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Fire at Rössing’s FPR Plant Marshallino Beukes
A fire erupted at Rössing Uranium Mine’s Final Product Recovery (FPR) plant yesterday. The fire started around 13:00 and as a precautionary step, the fire brigades of Swakopmund and Arandis were alerted, to render support to the mine’s emergency response services, if it would Page 2 prove necessary.
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The mine issued a short and to-the-point press release late yesterday afternoon and confirmed the incident. This statement notes that the emergency teams responded rapidly to bring Page 3 the situation under control. According to the mePhosphate dia statement, the affected employees were evacuated and the fire was extinguished. There were no injuries to employees, it was noted. The origin and cause of the
fire and possible damage to equipment or the FPR building is currently being assessed. Mining operations in areas are not affected by the incident and continue as normal, says Rössing. Unofficial sources informed the newspaper that the affected workers will be submitted to tests, due to possible radiation exposure. The Final Product Recovery Plant is where uranium oxide is stored for export.
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Verskeie onderwysers teen die kus het blykbaar nog nie hul salarisse vir Januarie ontvang nie en gevoelens begin nou hoog loop, omdat geen daadwerklike optrede skynbaar deur die Finansies-afdeling van die Ministerie van Opvoeding (Erongo) geneem word nie.
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Last week namib times was contacted by a reader and informed about a strange phone call he had received - apparently from the NHE office, informing him about his application which he had handed in almost a year ago. “My phone was ringing but I could not answer at Page 36 that stage, because I was in a meeting. I sent the Happy Valen- caller a message from my cell phone to inform him tine's Day of my whereabouts,” he said. As per the picture, they started communicating via sms. Afterwards, our source phoned him back immediately. He had
been waiting for such a call since May last year, when he applied for a house loan at the National Housing Enterprise (NHE). “I phoned him and the person answered the phone. He said that he was from NHE. The guy confirmed every detail I have given on my application form, from my name, date of
birth, salary, identity number, everything.” After speaking for a while the caller who allegedly was from the NHE, said “I can speed up the process to get your application approved, but there are other people also involved that must help in this procedure, so, is it possible for Continues on page 2
Ontstoke onderwysers van Walvisbaai en Swakopmund het aan die koerant genoem dat hulle deur die betrokke departement van bakboord na stuurboord verwys word, maar geen defnitiewe antwoorde word verskaf nie. Die onderwysers se grootste kopseer is dat hulle nie hul rekeninge kan betaal nie, debietorders vir hul voertuie, polisse ensovoorts raak
agter, en bowenal moet hulle en hul gesinne nog leef ook. “Wat vir my baie erg is, is die vernedering waaraan ons onderwerp word wanneer ons aan skuldeisers moet noem dat ons nog nie ons salarisse ontvang het nie,” het een van die onderwysers aan die koerant genoem. “Daar word van ons verwag om aan die einde van die dag goeie resultate te lewer en opvoedkun-
diges vir die leiers van môre te wees, maar hoe kan ons dit doen op ‘n leë maag en met hoofbrekens oor skuldeisers wat ons teister?” het nog een uitgevaar. Die koerant het die Direkteur van Onderwys in die Erongo-streek, mnr J Awaseb, telefonies gekontak en volgens hom was dit nuus vir hom. Hy sê hy was nie bewus van die scenario nie. Hy het genoem dat Vervolg op bladsy 2