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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6660 TUESDAY 13 JUNE 2017 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
Rough seas lure international surfing community to Donkey Bay
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Sme’s get much needed assistance
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Stray bullet hits sleeping woman
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Walvis Bay’s waste landfill to become electricity source Floris Steenkamp The municipality of Walvis Bay is studying the viability of a power plant that can generate electricity from urban waste. Technology advances in recent years have made it possible now to almost utilise to full extent all waste dumped on landfills to be incinerated and generating electricity in the process. The municipal coun- the medium term. the project is Modern order to build a reserve cil in principle appro- The task team also has Construction Tech of baled waste for the ved of the project at a number of external under the leadership of incineration process its most recent ordi- members, two from a certain Mr Alex- for the power plant. nary council meeting Erongo RED and a cender Kureskkin. Once the plant is in and tasked five muni- consultant from an Although the project is operation it would be cipal officials under organisation by the aimed at the medium possible to stay ahead the leadership of the name of African Ex- term [up to five years] with significant voluChief Executive Offi- pert Federation. The it was understood yes- mes to enable the plant cer Mr Muronga company which seeks terday the first phase of to operate with consisHaingura to spear- to tie up with the the project would tency. head the process of municipality of Walvis entail the massing of Energy Generation establishing the plant Bay in a public-private baled waste at the Wa- from Urban Waste at Walvis Bay over partnership (ppp) for lvis Bay dump site in Continues on Page 2
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Swk Mun Swakopmund traffic official HIV/AIDS gets slap on the pulse for and health dismissable behaviour and wellPiquet Jacobs ness Eyebrows are rising over a Swakopmund traffic official who supposedly came off the hook with a mere warning, after she was found guilty in a disciplinary hearing earlier on four counts of assault, one count of bringing the municipality of Swakopmund's name into disrepute, one count of causing damage to private property and poor timekeeping.
The charges stem from an incident on 20 December 2016 and several incidents thereafter during which the said traffic official went into angry rages, accusing another woman of a sexual relationship with her husband. The victim who was accused of the sexual relationship was allegedly repeatedly assaulted, a door was kicked in. The victim Continues on Page 2
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Kudu spanne aan wenkant teen Reho Falcon
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