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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6319 TUESDAY 14 JANUARY 2014 Tel: 064 - 205854 / 064 - 461866 / Fax: 064 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
Saltpan road claims 2 lives
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Madelaine Laubscher
A fatal accident claimed the lives of two persons on Sunday morning at around 5:00 in the vicinity of the Walvis Bay Salt works. The driver, Mr Jean Pierre Du Plessis (24), has been charged with reckless and negligent driving and culpable homicide. According to a member of the Walvis Bay Reserve Force, who was at the scene of the accident, a combination of alleged speeding and drunk driving contributed to the accident. Two fatalities were reported while three other passengers sustained critical to minor injuries. All the injured were stabilised at the scene and transported to the Welwitschia Hospital by the St Gabriel Community Ambulance Service. According to witnesses the vehicle overturned and flipped seven times before coming to a standstill. Mr Jaco Snyders from the Walvis Bay Reserve Force confirmed to the newspaper that “the incident occurred at around 5:00 on Sunday morning. The driver of a Volkswagen Polo Vivo, who was apparently under the influence of alcohol, was asked to slow down by the driver of another
vehicle, one of his friends, who reportedly followed the Polo Vivo. The driver of the Polo replied that he was just going to have another drink and then drive again. After he started driving again, he lost con-trol of the vehicle which left the road and over-turned. “We are of the opinion that the cause of the accident was speeding, however the police will have to determine and con-firm what the cause was” said Snyders. Two pas-sengers (both male) died at the scene. Another male pas-senger was transferred to Windhoek due to the nature of his injuries. He had to be put into a coma (induced) in order for the swelling of his face to subside
Jade McClune
A group of Walvis Bay-based developers is preparing to develop a fuel service station at Langstrand. situated immediately next to the B2 road at the first turn-off to Langstrand (when travelling from Swakopmund). The property has been lying dormant since it was initially put on tender by the Walvis Bay Municipality about five years ago. A number of proposals for the development of the area were sub-
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Fuel station planned at Langstrand A public meeting is planned at the Long Beach Circle on 23 January, where local residents and affected parties will be able to discuss the proposal with the developers and to raise questions or objections. The land in question, Erf 162, measuring some 11 000 square metres, is
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mitted at the time, but it is understood the property was only recently transferred to Tidle Wave Investments Ninety (Pty) Ltd, who proposed to develop a fuel station at the site. Tidle Wave Investments is backed, inter alia, by Mr Nardo Sardinha, Dr Dean Kock and Mr Koot Potgieter. Continues on page 2
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New Sewerage Plant presents complications
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Marshallino Beukes
It came to light that the new Sewerage Treatment Plant in Swakopmund, valued at approximately N$160 million, is experiencing complications. A series of questions in this regard were forwarded to the town's municipality and it was confirmed that “several minor complications and some unexpected process complications, such as foam forming on the fluid and blocking sand filters”, are being experienced. According to the Municipality of Swakopmund the problems can be resolved, as they have a team of experts at the new plant, working 24 hours around the clock, monitoring the process and technicalities. Thus,
repairs and amendments are recorded, reported and done immediately. Both the old and new plants are currently in use as a precautionary backup for the new one, because the new plant has not been proven operational and also to save on electricity, the municipality states. They further noted that starting up with the second stage of the new plant will result in doubling the electrical cost, while only handling about 5% of the flow. Continues on page 2
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