13 aug namib times e-edition

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namib times SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6876 TUESDAY 13 AUGUST 2019 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net

Records video of child’s assault and sent it on to father...

Kramersdorf and Riverside residents say camels are becoming a menace........

inside Wood harvesting continues..

Eileen van der Schyff A 28-year-old woman of Henties Bay recorded herself assaulting her eighteen months old son and suffocating him, only to send the recording to the child's father in retaliation for him [the father] ending their love relationship earlier. This shocking incident of child abuse occurred at Henties Bay on 6 August and the woman, identified as Lydia Raquel Naobes, made a first appearance in the Swakopmund magistrate's court yesterday over the Continues on page 2

Cape Cross stone Back on home soil The 15th century Cape Cross is back on Namibian soil after an absence of very close to 125 years. The Cross, planted at Cape Cross by the Portuguese explorer Diego Cao in 1486, was removed by the German colonial Government on orders of the German Emperor, William II, on 25 January 1895 and sent to the German Museum of Technology and later to the German Historical Museum in Berlin (as pictured above). South Africa's Representative and advisor to the Portuguese government, Manuel Coelho, on Friday confirmed telephonically from Pretoria the arrival of the Cross on Namibian soil. “The Cape Cross Stone has arrived safely in Namibia from Germany. The Namibian Government will release a press statement in due course”, said Coelho. The German Historical Museum in Berlin, Germany returned the Stone Cross of Cape Cross, a key cultural artefact, to Namibia. The cross was placed on Namibia's coast by Portuguese explorers and is a symbol of Namibia's colonial past. William II, emperor of Germany, had a replica built and on 23 January 1895 positioned it 15 meters from the place where the original cross was located before the original cross was shipped off to Germany.

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Death after pesticide spray

Residents of Swakopmund’s Riverside and Kramersdorf suburbs say a local tour operator’s camels are becoming an increasing menace. The animals step on gardens, eat away the local natural greenery, are walking the streets and their urine also leaves a stench. “The camels were nice to have in the beginning, but we understood they are numbering 25 at the moment and not all are used for tourism and are left to roam the area. We don’t want to deny any person the right to run a tourism business, but we need the owner to keep the animals under control”, said one resident to Namib Times.

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The first ones to call at new terminal

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V-Power Rally to Hit Walvis

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