentially. Due to the exploitative nature Continues on Page 2
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