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Freight Train Derails

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Innovative minds at work

Photo by Liesl Losper

Maria Davel-Wallis and Liesl Losper

A Class 34 acid tank freight train with a consignment of sulphuric acid destined for Rössing Uranium Mine, derailed late yesterday after it departed from Walvis Bay. The train carrying around 11 acid tankers derailed on the route behind the dune belt.

Some of the sulphuric acid from a single tanker that capsized when the locomotives derailed, spilled, but the hazardous fluid was contained swiftly by the TransNamib Acid Re-

sponse Unit, to safeguard the direct environment from contamination.

The sulphuric acid is used for extraction processes at the mine. The Executive spokesperson of TransNa-

mib, Mr Struggle Ihuhua, told namib times later last night that the recovery unit was on site.

According to Mr Ihuhua the two train drivers sustained no injuries. He said

the train had derailed due to sand on the tracks, and bad weather conditions.

He said no rail services leaving from Walvis Bay would be available until further notice, and train

services would only be available from Swakopmund, the nearest train station.

He said they were working around the clock to restore services as soon as possi-

ble.

Investigations were ongoing, and the extent of the damage was unknown when going to press.

where no country or citizen thereof shall feel left out,” he said.

Geingob said despite Namibia’s significant achievement in improving the economy of the country, the income gap between the majority of the people and the few with access to economic resources is increasing.

He said it is for this reason that Namibia has declared all-out war on poverty, and in order to fight this poverty war, the country need to accelerate the rate of economic growth trade and investment.

However, there can be no growth without financing, said the Namibian leader.

Geingob said there is a need to grow the economy at a rate higher than five

per cent by significantly investing in various sectors such as energy, road, rail and telecommunications.

“Without these supporting infrastructures our firms cannot be competitive,” he said.

The president stressed that the country need significant financing in order to develop the critical infrastructure as a step towards taking Namibia to the next level of development.

He noted that Namibia has significant natural resources, however, people do not eat natural resources, adding that people want food and access to basic services, quality health and quality education.

The head of state said the country needs to unlock the wealth in Namibia for the

Struggle kids are violent people

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Jay in Walvis

President Hage Geingob (pictured) has called for new partnership agreements between developed and developing countries, where all parties are considered equal. Geingob said this on Monday in a statement prepared for delivery at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development underway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He called for a partnership based on equality, transparency and mutual trust. the European Union.

Geingob said development financing and the mechanisms that govern it should also change and become relevant to the realities of the time.

He noted that inequality is one of the greatest challenges developing nations are facing at present, and it has the potential to undermine the efforts to promote sustainable development, not only on the domestic front but also in the world in general.

“It is possible that if we pull together as humanity, under the umbrella of the UN, we will be able to arrest the increase of poverty in developing countries and open the doors towards a future of shared prosperity and global prosperity,

Public Service celebrates

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Geingob calls for equal partnerships in development

“Let us relegate to the dustbin of history, those partnerships where people sitting in boardrooms in the developed world dictate terms that are forced upon us such as what transpired during the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations (with the European Union),” he said.

Namibia agreed to sign the EPA in July 2014, and negotiations on the EPA successfully ended last year; the parties are waiting to sign the documents this year.

The EPA is a comprehensive agreement with the whole Southern African Developing Community (SADC) EPA Group, and gives member states the opportunity to have duty and quota-free access to

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benefit of all Namibians.

Geingob will also use the opportunity at the 3rd United Nations (UN) Conference on Financing for Development to call upon the international community to do away with the classification of Namibia as an upper middle-income country.

Geingob says due to the unfair classification of Namibia as an upper middleincome country that narrowly focuses at Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at the cost of its distribution, Namibia is unfairly deprived of much-needed concessional development

finance.

The President is of the opinion that the classification does not take into account the uneven distribution of wealth in Namibia.

“In Namibia, we have abundant natural resources, however, due to lack of development some of these resources remain dead capital,” he said.

The four-day conference will, among others, deliberate, as members of the UN, on how to finance the post Millennium Development Goals agenda.

“There is no doubt that Namibia has made significant Continues on page 2

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Over 400 youth attended the AR meeting held in Kuisebmond on Saturday

“We shall occupy the land” - George Da Silva Hishitelwa, AR Mavourlene Gaes The Affirmative Repositioning (AR) group in Walvis Bay invited the youth in the harbour town to a gathering on Saturday in front of the Kuisebmond stadium. The meeting was called to give feedback to the community about the outcome of the AR legal consultative forum that was held in Windhoek on 4 July, and also to plan action around their threat to occupy municipal land in Walvis Bay, on 31 July.

This second meeting of AR was spearheaded by Affirmative Repositioning Coordinator, George Da Silva Hishitelwa, who explained they would occupy land for residential purposes should no viable solution be reached before the set deadline.

“We are tired of so-called procedures that only work for politicians, their families and their girlfriends.

We’ll occupy the land, we are organising and will occupy until the end of time”.

At the meeting Mr Hishitelwa informed the group that they had been in negotiations with the Walvis Bay Municipality but were left with the impression that they were not being taken seriously.

“We have given them approximately eight to nine months to come negotiate with us and recently one of our people told us that the land applications went to the dustbin”.

He urged the youth to stand together and prepare themselves because, come 31 July, they were “going to occupy land in Kuisebmond, Narraville and in Meersig.”

“Do not be afraid of getting evicted as there is no law to stop us. If an unfortunate incident happens and one of you get apprehended we have a donation of N$100

000 to bail you out. If they want to arrest one of us then they should arrest all of us”, he threatened.

Hishitelwa added that they had no intention of grabbing occupied land but were going after unoccupied municipal land.

Maria Shilongo, a member of AR, told the newspaper that she had applied for NHE housing back in 2004, but up to this moment nothing had happened.

Affirmative Repositioning was initially started by Job Amupanda, Dimbulukweni Nauyoma, and George Kambala in November last year.

They occupied erven in Windhoek’s Kleine Kuppe suburb and the idea of landownership through affirmative repositioning has since spread like wildfire amongst the youth all over the Country.

The deadline for their demands is around the corner.

Against this background and amidst news of chaos over the past weekend, due to attempts by reportedly hundreds of young Namibians in the Goreangab area on the outskirts of Windhoek, who wanted to grab unoccupied public land, thousands of Walvis Bay youth are gearing up to “take possession of municipal land by means of affirmative repositioning”.

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AR Coordinator George Da Silva Hishitelwa addressing the youth at the AR gathering in front of the Kuisebmond Stadium on Saturday

The three students who received the scholarships

Innovative minds at work Leandrea Louw

The Erongo Regional Science Fair of Primary and Secondary schools took place last week Wednesday and Thursday at the Walvis Bay Civic Centre. At this juncture, the National Team that will represent the Erongo Region in Windhoek, at the National Science Fair, was also selected.

Over 100 projects were at display at the Regional Science Fair. In her keynote address, the Mayor of Walvis Bay, Ms Uillika Nambahu said ‘science has an important role in improving society and what we dream about today can change tomorrow. The future depends on the vision of young and inspired people like you.”

The learners from primary schools who were chosen to represent the Erongo Region are Selma Kalimbo, Priscilla Shangolo, Paulus Kashimbode, all from Flamingo Primary School, Nicolai van der Riet from Namib Primary School, Corban Le Fleur from Narraville Primary School, Alzano Cloete and Amar Brandt from Swakopmund Primary School and Vialli Visagie, Ane Nel, Ronan Oliver from Walvis Bay

Primary School.

The learners who will represent the Erongo Region from the Secondary Schools are Bernard Johannes, Selvanus Nepolo, Rebekka Kapopo, all from Kuisebmond Secondary School, Christon Gude, Omar Van Reenen and Gaironeeza Maclobo from Duneside High School, Tanya Knuffel and Chloe Brandt from Namib High School, Chantelle Hockey from Karibib Private School, Nova-Lee Detmold from Swakopmund Private School and Tia Conradie from De Duine Secondary School. The Best Primary School was the Flamingo Primary School and the best secondary school was Kuisebmond Secondary School.

The award of Dux participant was also awarded to Omar Van Reenen.

At this occasion, as a formality, the Mayor handed over the scholarships received from Oswego State University of New York, to three learners who represented Namibia in the States, recently. The three learners were, Chris Gude, Omar Van Reenen and Gaironeeza McClobo.

In her remarks the Mayor had also said, “the primary objective of holding these and other motivational events is to assist in creating a need for learning and facilitate a competitive spirit amongst our learners and through that ensure that our country has the necessary hunger for the provision of science and innovative solutions.

While facilitating this competitive spirit, we are hoping that all our learners keep their eyes on being awarded the best in a given

subject such as Mathematics, Engineering, Science and Communication and through that encourage them to perform at their very best.”

“It is through such initiatives that we as the parents are showing our children the seriousness and the need for the attainments of excellent results.

The century we live in today has a great appetite for people with innovative ideas aimed at solving challenges faced by the health and other sectors in order to improve the quality of life of our people.”

She also actively encouraged parents and guardians to create a suitable environment for children to learn and study at home or to come up with innovative projects.

Judicial Retreat underway in Swakopmund Staff Reporter

Money laundering, crime, drugs, financing of terrorism being addressed

Senior Judges and Magistrates from 13 out of 17 Eastern and Southern African Anti-Money Laundering Group Member States is gathering in Swakopmund, this week, for a Judicial Retreat. The main purpose of the Retreat will be to deliberate on issues pertaining the effective and timely civil and criminal adjudication of matters involving Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Proliferation Financing, inclusive of asset identification, freezing and forfeiture of property obtained with proceeds of crime.

The Retreat will be addressed by an expert Senior Judge, Mr Justice Hopmeier, Senior Circuit Justice at Kingston, England, United Kingdom who is also an expert on Predicate Offences to Money Laundering, Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing and Proliferation matters.

Attending Judiciary will be availed with the opportunity to share experiences and challenges faced in effective and timely adjudication of civil and criminal matters involving Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing and Proliferation Financing and the development of regional best prac-

tice to overcome identified challenges.

A major outcome of the Retreat will be a compilation of an electronic compendium of leading and persuasive case law across the globe.

This compendium will be availed to the Judiciary to assist them in the adjudication of matters involving Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing and Proliferation.

In 2012 an assessment was done by the Anti-Money laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation Council (AMLTC).

Weaknesses and vulnera-

bilities were identified including a lack of capacity and skill to effectively and timely investigate, prosecute, identify, seize and freeze proceeds of crime.

This Retreat is therefore part of the intervention to build capacity and address these weaknesses and vulnerabilities as it is required of the Judiciary to actively, effectively and timely play a vital part in this global fight; Be vigilant in preventing tainted property from being diminished or placed out of reach of Law Enforcement, before justice has taken its course; Strike a fine balance between the interest

and moral fibre of society and the rights of criminals; and Prevent the respective jurisdictions National Financial Systems from being abused for Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing and Proliferation purposes.

The Retreat, being the first of its kind to be held in Sub-Saharan Africa, is generously sponsored by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s Global Anti-Money Laundering Programme, the Namibian Government and the Eastern and Southern African Anti-Money Laundering Group.

Geingob calls for equal partnerships in development Continued from page 1 progress in all spheres of socio-economic development during the past two and a half decades.

We are on track towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals,” he said.

However, Geingob indicated that to take Namibia to the next level of prosperity, as envisioned under Vision 2030 and under the proposed United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the country

need to significantly scale up resource mobilisation.

The President will also visit several sites in Ethiopia in order to understand what mechanisms the Ethiopian Government employed to address housing and urban poverty.

In addition to attending the conference, Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, who also attended Geingob’s inauguration in March, has invited him to visit several

sites during that period.

Geingob plans to make use of the opportunity to familiarise himself with areas of strategic importance for Namibia.

Geingob’s informative visit comes at a time when Government is faced with problems in addressing the shortage of affordable urban land and housing in the country, while the youth’s frustration of not affording land or housing appearing to be close to a boiling

point by just grabbing land.

Ethiopia has made significant progress in housing delivery and rural poverty reduction, and Namibia hopes to learn from the East African country.

In addition to the conference and the special outreach on housing and poverty, Geingob will also be engaging in a number of bilateral side events, aimed at cementing Namibia’s relations with its international partners.

Some confirmed events include meetings with the prime ministers of Sweden and Italy, as well as a meeting with the director general of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA).

The President is also expected to solicit meetings with additional strategic partners that could assist Namibia in financing its developmental objectives at favourable terms.

Geingob is accompanied

by Deputy Prime Minister

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Minister of Finance Calle Schlettwein, Minister in the Presidency responsible for Economic Planning Tom Alweendo, Minister of Urban and Rural Development Sophia Shaningwa and Minister of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare Zephania Kameeta.

The conference ends on Thursday.

NAMPA

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Public Service celebrated in Swakopmund

Marshallino Beukes

The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Erongo Regional Council, have organised an African Public Service Day (APSD) in Swakopmund, last Friday.

Senior officials from all 14 Regions' health fraternity attended the celebration.

In his speech, presented to attendees by Swakopmund Regional Councillor, Juuso Kambueshe, Erongo Governor, Cleophas Mutjavikua, noted that this day provides an opportunity to reward good initiatives and achievements in the public sector. This day also provides a platform where public servants promote values, such as professionalism, accountability, responsiveness, ethics and improved performance in the public service.

The 2015 Africa Public Service Day was celebrated under the theme, “The role

of public service in women empowerment, innovation and accessible service delivery.” Mutjavikua further noted that Namibia's public service does not promote discrimination on the basis of origin, race, gender, disability, ethnicity, political affiliation, or any other considerations. “It is therefore important that our public service policies do not discriminate against any segment of society,” Governor Mutjavikua's speech reads.

He urged Government institutions to strive towards bringing about innovative ways of delivering

Public service workers arrive at the venue services to the community. He emphasised the fact that the most valuable asset in the delivery of services is the human resources. “You must always strive towards

achieving the vision and mission of your institutions, and promote a culture of continuous improvement of performance,” was his message to the public

service employees.

A mobile clinic for blood pressure testing was available at the premises for voluntary testing, and the Governor advised the public servants to

make use of it, as shocking statistics from a recent Health Survey (2013) indicated that 45% of adults in Namibia suffers from high blood pressure.

Africa Public Service Day is commemorated annually in Africa, and the main event for 2015 took place in the Ohangwena Region in Eenhana.

Topnaars to celebrate history Leandrea Louw The Topnaar Community will host their yearly festival at Utuseb, from 29 July, with a grand opening ceremony, to 2 August.

Chief Seth Kooitjie and his wife

Chief Seth Kooitjie, leader of the Topnaar Community, gave a bit of background to what the festival entails. “On the very first day of the Festival we celebrate our very own 'heroes' day', where we visit the graves of the previous leaders and their families of the community at Sout Rivier. Here a 'holy fire' is also set alight; this is done by the oldest man and woman of the community. From this fire, another fire is set alight at Utuseb, which will burn throughout the festival.”

Chief Kooitjie, also explained the importance of this festival.

“Culture and tradition

plays a big role in who we are, where we come from and where we are going. This festival is all about celebrating culture and history to rekindle a sense of pride into our people, especially the younger generation, to let them see who they are, where they come from and where they are going. We, the Topnaars have such a rich history.

The very first Topnaars we can date back to as far as the 14th century. We can honestly say that we are the founding fathers of this town. We have copies of books and journals proving that the Topnaars were the first to occupy the land along the coast. We also have

proof that we were the very first traders with the Europeans, with all sorts of goods, and even the fresh water holes, which was located in the Walvis Bay area. Some of these water holes are still here today. We have a rich historic background as Topnaars and we can say with confidence that we were the first occupants of Walvis Bay”.

He says it is the duty of each tribe, to exercise their traditional rights, and their fundamental rights of their very own tradition and culture.

“Another aspect of this festival will be - we forged an agreement with the Namibian

Conservationists to hunt a few animals, to give everyone the experience of hunting and killing an animal, and slaughtering it, like it was done in previous years.

Throughout the festival, there will be a series of programmes for the young people to give them a small insight to their ancestors and their history”.

“The whole focus of this festival is to bring everyone to together and to rekindle that sense of pride and love. Another purpose this festival will serve is as a call to Government to give the Topnaars Communal land rights. We want the public and the Government to recognise us as a tribe, as a community.

We were the very first to develop this town, we all are living in now”.

“We are also not here to force Government or anyone else to give us back what is rightfully ours, we just want the recognition. In the numerous documents we have, one can see, how far back our history stretches. In the one document, is a petition of Chief Piet Haibeb, to Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor of the Cape Colony in 1883, to declare the 'Walfisch Bay area as part of his territory', so that he and his people could live in a safe and secure environment.”

Anyone who is interested to see the Topnaars in their full historic glory, or who wish to participate in the festival, whether it be schools or institutions, can contact the Chief's office at 064 207103.

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“Nagklubs moet by reëls hou!”

“Die geraas is só oorverdowend dat ons naweke en Woensdagaande verplig is om ons lugversorging aan te sit sodat ons dit nie hoor nie.

Die voertuie parkeer voor ons motorhuis. Wat gebeur indien ons met ‘n noodgeval moet uitkom - moet ons dan eers die motoreienaars gaan soek by elke klub in die straat - ons hou die hele gemors dop en dokumenteer dit. Elke nag moet ons toekyk hoe hulle teen ons motorhuisdeure urineer en dan moet ons dit die volgende oggend gaan skoonmaak. Al hierdie goed gebeur al vir maande, elke naweek en Woensdagaande,” kla ‘n keelvol Magda Carstens van Walvisbaai Embroidery. Nog ‘n besigheid geleë by die hoek van 6de straat het ook aan die namib times vertel dat dit hulle net so hinder.

“Ons was motors hier en ons werk defnitief nie met drank nie. ‘n Kliënt het vroegoggend sy motor gebring om gewas te word. Hy het oor bottelstukke gery wat hom ‘n nuwe band gekos het. Ek het dit maar vervang ter wille van my besigheid.

Elke naweek moet my personeel mense se ontlasting optel en weggooi.

Ek het nie iets persoonliks teen die eienaars nie, en ek besef dat hulle ook maar net wil sake doen, maar iemand moet ver-

Second suspect

arrested for tourist murder in Zambezi

Liesl Losper Huiseienaars en besighede in die dorpsgebied het namib times gekontak om ‘n kykie te kom kry in wat gebeur ná nagklubs se toemaaktyd.

A second suspect was arrested in connection with the robbery and murder of a tourist at the Lianshulu Village in the Zambezi Region.

The 21-year-old man was apprehended at the New Cowboy informal settlement by the Namibian Police Force late Sunday evening.

His alleged accomplice, aged 34, was nabbed on Sunday morning at the Chotto formalised settlement.

Die straat vol bottels en urinevlekke

Privaateindomme se parkering word gebruik in 10de weg en volgens die kameras is dit definitief persone wat na die nagklubs toe gaan. Urinevlekke teen mure van ‘n privaat eienaar se huis is duidelik sigbaar antwoordelikheid neem hiervoor,” verklaar nog ‘n besigheidseienaar(wou nie sy naam genoem hê nie) in daardie area aan namib times.

Privaateindomme se parkering word gebruik en volgens beeldmateriaal wat beskikbaar is, is dit defnitief persone wat na die nagklubs toe gaan wat dié oortredings begaan.

Meer spesifiek, drankbottles word gebreek en die stukke lê oral in die straat rond op Saterdagen Sondagoggende. Urine teen mure van ‘n huiseienaar se huis is duidelik sigbaar, beeldmateriaal is daar wat bewys dat dit wel urine is en nie ander vloeistowwe nie. Die kamera wys ook hoe hulle by die motorhuis-deure urineer. (sien foto). Gebruikte kondome en menslike

ontlasting was ook Sondagoggend deel van die gruvonds wat namib times omstreek 08:35 begroet het. Albei eienaars sê, ná elke naweek maak hulle ‘n 2 of 3 vragte gemors skoon op hul persele. Die bekommernis oor hierdie optredes is dat hierdie tipe konfrontasie geneig is om dan te lei na mense wat die reg in eie hande wil neem uit pure frustrasie.

Die Openbare Skakelbeampte van die Walvisbaaise Munisipaliteit, Kevin Adams, het só op namib times se vrae gereageer: “Dit is inderdaad onaanvaarbaar dat inwoners naweek na naweek sulke gedrag moet verduur.

Gewoonlik wanneer sulke klagtes inkom, verkies gesondheidsinspekteurs om van aangesig

tot aangesig gesprekke te voer, met die eienaars van die besighede wat by dié gedrag betrek is. In dié besondere geval, is ‘n vergadering belê om die klub-eienaars se weergawe te hoor.

Meer as een munisipale departement kan moontlik betrek word om ‘n oplossing te vind vir die probleem wat inwoners van dié omgewing onder ons aandag gebring het.

Intussen moet inwoners vrymoedigheid neem om die polisie se hulp in te roep as hulle persoonlike eiendom of veiligheid bedreig word.

Indien daar geen verbetering sou wees nie, sal die Munisipaliteit as laaste uitweg vir ‘n oplossing dit oorweeg om die lisensies van die besighede in gedrang, te herroep.”

The two suspects are currently in custody at the Katima Mulilo Police Station. Both face charges of theft and murder of Andre Christian Meier, 42, whom they allegedly robbed before stabbing him to death on Friday morning at the Kongola Constituency.

The suspects’ identities are withheld pending their first court appearance.

Yesterday, Warrant Officer Lungowe Mapenzi of the Katima Mulilo Police Community Affairs and Public Relations Office told Nampa both suspects hail from the Lianshulu village, where they are known for their criminal activities, such as rape, housebreaking, poaching, robbery and assault.

One of the suspects was on bail at the time he allegedly robbed and killed Meier. The suspects will appear together in court this week, said Mapenzi.

On Sunday, the first suspect to be arrested

was found with items and an undisclosed amount of cash, which he and his accomplice allegedly stole from Meier’s vehicle.

That suspect was also found with bloodsoaked clothes and one pair of shoes matching shoe tracks at the crime scene.

Narrating details about the incident, the warrant officer said preliminary information indicates that Meier and his 29year-old female companion were attacked while camping in the area.

As a matter of fact, the woman is from Switzerland and not Swaziland as reported by Nampa earlier.

Mapenzi said the couple was apparently asleep when two men wearing balaclavas and armed with knives, tore open and gained entry to the tent they were sleeping in and kidnapped them between 01:30 and 02:00.

The robbers tied the couple up and ordered them to get into the

tourists’ vehicle, which one of the suspects then drove.

The vehicle got stuck in the thick bush, upon which the suspects started searching the vehicle and found N$10 000 and 300 Botswana Pula.

However, before escaping on foot, one of the robbers pulled the woman from the vehicle in an attempt to rape her but Meier managed to free himself and defended her and in the process a fight ensued between the men.

During the fight, Meier was stabbed five times in the stomach, chest and back and when the robbers saw he was getting weak, they ran off.

The woman only managed to find help shortly after 06:00, when she unknowingly walked into the camp of the Namibian Special Field Force in the area.

NamPol members at Kongola were then informed of the incident.

NAMPA

'Struggle kids' are violent people by nature: Police Inspector

The police officers were preventing the group from reaching the Swapo Party head office along Leonard Auala and Hans-Dietrich Genscher streets in Katutura that fateful day.

Muyambango said the struggle kids are troublemakers and disrespectful people, who showed no kind of respect to anyone, including the country’s leaders and senior citizens.

“The struggle kids are violent people by nature. The struggle kids are ‘normally born violent’ people.

They were not willing to listen to any person during the incident at the Swapo Party head office on 27 August 2014.

The struggle kids were armed with sticks, steel pipes and knobkieries and because they were vio-

lent that day we called in the members of NamPol’s Reserve Unit to come and handle the situation,” he told High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg who presides over the inquest.

According to Muyambango, a member of the struggle kids was allegedly armed with a firearm and was the one who fired a single shot in the air when the group was walking passed the Hakahana Service Station in Katutura in the morning hours on 27 August 2014 while on their way to the Swapo head office.

“The identity of the person (struggle kid) who fired a shot in the air at the Hakahana Service Station is still unknown until today,” he said.

Another police officer, Constable Jerome Basson

told the inquest that he had not seen any of the struggle kids carrying a firearm that fateful day.

Basson said the situation became violent and chaotic at the entrance of the Swapo head office shortly after the law-enforcement officers were given instructions to conduct strip searches on all the struggle kids for possible dangerous weapons.

“During the body searches (strip searches), we (police officers) we did not find any firearm or firearms on the struggle kids, apart from sticks, a spear, pipes and knobkieries,” said Basson.

He further said that during the incident, the law-enforcement officers were armed with firearms, pepper-spray equipment and rubber batons.

The constable said he heard a shot fired from the direction of the struggle kids and the rest of the shots were fired by the law-enforcement officers.

Meanwhile, the bullet that claimed the life of Ndatipo has not yet been found.

Neither Namibian Police Force (NamPol) investigating officers nor forensic investigators from the Office of the Ombudsman could find any spent bullet at the scene of the crime.

This was said by retired Chief Public Prosecutor, Danie Small in his evidence-in-chief at the start of the inquest on 09 July 2015.

Small, who is now an investigator in the Office of the Ombudsman, said a total of 25 spent cartridges were found at the scene of the crime, and the majority

(Photo by Simon Kopper Endjala) NAMPA

A senior member of the Namibian Police Force (NamPol) said the ‘Children of the Liberation Struggle’ are violent people by nature. Inspector Bernard Muyambango said this in Windhoek yesterday, in his evidence-in-chief on Monday during the hearing of an inquest into the death of the late ‘struggle kid’ Frieda Ndatipo, who was shot dead allegedly by members of NamPol on 27 August 2014 during a scuffle between a group of struggle kids and law-enforcement officers.

The body of a child of the liberation struggle (covered) who was allegedly shot and killed by members of the Namibian Police Force (NamPol) at the corner of Leonard Auala and Hans-Dietrich Genscher Streets in Katutura.

The young woman, 26, was shot dead during an alleged scuffle between the Children of the Liberation Struggle and the Police in August 2014. She died on the spot of these spent cartridges were linked to firearms used by the police that fateful day.

A total of 16 struggle kids, three reporters from ‘The Namibian’ newspaper, a camerawoman and a pro-

ducer from One Africa Television and several police officers who were covering the event that day, will give evidence in the inquest being conducted in terms of the Inquests’ Act (Act Number

Six of 1993).

The inquest runs until 17 July 2015.

Advocate Dominic Lisulo is appearing for the State.

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HARBOUR & ENVIRONMENT

Obtaining Fishing

Permits WHY? The marine resources are limited and currently some of them are overfished or over collected. It is necessary that everybody uses them wisely and carefully to secure the future harvesting needs by protecting the stock. Quantity/number of marine resources harvestable, minimum size limits of fish and crayfish that can be caught, open season etc. help to manage stocks to avoid the total disappearance of some species in our waters.

Do not leave bait or fish on the beach!

Either take it home or return it to the sea. This food attracts scavengers like jackals and gulls that prey on other bio-diversity. When you are back home after the holiday, it also inflates the predator population.

Where can you get a license for angling, crayfish diving & bait/mussels collection?

MINISTRY OF FISHERIES AND MARINE RESOURCES

Swakopmund Office

NATMIRC/Aquarium, Strand Street Tel +264 64 410 1000 Open hours for permits - Monday to Friday: 08:00 - 13:00 & 14:00 - 17:00 Saturday/Sunday/Public Holidays: 08:00 - 13:00

Walvis Bay Office

Inspectorate Office, 1st Street Tel +264 64 201 6111 Open hours for permits - Monday to Friday: 08:00 - 13:00 & 14:00 - 17:00 Saturday/Sunday/Public Holidays: 08:00 - 13:00

Lüderitz Office

Inspectorate Office Tel +264 63 202 905éOpen hours for permits - Monday to Friday: 08:00 - 13:00 & 14:00 - 17:00 Saturday/Sunday/Public Holidays: 08:00 - 13:00

Henties Bay Office

Inspectorate Office, at Hanganeni Fishing Project building Tel +264 64 500 320 Open hours for permits - Monday to Friday: 08:00 - 13:00 & 14:00 - 17:00 Saturday/Sunday/Public Holidays: 08:00 - 13:00

Windhoek Office

Deputy Minister Iipumbu having a friendly conversation with one of the Hangana employees

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Obtain a permit from the Namibian Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) to catch fish or dive for crayfish and respect harvesting limitations.

Deputy Minister continue harmonising Namibia’s sectors Liesl Losper

Recently the Deputy Minister in the Presidency responsible for Economic Planning, Ms Lucia Iipumbu, visited Namport in her aim to harmonise Namibian sectors. Hangana Seafood was one of her stops in Walvis Bay. She visited Walvis Bay last week, as part of her engagement with the business sectors in Namibia, to get up to date with their projects, and to ensure all sectors are complementing each other throughout Namibia.

On 7 July, Hangana Seafood (Pty) Ltd welcomed the Deputy Minister Iipumbu, accompanied by her Personal Assistant Mr Subasubani and Chief National Development Advisor Ms Haiphene, as well as the fisheries ministry's Deputy Director: Technical Services Mr

A walkabout with Ms Iipumbu and Mr Herman Theron, MD of Hangana

Ambabi and Senior Inspector Mr Ikera.

The MD of Hangana Mr Herman Theron, accompanied by his Senior Leadership Team, gave a brief overview of the company’s values and purpose and discussed Investments, Strategy plans, Product in-

novations as well as the company's Social Responsibility.

“The Honorable Deputy Minister showed great appreciation during and after the factory tour and stated that everything said about Hangana was true, that the company does value adding with continuous im-

provement and is also a serious employer investing into the future,” Mr Herman Theron said.

The Deputy Minister also encouraged the need for all companies to look further at poverty eradication in the marginalized communities.

Brendan Simbwaye Square, Block C, C/o Uhland & Goethe Street Tel +264 61 205 3911 Open hours for permits - Monday to Friday: 08:00 - 13:00 and 14:00 - 17:00 Saturday/Sunday/Public Holidays: 08:00 - 13:00 Where can you get a permit for using 4x4/quad bike/motorbike in the authorised ORV zone in the dune belt between Swakopmund and Walvis Bay? MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND TOURISM

Swakopmund Office

Henrich Baumann Street Road - Number 643 Tel +264 64 205 971/2 Monday to Friday: 08:00 - 13:00 & 14:00 17:00 Saturday/Sunday/Public Holidays: 08:00h - 13:00

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Swakopmund Tides

Walvis Bay Office

Walvis Bay Tides

Corner Bismarck Street and Sam Nujoma Avenue, Tel +264 64 404 576 Open hours for permits - Monday to Friday: 08:00 - 13:00 & 14:00 - 17:00 Saturday/Sunday/Public Holidays: 08:00 - 13:00

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Swakopmund Matters

It was revealed this week that the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources are in possession of a scoping study that was done specifically to determine the impact of marine phosphate mining on the seabed environment, and on fisheries.

At a press conference earlier this week, the Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Hon. Bernard Esau called for an inter-ministerial committee comprising the Ministry of Mines and Energy; and the Ministry of Environment and Tourism to jointly address the contentious issue of marine phosphate mining following the lapse of the 18month long cabinet moratorium earlier this year.

He made the proposal in response to a query posed by the Economist when asked what was going to happen following the lapse of the moratorium. He said “We need an interministerial committee especially on the study concerned.” A scoping study pertaining to the issue of marine phosphate mining, according to Esau, had been completed.

Newly appointed Permanent Secretary in the fisheries ministry, Dr. Moses

Maurihungirire was also on call to respond to phosphate mining queries. “Particular issues pertaining to the scoping report are done. We are currently at the level of examining the scoping report. I have received the report but I do not want to disclose [it]” he said. Added Esau “presently Cabinet has not expressed itself on the moratorium.”

To the chagrin of prospective marine phosphate mining operators, he said “the world is not going to end today, that is why we need to take our time” and added that he was awaiting a legal opinion on the moratorium itself.

The Minister of Mines and Energy, Hon Obeth Kandjoze was quoted in May this year as saying “I appeal to relevant agencies of Government to find an amicable solution to the way forward without jeopardising the interests of any stakeholders. The morato-

rium on phosphate mining is raising eyebrows. Phosphate right holders cannot be stopped by law after licences were already awarded and the Government won't be held hostage to legal actions. This situation presents us with a legal conundrum.”

Speaking in May 2015, former president of the Chamber of Mines of Namibia Werner Duvenhage said worryingly, “the Chamber remains concerned that the 18-month period of the Cabinet Moratorium on marine phosphate mining which was declared on 17 September 2013 has lapsed in March 2015 without much progress on the desired scientific studies to address concerns by the fishing industry”.

It is gratifying to know that our emails to contacts are being used by news media in other countries.

Several previous ones have been circulated by the me-

dia in New Zealand and Australia.

Our “Swakopmund Matters 22 – 2015: Center for Ocean Solutions calls for more deep sea mining protections” sent out recently has now been circulated in full by a leading media outlet in New Zealand. http://www.scoop.co.nz/st ories/WO1507/S00095/cal l s - f o r- m o r e - d e e p - s e a mining-protections.htm The Center for Ocean Solutions' new policy report “Managing mining of the deep seabed”, published on 10 July 2015 in the American Association for the Advancement of Science's official journal, Science (1), calls on the International Seabed Authority (ISA) to address the ocean floor's currently lax environmental protections, in the face of growing industrial interests.

According to this report mining and drilling companies are making plans to

extract natural resources from previously untapped deep sea beds, yet protections for the ocean floor remain limited.

This point is central to what is concluded: As is so often the case, business interests are outpacing regulatory protections -this time in the realm of deep-sea mining.

"Our purpose is to point out that the ISA has an important opportunity to create networks of no-mining Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) as part of the regulatory framework they are considering at their July meeting," Lisa Wedding, a scientist with the group and lead author of the new report, explained in a recent press release (2). "The establishment of regional MPA networks in the deep sea could potentially benefit both mining and biodiversity interests by providing more economic certainty and ecosystem pro-

tection."

The ISA is a U.N.-backed intergovernmental organisation tasked with regulating mining activities in the seabed outside national jurisdiction. The body, which has already granted more than two dozen exploratory permits to national and private mining interests, is currently meeting in Kingston, Jamaica.

Conservation groups are calling on the body to cease is suing permits until stronger regulatory protections are established.

"Deep-sea areas targeted by mining claims frequently harbor high biodiversity and fragile habitats, and may have very slow rates of recovery from physical disturbance," said Craig Smith, co-author of the report and professor of oceanography at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Sought after for the minerals and rare earth metals that may exist there,

Narraville Community Hall in Progress

Ground works started on the construction of the Narraville Community Hall. We will keep you posted on the progress.

NAMIB TIMES 7 these dark ocean floors are far from public eyes, making keeping tabs on environmental damage is especially difficult. That's all the more reason, the group says, to establish more expansive protections. "The time is now to protect this important part of the planet for current and future generations," added Larry Crowder, report co-author and senior fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. "Decisions that affect us all will be made by the ISA this summer."

Footnotes: 1. Access full Report with this web link: http://www. sciencemag. org/content/349/6244/144 .summary?sid=eaa86aa12b2c-4fef-a677c15899409edc 2 . Te x t o f t h e P r e s s Release: (http://www. centerforoceansolutions.o rg/news-stories/protecting -deep-sea-call-balancingmining-and-ecosystemprotection-0) Swakopmund Matters 11 July 2015 (For Swakopmund Matters the environment of the Namibian coastline and its ocean matters)

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readers’ comments Tourist robbed and murdered in Zambezi Region

A 34-year-old man was nabbed by the Namibian Police Force (NamPol) on suspicion that he robbed and killed a tourist at the Lianshulu Village in Kongola Constituency on Friday.

Dirk J Greeff Effecting Namibia's good tourism activity with the foreign countries. The criminals, thieves and murderers is too stupid to understand the consequences of this stupid criminal acts. Believe our Government under the new President will treat this serious and deal with this stupid criminals, punish them very, very hard.

Charlie Paxton The girlfriend Bettina is from Switzerland NOT Swaziland and let’s hope justice will be served and this individual gets put away for a long long long life long time …. agree with Dirk J Greef the ripple effect on our Namibian tourism as a whole will be huge. Also it was not at a local lodge it was inside the Mudumu Game Park at campsite.

Namib Times Thank you for lettingb us know - corrected...

Richard Reid Let's hope the other suspects are apprehended quickly. RIP Andre Maier. Another pointless murder in Namibia.....

Anastasia Harases Well done Namibian police. Some poeple need to be taught the importance of tourists in Namibia.

Bianca Potrykus I'm glad the criminals responsible for this were arrested quickly!

Philip Varnhagen Hang the bastards. We are sick of crime.

Juanita van der Westhuizen That was quick but the Marius Christo Mossie Mostert muder remains unsolved.

Darryl Roy Phillips Well done Nampol.

Magnus Jakobsen Nice one.

Chris Kabula May your soul rest in peace.

Amanda B. Thomas Ugh makes me feel good about coming in December! Not! Erika de Klerk Well done.

Leon H Musa That s very sad, they are killing the tourism industry.

Mbala Patrick Mwiya Well done Nampol get the criminal to best justice.

Kirsten Wechslberger I wonder where the reporter got Swaziland from. She is from Switzerland. But good news.

Norman Bester Well done Nampol. Make your us proud. Find the next culprit then we want justice to also make us proud by making a example of the culprits please. Please!

Gabriel Petrus Well done Nampol, but increase your protection again.

Sven Senke Well done Nampol. Lets try and find the 2nd murderer.

Chris Bucky Talmage Well done Nampol.

OPINION ON ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG PUBLICATION ON SWAKOPMUND KARNEVAL

1. I have been requested by the Editors Forum of Namibia to provide an opinion on the publication of certain photos of the Swakopmund Karneval by the Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper on 29 June 2015.

2. Namibia

Media Holdings (NMH), the owners of the Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper, issued an unequivocal public apology to all Namibians for the insensitive and offensive photos published and indicated that it “deeply regrets the error of judgment and bad journalism”.

3. The offensive photos referred to are two photos. In one photo three members of the

public participating in the Karneval wear Ku Klux Klan (KKK) outfits and in the second photo three members of the public wear Blackfaces. The Karneval was held under the theme “30 years Küska with the Swakopmund Mafia”.

4. The following caption appeared under the photo with the KKK outfits: An imaginative/resourceful costume that requires little description: Armin Schommarz, Erik Kolb and Tommy Kittel (from left to right) were dressed as KKK.

5. The following caption appeared under the photo with the Blackfaces outfits: Put much effort into their Make-Up: Tanya Uys (disguised as a ghost), and the “staff” of Salz-Gossow: Aubrey Brooks, Lee and Zander Coetzee (from left to right).

6. The following short article (translated from German language) appeared on the page with several photos including the two “offensive photos”.

Colourful and vibrant costumes at Küska Maskenball Once again, many visitors attending the Masked ball of the Swakopmund Carnival “Küska” made a lot of effort with their costumes. It was unfortunate though that the number of visitors has declined once again like is has over the past few years – this is a nationwide trend. Still, it was hard for the jury to choose the best costumes, the winners were awarded with a money prize. As expected many people dressed up according to this year’s motto “30 years Küska with the Swakopmund Mafia” and subsequently wore suits. Others were in many other ways very resourceful.

7. The KKK is a self-declared white supremist organisation based in the United States of

American Scholarships for Erongo Students Students from Duneside Private High School in Walvis Bay, were selected to represent Namibia at the Genius Olympiad International High School Science, Technology, Engineering and Environmental Fair at the State University of New York in Oswego, USA. Eusebio Omar van Reenen (Grade 12), Christon Gude (Grade 11) and Gaironeeza Maclobo (Grade 11) spent 2 weeks in the United States and performed excellently at the Science Fair.

America (USA) that is responsible for the killing of many black Americans and their socalled white “supporters” or “sympathisers”. Many sources classify the KKK as a “subversive or terrorist organization”. Recently, on 17 June 2015 a member or sympathiser of this organisation shot nine black people during a church service in a historical “black” church in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Currently there is an ongoing campaign of arson attacks against “black churches” in the USA.

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is the term used for the characterisation of black plantation slaves and freed slaves by white actors and performers to ridicule black people and originated in the USA in the 1800’s. This type of caricatures took a firm hold on the American imagination that audiences expected any person with dark skin, no matter what their background, to conform to one or more of the blackface stereotypes1. To quote from the Blackface webpage (http://black-face.com/blackface-clowns-history.htm):

Every immigrant group was stereotyped on the music hall stage during the 19th Century, but the history of prejudice, hostility, and ignorance towards black people has insured a unique longevity to the stereotypes. White America’s conceptions of Black entertainers were shaped by minstrelsy’s mocking caricatures and for over one hundred years the belief that Blacks were racially and socially inferior was fostered by legions of both white and black performers in blackface.

9. From the above paragraphs it is quite clear that the dressing up as KKK members and

Caroline Parez Cabenellas Well done.

Shamaine Garcia Steenkamp Congrates you guys! Mwha.

Rod Braby bids farewell to NACOMA After nine years at the Namibian Coast Conservation and Management (NACOMA) Project, Rodney Braby, better known as Rod Braby, bids farewell to the Project.

Danie Grobler Rod, all the best for the new time in your life.

Stem Swakopmund!

Swakopmunders sal van volgende week af aan ‘n stemmery van ‘n ander kleur deelneem, want die vakansiedorp is vir die tweede keer as ‘n finalis in KykNet se Kwêla Dorp van die Jaar-kompetisie aangewys.

Vanessa Gouws Best city in the world!

Renier Taljaard Sms Swakopmund na 33157 voor 21 Julie.

Ria Hancke Hoop hulle tel stemme beter die keer!

Sonja Botha Kom laat ons vir Swakopmund stem.

Anja Söderlund Dis nice! Ou Swakopmund!

Letter by Media Ombudsman

Amanda Fest-Visser Stem moet julle stem!

Graham Gramowsky Waar stem 'n mens?

Vanessa Gouws Swakop!

Geraldine Isaks Yoh my hometown.

Jeandre E Fortuin Swakopmund!

Karin Kruger LIKE.

Blackface characters could be regarded as very insensitive and offensive to the majority of Namibians who suffered under racial prejudice, discrimination and apartheid not so long ago. In my view it would be the same as dressing up as Nazi SS or Gestapo members on the one hand and Jewish concentration camp prisoners on the other hand. The NMH was therefore correct to describe these images as “insensitive” and “offensive” in the Namibian context.

10. Whether or not the action of the Karneval participants could be regarded as their freedom of expression under the Namibian Constitution is for the courts to decide, but what is very clear is that it could be offensive to the vast majority of Namibians.

11. The question to be addressed in this opinion is whether or not the action of the Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper in publishing these pictures and the accompanying captions are against the Namibian Media Code of Ethics. In my view the publishing of the photos in itself is not offensive because it was a public event, factual and possibly in the public interest to show the ignorance of certain members of the Namibian society. What is however of concern is the captions and the accompanying “story” that is quoted above. In the accompanying story and captions the newspaper is oblivious to the potential harm and offensive nature of these images. It would even appear that the newspaper supports this offensive behaviour, because there is no reference to the fact that the majority of Namibians might find this offensive.

12.I am therefore of the view that the newspaper failed to present a fair and objective view of the offensive behaviour and did not act in the best interest of the public by indirectly supporting such behaviour.

13.The owner of the newspaper has issued an unequivocal apology for its error of judgment, but is this enough in the circumstances? I would expect the owners to take some form of disciplinary action against the journalist and editor, conduct some racial sensitivity (anti-racism) training for its staff and publish a series of anti-racism articles to educate its readers on the dangers of such offensive conduct.

14.I trust that this clarifies my opinion on this unfortunate matter.

Yours sincerely

Clement Daniels Media Ombudsman Media Ombudsman: Clement Daniels – Website: www.mediaombudsmannamibia.org

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The rent issue – A young professional’s opinion

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Briewe/Letters - Facebook Bertie Pienaar

The delayed announcement by Government that an imminent rent control and property regulation is in the pipe-line, is a cause for celebration – albeit belated.

Jul 8th, 2:51pm Laai vanogend by Husab myn vrag af toe die ander mense da kratte oop maak. Met word ons oorval deur klien swart gogas. Nou vra ek ma net wa sal dit vanaf kom . meskien ingevoer deur die hawe van 'n ander land.

To herald I will complement the powers that be for the foresight, but I will be quick to castigate them that since we have as a collective identified the problem some 15 years ago. We failed to act in 2003 when the housing market started behaving sporadically.

The real works now lies in the spanner.

Sooner than later the envisaged committee responsible to dig the radical changes and amend the laws in my opinion should have started as earlier as yesterday.

As a young professional, between 2005 until 2014, I have paid rentals to the amount of N$736, 000 in a space of 9 years as a displaced rental citizen.

Steep as it may sound, I know of other young professionals and mostly black

Charlton Prince Ilonga-Gariseb

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Andrew Carney

July 11 at 10:27am Went to feed a friends dog this morning in the vicinity of SSS highschool in Swakopmund. at that time of morning the streets are quiet and everything looks so clean and fresh. As I was leaving the premises it struck me that the outside of the school and hostels were strewn with all kinds of rubble, papers, tins, milk cartons etc.

There are numerous places where the vibocrete walls have been broken and the broken pieces are left lying on the side of the road where they were thrown. At the back of the boys’ hostel by the teachers’ garages it looks as if someone has demolished a building, there is so much rubble.

The old students centre at the rear of the school yard looks like a squatter camp. I could continue to rant about the despicable state of this once clean and proud school, however that is not my aim. What I really would like to Know is this: Who is responsible for the state of this institute of learning and it’s grounds.

If the teachers and especially the principle does not seem to care, what example are we setting for the children frequenting this institute? Are we telling them that it is ok to be surrounded by dirt and have no pride in our schools and surroundings. Are we saying it is ok to break down the walls and litter?

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And who knows it will not even take ten years to pay it off – considering that we are already overpaying in consideration of the real values of the inflated housing market.

Seen from this, it is not a matter of unaffordability, but rather land availability and my plea is that Government speeds up all relevant mechanism to work on the delivery of the land.

Caveat What I am saying - the point is not free land, quite the contrary – the point is fair pricing on land because the youth can afford the land.

De- monetize the tight control of land by land barons as wealth making assets of a few to the detriment of 100 000 youth who are homeless. It is not fair that few individuals are allowed to own or utilise vast land at the expense of the poor. That is against the spirit of economic reconciliation–as we say Namibia the land of the wide open space belongs to all of us.

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• Re – modification land acquisition policy, encouraged private treaty with Municipalities – especially in Part one municipality for youth to buy land on longterm purchase from the Municipality directly as opposed to middlemen and banking structure whose – logic is high profit.

• Classification of land acquisition systems, prevent land barons from owning or buying land in suburbs/area deemed for poor and low income earners, areas such as Goreangab and recently Havana land barons are erecting unsightly flats – clearly this will be detriment to high prices drivability resulting in high land cost in areas meant for low income earners.

• Mass housing should have been in fact become a mass land servicing program.

The N$4 billion should be diverted via the Cabinet Committee towards servicing lands as part of municipal objectives and municipalities sell the land directly by private treaty • Implement rent regulation and scheduling by enacting a law that curbs/and punish unreasonable rental prices as a matter of urgency. Prices must have a mimimum and maximum amount set for each district/town/suburb/area/small holding/. If it had cost you N$200 000 to build a unit as part of your financial income planning for rent, the pricing on the rental should be subjected to nominal cost value plus a inflation based increase yearly and not speculative as prescribed by the market now.

• Giving 100 000 youth land is solving the housing crisis by halving the housing backlog which stands at 100 000. Giving 100 000 youth land means giving 100 000 young people assets with economic value. One hundred thousand plots represent serious social progress towards building social harmony. Solving the housing crisis – characterized by capitalist accumulations, unregulated rental environment, artificial housing market, astronomical house prices and the anarchic property industry – means averting the potential crisis ahead.

I really like the peace and stability in our country, Land is not that expensive if you work hard to get it, they say where there is a will there is a way. Namibia we import almost everything e.g a pen. Namibians need free tertiary education not land you want land, to do what on it, you want to build a house where you will not even be able to pay water or electricity .Namibia we can do better.

All we need to do is seat with the government and talk because what some people have started Is going to disturb the peace we have. Please lets respect our government because we are the once that voted , We got a new hardworking President in place give him time to do what needs to be done and help him build the Namibian House that he is building. I Blv in what May His Soul rest in peace Nelson Mandela said {Education Is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world}.

If you understand my view on this you are free to join a group we have started that’s called Namibia we need education not land. You can also like our page. We need education. Not land.

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who to date has paid over a million plus in rentals, no derogative or racial intentions – but this housing crises has but affected mostly men and women of colour from the previously disadvantaged sectors of my population.

I am fortunate now that I have my own place – and would understand how many youth are disgruntled – given that I hail from the same predicament.

My two pennies worth of advice, to Government is that to appoint former Deputy Prime Minister Libertine Amathila, to head this committee – as she has proven over again that she has remarkable sense of speed in dealing with matters such as these, I will ask Government to look at this in the following manner.

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Kuisebmond Primary Beauty Pageant

Miss KPS Junior: left Anthonia Skywes (2nd princess, Center Ndeshipanda Gowases Miss KPS Junior, Right Trooi Fredericks (1st Princess)

Senior top ten finalists

Presliene Dausas (Miss Personality) and Yvette Mushungule (Miss Photogenic )

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Miss KPS Senior: Left Letu Haiduwa(1st Princess), Center Anna Shikongo ( Miss KPS Senior ) and Right Moelicha Job (2nd Princess )

Junior top ten finalists

Kuisebmond Primary School would like to thank our proud sponsors who made our event a big success: Spur, Spar, Pick n Pay, Sentrum Pharmacy, Namib Radio and Piquet Fisher

Nadine talks about Digital Eye Strain Upon further investigation of patients complaining of visual related symptoms on a computer I found that most of my adult patients spend between six and nine hours per day on a near digital display.

Symptoms can range from headaches, blurred vision, physical fatigue and decreased productivity, to minor annoy-

ances like dry irritated eyes and eye twitching. Human eyes were not designed to sustain these lengthy periods staring at a screen

50cm away from you. The symptoms can be divided into two categories: Physical-related symptoms which include head-

aches, fatigue, neck and back pain and carpal tunnel syndrome (where a nerve gets pinched in your wrist).

Ocular-related symptoms which include dry eyes, eye strain, eye fatigue, blurry vision and eye twitching.

Symptoms of dry, burning and irritated eyes often get aggrevated with the use of an air conditioner at your workstation. Most people go into a 'stare mode', forgetting to blink their eyes when working on a computer. Research have proven that people can blink up to 5 times less when working on a computer.

Blinking is essential to spread the tears over the surface of your eye.

Blinking less than you should means that the eye do not get lubricated properly, leaving you with an excessively dry eye as the tears on your eye evaporates.

Here are a few handy guidelines for healthier digital screen use: 1. Computer ergonomics: · Your eyes should be at least 60cm away from your computer screen. · Adjust your work-station so that your screen is 10 to 15 degrees below your eyes.

· Sit up straight, our ears, shoulders and hips should be aligned. · Adjust your chair, your feet should be flat on the floor (or foot rest) and your knees bent at 90 degrees.

The chair should support your upper and lower back. · Place your keyboard so that your wrists are straight and your forearms are parallel to the floor.

2. Computer screen and display · Use LCD screens rather than CRT screens, as LCD screens don't tend to flicker and usually have an antireflective surface. · Adjust the brightness of the screen so that it matches the brightness of the surroundings of your workstation.

3. Lighting and glare · Reduce bright light coming from excessive sunlight or from interior lighting. · Arrange your workstation so that windows are to the side of the screen instead of in front or behind it. · Reduce interior lighting by using fewer light bulbs or fluorescent tubes, or use lower intensity bulbs and tubes. · Reduce or eliminate any glare and reflections

coming off other surfaces in and around the workstation by using matt finishes. · If you wear spectacles speak to your optometrist about an anti-reflex coating.

4. Blinking · Remind yourself to blink frequently · Artificial tears can also be used to lubricate your eyes (but let's treat the cause and not the symptom) 5. Eye exercises · There is a condition referred to as spasm of accommodation (where your focusing muscle goes into a spasm or locks due to excessive near work) which can cause your distant vision to blur.

This can cause a false need for distant spectacles while glasses for near vision are actually necessary. To reduce the risk of your focusing muscles going into a spasm do the following exercises: · Look at an object in the distance (about 6 meters away) for 10-15 seconds, and then gaze at something near (about 40cm) for 1015 se-conds.

Then look back at the distant object. Do this for about a minute, at least 3 times a day.

6. Rest breaks · Reduce the risk of eyestrain by looking away from your screen at least every 20 minutes, gazing at something in the distance (at least 6 m away from you) for at least 20 seconds. · After an hour's screen work close your eyes for at least one minute. · Take two 15-minute breaks from your computer throughout the day, take a stroll through the office or use the time to do some stretches. · Don't spend your lunch hour behind your computer, rather try and spend it outdoors where you can get some fresh air.

If you have to talk on the phone while working on the computer, use a handsfree method instead of cradling the phone between your neck and your shoulders. Try to sit away from an air conditioner, fan or window so that there is no direct breeze on your face - which can aggravate dry eyes. A routine comprehensive eye exam is still the best way to prevent or eliminate digital eye strain as there may be a refractive error, eye alignment, focusing problem or convergence issue present.

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COMMUNITY NEWS ENTERTAINMENT

“We are still pushing”- Woosh Records

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Mavourlene Gaes

Asser “Usher’’ Magongo and Natangwe “Magees” Kakonya from a local Walvis Bay brand label, recording studio and clothing line, Woosh Records are pushing to the top, despite the hardships they have encountered and in spite of how tough the Namibian entertainment industry is.

They are currently busy working on their third album, “History”, based on Namibian history, which they are planning to launch in December.

One of the group members, Usher, explains that Woosh Records, which was formed in 2008, is in actual fact a group of four with additional members, TYD and Focus.

“We formed the studio around February in 2008 and it was a common dream I and my fellow

group members shared”, Usher explains.

The group released their first 12-track kwaito and hip-hop album titled “Tukwateni nawa iinima,” which means “take care of valuable things” in the Oshiwambo language.

Woosh Records gives credit to their fans that have always been very supportive with regard to their music.

He says they are the main motivating factor that encourages them to keep

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One half of Woosh Records, Magees and Usher pushing.

To prove that they mean serious business the group launched their second 18-track mixed genre album titled “Serious business never lose”, late last year.

Another group member Magees says their second

album is especially popular with businessmen and women.

The group of talented artists have two music videos “Lonely” and Nghinafiku ndikakane”, meaning I will never be lost also in the Oshiwambo language that will soon feature on

the National Broadcaster.

Woosh Record also has its own self-titled clothing brand line producing t-shirts, trousers, shoes, hats and underwear and will soon be a force to be reckoned with.

* Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday: Book Exchange at the Mission to Seafarers. All Welcome. * Every Tuesday: Blood clinic (NAMBTS) at Wel witschia Hospital next to indoor pool. * 1 Aug: St Petrus Rooms Katolieke Kerk, Narraville Bazaar op kerkgronde vanaf 09:00. * 4 Aug: Interkerklike Gebedskring biduur om 09:00 by Temple of Truth Kerk. * 1 Sept: Interkerklike Gebedskring biduur om 09:00

by VGK Kerk. * 25 Sept: Mr and Miss NPS at School Hall. * 6 Okt: Interkerklike Gebedskring biduur om 09:00 by Katolieke Kerk. * 15 & 16 Oct: Narraville Primary School Prize-giving Ceremonies. * 3 Nov: Interkerklike Gebedskring biduur om 09:00 by Lutherse Kerk. * 12 Nov: Narraville Primary School Christmas Tree at School Hall. * 27 & 28 Nov: Cancer Association - “Weihnachtsmark’’ in Town Hall. * 1 Des: Interkerklike Gebedskring biduur om 09:00 by Rhynse Kerk.

SWAKOPMUND

Jay op die verhoog met die jongspan

Jay sê Walvisbaai gee hom vrede en gemoedsrus Liesl Losper

Woensdagaand was weereens een van die aande waar die mense van Walvisbaai hulle stemme weggeskree het en hul bene lam gedans het. Jay Du Plessis, ‘n musiekster van Suid-Afrika, het opgetree in die gemeenskapsaal in Walvisbaai.

Jay het in ‘n eksklusiewe onderhoud aan die namib times gesê dat dit sy tweede keer is dat hy opgetree het in Walvisbaai. “Swakopmund is ook een van my gunstelingplekke.

Mense is gasvry, hulle help graag en hulle doen moeite om jou deeglik te kan help. In Suid-Afrika is mense te bang om hulp te vra of aan te bied.”sê hy.

Die opkoms was goed en hy het ook van sy liedtjies tydens sy optrede opgedra aan Walvisbaaiers, soos “Dis hoe ons roll”.

Vir die manne, sy ander song “Mellanie” het hy opgedra aan

Kleines Nest waar hy tuis was tydens sy optrede.

Kinders lê hom ook baie na aan die hart. “My optrede is ten bate van fondsinsameling vir Kids Haven. Dit laat ‘n mens goed voel om met jou optrede dinge te kan laat gebeur vir die kindertjies, veral vir kinders wat haweloos is, of wat haglike omstandighede moes verduur het,”sê Jay. Hy was baie tevrede met die opkoms en sê die gehoor was fantasties.

Jay tydens ‘n fotosessie

* Bridge: The Swakopmund Bridge club meets every Monday evening at 19:00 at Lions Old Age Home.

Contact: Ed Barbour 064-405 604. * Swakopmund Toastmasters: Meet every first and third Monday of the month at the Europa Hof Hotel, Bismark Str 39, Swakopmund, Namibia from 19:00 20:30. * 16 July: Private School Swakopmund - Pippi Longstocking at 18:30 at Horst-Firtze-Aula. * 16 July: Public Lecture: “Der Weg zur deutschen Einheit und einer gemeinsamen Erinnerungskultur zwischen Deutschland und seinen Nachbarn.” Angeboten durch die Botschaft der Bundesrepublik Deutschland um 19:00 in the Swakopmund Museum. * 18 July: Mascato Youth Choir at German Lutheran Church at 18:30. * 25 July: Organisation for Caring for People with Disabilities presents: Flea Market in Haus der Jugend in Swakopmund with pancakes, tombola and lots of stands. For more information contact Almut Slabbert at 081 288 1902.

ART EXHIBITIONS * Every Saturday: Open Air Arts Exhibition at the Mole next to Tennis courts in Swakopmund. Oil paintings - weather permitting. * Permanent Collection: Woermann Haus Gallery in Bismarck Street. Fine collection of the Swakopmund Arts Association’s “South West Masters’’ and contemporary Namibian art works. Open Mondays to Saturdays 10:00 - 12:00 and 15:00 - 17:00. * Swakopmund Museum: Open daily, including Sundays 10:00 - 17:00. * Sam Cohen Library: Monday to Friday: 08:00 - 13:00/15:00 - 17:00 and the second Saturday per month 09:00 - 13:00. * Die Galerie, Walvis Bay: Exhibition of Namibian and South African Artists. Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday: 08:00 - 13:00 & 14:00 - 17:00. Saturday 08:30 - 12:30.

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Rolbal naweek - Kampioen van kampioene

Lekker by die rolbal

Marietjie Vermeulen en Elza van Mollendorf kuier saam

'n Trotse pa, Danny Beukes het die foto van sy seun Jacques gestuur, wat onlangs 'n silwer medalje gewen het by die XC Nasionale Kampioenskap

Foto bygedra

Die Paralimpiese atlete het Vrydag 'n koeldrank gaan drink by die Pelican Bay Hotel.

Hulle verskyn hier saam met van die hotel personeel

Foto bygedra

Toeskouers geniet die aksie op die baan

Fotos deur Coenita de Bairos

Ronnie Shannon en Kobus van Mollendorf bak vis vir middagete

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Jay Du Plessis laat almal se harte warm klop

Een van die gehoor is opgeroep om saam te kom sing

Fotos deur Liesl Losper

Kleinspan sing op die verhoog saam met Jay

Fotosessie saam met sy jong ondersteuners

Daar is heerlik gedans

Jong ondersteuners kry sy handtekening

Die jongspan dans saam met een van Jay se liedjies

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AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNIS REUTERS/Eric Vidal Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (C) and Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos (L) leave a euro zone leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, yesterday. Euro zone leaders clinched a deal with Greece to negotiate a third bailout to keep the near-bankrupt country in the euro zone after a whole night of haggling at an emergency summit.

REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Pensioners wait to receive part of their pensions at a National Bank branch in Athens, Greece yesterday.

Security personnel close a door of a room where foreign ministers and representatives from Germany, France, China, the European Union, the U.S., Britain and Russia meet during the Iran nuclear talks in Vienna, Austria yesterday. Iran and six world powers were close to clinching a historic pact yesterday that would bring Iran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear programme.

Residents inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad yesterday. Car bombs and suicide attacks targeting mainly Shi’ite Muslim districts of Baghdad killed 35 people on Sunday, one of the heaviest recent tolls in the Iraqi capital, which has faced a wave of bombings by Islamic State militants.

REUTERS/Wissm al-Okili

REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

A girl cries after her father was killed by a naa yesterday. Saudi-led Saudi-led air strike in Yemen’s capital Sa- air raids killed 21 civilians in Yemen’s capital Sanaa yesterday morning, relatives of the victims and medics told Reuters, two days after the start of a United Nations-brokered humanitarian truce that Riyadh does not recognise.

People search for survivors at the site of a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen’s capital Sanaa yesterday..

A general view of a military barracks with a collapsed wall in Omsk, Russia, yesterday. At least 23 soldiers were killed when a military barracks collapsed in Russia’s Omsk region, Russian news agencies said yesterday.

REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

Serena Williams of the U.S.A lifts the trophy after winning her Women’s Final match against Garbine Muguruza of Spain at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, on Saturday.

REUTERS/Dmitry Feoktistov

REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic (L) shakes hands after beating Switzerland’s Roger Federer during their men’s singles final match on Centre Court. Djokovic won the match 7-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-3.

REUTERS/Toby Melville

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic holds the winner’s trophy after beating Switzerland’s. Roger Federer in their men’s singles final match, during the presentation on day thirteen of the 2015 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on Sunday.

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic returns to Switzerland’s Roger Federer during their men’s singles final match on day thirteen of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on Sunday.

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FP PHOTO /TOBY MELVILLE

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NOTICES & VACANCIES

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Moulin Rouge in support of Cancer Leandrea Louw

Computer and Photocopier Technician required for Schoemans Walvis Bay Branch To start as soon as possible.

After 'The Bachelor”, which was hosted in support of testicular and prostate cancer to encourage young men between the ages of 18 and 30 to act as ambassadors for topics such as these, another event was hosted recently, themed 'Moulin Rouge, for the ladies, in support of prostate cancer.

The organisers were the Cancer Association of Namibia in association with the Erongo Health Care Clinic under the leadership of Shamaine Garcia, along with her co-organisers Zaskia Webber, Zeta Van Wyk and Hildegard Böttcher. They hosted this fundraising event in the support of prostate cancer, and handed a donation worth N$50 000 to the Cancer Association of Namibia.

This event attracted over 200 people, and they were entertained by local artists, Vernice Plaaitjie and Salvador Mouers. Another treat for the crowd was the performance of the Pulse dancers and dancers of the School of Dance. At this occasion a painting by a local artist was also auctioned. Dina van der Meer was the highest bidder.

Ms Garcia said that she was extremely grateful towards the sponsors and everyone who participated in the event to make it such a huge success. Moulin Rouge is defined by Oxford Dictories.com as a “cabaret in Mont-martre, Paris,” a favourite resort of poets and artists around the end of the 19th century. Toulouse-Lautrec immortalised its dancers in his posters. The origin of this term is French, which literally means 'red windmill.'

The organisers with the cheque

The four organisers, with Rolf Hansen, newly elected CEO of the Cancer Association, and the winner of the Bachelor, Jake Van Zyl.

Salvador and Vernice performing

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PROPERTY TIMES

Walvis Bay Weighbridge SOLE & EXCLUSIVE MANDATE Prime Warehouses for sale!

Ranging from 165 – 412m² Selling from N$ 1 492 500-00 Don't hesitate! Call Now! Claudia 081 605 1984

TO RENT: One bedroom flat with toilet, kitchen, sitting room, toilet and a courtyard. No garage.

N$ 3 400.00 p/m W/E incl.

A Bachelor flat in Kuisebmond N$ 2 300.00 p/m with private toilet and a small kitchen.

Electricity is pre paid.

Contact: 081 332 7411

Large 5 bedrooms, all ensuite, house with two 2 bedroom flats, 4 garages.

Guesthouse possibilities.

N$4 950 000

SWAKOPMUND EXT 8: PERFECT FAMILY HOME 3 bedroom, main en-suite, house with study, lounge, dining, built in bar, indoor braai, separate TV room, double garage. Too much to mention. N$2 750 000 RETIRE IN SWAKOPMUND Various lovely flats available in well managed retirement village.

Prices from N$375 000 to N$1 480 000

Harrold: 081 575 7162

TO LET TAMARISKIA SWAKOPMUND: 1- TWO BEDROOM, ONE BATHROOM WITH BUILDING CUPBOARDS, STOVE AND OVEN, ALARM SYSTEM, ONE AUTOMATED GARAGE IN SECURE COMPLEX N$ 4900/MONTH 2- TWO BEDROOM, ONE BATHROOM, WITH BUILDING CUPBOARD,, STOVE AND OVEN, ALARM SYSTEM, TWO AUTOMATED GARAGES, TWO COVERED CARPORTS VERY PRIVATE WITH ITS OWN AUTOMATED SLIDING GATE. N$ 6000/MONTH CONTACT : 0851249826 TO RENT Vineta (Close to Woermann & Brock) Three-bedroom house with main Bedroom (ensuite), kitchen, laundry room lounge, and single garage.

N$85000 and Deposit , Electricity/Water excluded Available for rent from 1 August 2015. Contact: 0811 265 221 CONTAINERS TO BUY/ RENT and Storage Yard in Swakopmund – with 24/7 access. Office or Ablution alterations.

Cowboys: 064-418150 or 081-1464770 TO RENT: Central, Narraville Bachelor flat b.i.c in room & kitchen W/E incl.

N$ 3 500.00 p/m + Deposit (N$ 3 500.00) Available from 1 August 2015 Contact: 081 281 1345

ARANDIS FREE-STANDING 2 BED, 1 BATH HOUSE WITH LOUNGE, KITCHEN & PATIO N$ 456 000-00 Saloom 081 382 1888 IYANDA COURT – ARANDIS PHASE ONE SOLD OUT! 2 BED, 1 BATH HOUSE WITH OPEN PLAN KITCHEN / LIVING AREA. OUTSIDE BBQ & PARKING AREA. SAFE & SECURE COMPLEX. N$ 445 000-00 Gogga 0818709950 Saloom 081 382 1888

WALVIS BAY-TO LET WAREHOUSES 340 sqm- N$ 21 000.00 260 sqm- N$ 16 250.00 190 sqm- N$ 11 385.00 (VAT INCL) OFFICE SPACE 114sqm modern tiled office/retail space Upmarket/Prime area N$12650.00 Centrally Situated & Immediately Available 190 sqm- N$18880.00 90 sqm- N$9280.00 +-115sqm- N$9788.57 313sqm- N$19883.60 (All VAT INCL.) Bachelor Room (Immediately Available) N$ 3327.50 (W&E incl.)

2 Bedr flat (BIC) 1 bathr N$3960.00 (W&E Excl.)

House MEERSIG 4 Bedr, 2 bathr, Double garage, Big yard N$11000.00 W&E Excl.

Townhouse 3 Bedr, 2 bathrooms Double garage N$9900.00 (Prepaid E & W excl.)

LANGSTRAND Fully furnished house with flat- N$13 200.00 W&E INCL. 064-209444 / 0818081548.

TO RENT: 2 bedroom flat with open plan kitchen.

Water incl.

Alarm with garage.

Build in cupboards in all rooms.

N$ 4 500.00 p/m + deposit Narraville, Sunbird street.

Contact: 081 591 7777 081 141 0419

2Bedr, bathr, kitchen, Alarm N$ 4200.00 W/Incl Jabulani 2Bedr house, bathr, lounge, kitchen dinning room N$ 5500.00 W/Incl garage optional Mahetago Bachelor flat with bathr N$ 2000.00 W/L Incl 1 person Tamariskia Bachelor flat with bathr N$ 2420.00 W/L Incl 1person 1Bedr flat, bathr, kitchen N$ 2300.00 W/Incl 1person/young couple Vineta North Spacious and neat 3Bedr house, 2bathr, lounge, kitchen, dinning room, garage N$ 11 000.00 W/L Excl neg All deposits required For Sale Mahetago 2Bedr house, bathr, lounge, kitchen, with 2bachelor flats N$ 830 000.00 Double storey complex Ideal for rental investment or self catering or B&B establishment guaranteed income of up 19,500pm consist of main house with 4 units of 2Bedr each N$ 1.650 mil Tamariskia Cottage Village Flat 2 Bedr, 1 bathr, open plan kitchen, garage N$ 850 000 00 Vineta central House 3Bedr, 2bathr, lounge, kitchen dinning room, single garage with bachelor flat N$ 1.630 mil Ocean view (brand new) 3Bed house, 2bathr, lounge, kitchen dinning room, single garage (remote door) N$ 1.9 mil neg Call Tel: 064-402112 Fax: 064-403396 Matty: 081 244 6995 www.mnkpropertiesnami bia.com FOR SALE FOR SALE FOR

WALVIS BAY 20 4505

FOR SALE FAIRWAY ESTATE Be the first to move into the Brand New Modern house!!!

Consists of 3 bedr, 2 bathr, large open plan area and 2 garages !!!

N$1 700 000

Olga 081 853 1654

FOR SALE FOR SALE FOR SALE FOR SALE FOR

BRAND NEW SOLE & EXCLUSIVE MANDATE WALVIS BAY Modern & Classic Offices located in the corporate and financial heart of Walvis Bay! Ranging from 73m² to 94m² Selling from only N$ 1 624 600-00!

Do not miss out on this unique opportunity!

Book yours now!

Claudia 081 605 1984

SWKP EXT 8: FIT FOR A KING

Mondesa TO LET NHE Houses 2Bedr, bathr, kitchen N$ 4000.00 W/Incl

FOR SALE FOR SALE FOR

TO LET WALVIS BAY - Central – 3 bedr. Townhouse, 2 bathr, open plan kitchen / lounge, double garage. N$8890 - Fairway – 2 bedr. townhouse, 1 bathr, open plan kitchen / lounge, single garage. N$6600 - Meersig – Townhouse - 2 bedr, 1 bathrs, open plan kitchen / lounge, single garage. N$5500 - Hermis 2 bedr flat, 1 bathr open plan kitchen / lounge, single garage. N$5900 - Hermis 2 bedr flat, 1 bathr open plan kitchen / lounge.

N$5500 NARRAVILLE - 1 bedr flat, 1 x bathroom.

N$2600.00 KUISEBMUND - Bachelor flat – N$2200 (water & electr incl) - One bedr flat – N$2650 (water & electr incl) WAREHOUSES Light Industrial 450m² N$22 275.00 excl vat 131m² N$10 500.00 incl vat 230m² N$12 700.00 incl vat 272m² N$17 000.00 incl vat 4140m² N$176 000.00 excl vat

Office space – 127m² – N$6485.00 Vacant erf with fencing – N$14 800 incl vat (avail 1/6) FEEL FREE TO CONTACT: Yolande – 081 251 9377 / Alda – 081 2555481 Office – 064 272580

NEW DEVELOPMENT MONDESA! IMBA VILLAGE Phase 1 selling now!

2 Bed, 1 Bath 62.2m² unit with open plan & garage N$ 668 900.00 Gogga 0818709950 ARANDIS FREE-STANDING 3 BED, 2 BATH HOUSE WITH LOUNGE, KITCHEN & PATIO. MAIN BED WITH ENSUITE BATH! N$ 550 000-00 Gogga 081 870 9950 ARANDIS FREE-STANDING 3 BED, 1 BATH HOUSE WITH LOUNGE, KITCHEN, PATIO & GARAGE N$ 568 000-00 Gogga 081 870 9950 TE HUUR: Walvisbaai Stern 4Modern eenheid, 3 slaapkamer, 2 badkamer, gaste toilet. Oopplan kombuis / eetkamer, sitkamer, binnebraai, baie kaste.2 garages, 1 groot buite plaas geskik vir braai / potplante N$ 7 250.00 p/m W/K uitgsl.

Beskikbaar 1 September Skakel: 081 124 2151 om te besigtig

ARANDIS FREE-STANDING 3 BED, 2 BATH HOUSE WITH LOUNGE, KITCHEN, PATIO & GARAGE MAIN BED WITH ENSUITE BATH! N$ 660 000-00 Iiyambo 081 399 5955 ARANDIS FREE-STANDING 3 BED, 2 BATH HOUSE WITH LOUNGE, KITCHEN, PATIO & GARAGE MAIN BED WITH ENSUITE BATH! N$ 660 000-00 Iiyambo 081 399 5955 FOR SALE FOR SALE FOR FOR SALE FOR SALE FOR SALE FOR SALE FOR SALE FOR

P.A.M TREE VILLAS SOLE & EXCLUSIVE MANDATE 205 Free-standing houses located 5km from the Walvis Bay City Centre On the road to Swakopmund.

Choose your own design & plot!

Selling from N$ 615 000-00.

Claudia 0816051984

Very neat and secure 2 bedroom, both en-suite, flat with single motorized garage.

Walk to beach or shops.

N$1 380 000

ARANDIS FREE-STANDING 3 BED, 2 BATH HOUSE WITH LOUNGE, KITCHEN, PATIO & GARAGE MAIN BED WITH ENSUITE BATH! N$ 660 000-00 Saloom 081 382 1888

WALVIS BAY 20 4505

FOR SALE FOR SALE FOR SALE FOR SALE FOR SALE FOR

Walvis Bay CBD Sole & Exclusive Mandate Spacious 160m² 3 bed, 1 ½ bath townhouses.

A rare find at N$ 905 000-00 each!

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FOR SALE MEERSIG Comfortable size family townhouse in secure area, 3 bedr, 2 bathr, 2 garages. Just minutes away from Lagoon!!!

N$ 1 750 000 HERMES House - 3 bedr, 2 bathr, 2 Garages, Great Deal!

N$ 1 152 000

Olga 081 853 1654

FOR SALE FOR SALE FOR

TE HUUR:Ons het ‘n drie slaapkemr huisie baie naby aan di Hoërskool.

Aparte badkamer met toilet en stort. Hoofslaapkmer het sy eie badkamer, bad en stort. Kombuis, klein woonvertrek met binne braai en dubbel garage. Dis regtig ‘n baie oulike plekkie.

N$ 8 500.00 p/m W/K uitgsl.

Beskikbaar onmidellik.

Kontak Wilma: 064 220 200 tussen 8 - 5 TO LET: Walvis Bay, near Syncrolift Office and workshop to let.

Contact: 081 124 3904

IYANDA COURT – ARANDIS PHASE ONE SOLD OUT! 2 BED, 1 BATH HOUSE WITH OPEN PLAN KITCHEN / LIVING AREA. OUTSIDE BBQ & PARKING AREA. SAFE & SECURE COMPLEX. N$ 445 000-00 Gogga 0818709950 ARANDIS FREE-STANDING 2 BED, 1 BATH HOUSE WITH LOUNGE, KITCHEN & PATIO N$ 456 000-00 Gogga 0818709950

MALAKIA PROPERTIES TO LET MAHETAGO Bedroom and bathroom N$2300 W/L Inclusie Bachelor Flat 1bedroom bic, bathroom Kitchen bic with stove N$3080.00 w/incl 3bedrooms bic, 2bathrooms Kitchen bic with stove, Lounge. Garage N$6500.00 W/ Incl MONDESA 3bedrooms, 1bathroom Kitchen, Lounge, alarm system. Boundary wall And Garage N$5600.00 W/L Excl All Deposit –required Malakia 081 297 7253 Email: malakiaproperties@yah oo.com TO LET Narravile - Walvis: 4 Bedroom house, 2 bathrooms with toilets each, double sitting room and modern kitchen with built-in cupboards, stove and microwave available to rent. The house is very spcious with comfortable back yard to relax. The house is situated at Evergreen Street 50 next to Makarios Mini market and Take Away. The house is conveniently situated close to a mini market and easy to catch a taxi to town. Prepaid electricity will be installed shortly.

N$6000.00 per month and water included. deposit will be required.

Contact: 081 360 7641 TO RENT Oletweni - Swakop: 2 Bedoom house, bathroom, kitchen and lounge.

N$4700.00 + deposit.

W/L Incl.

Available 1 Aug 2015 TO RENT Mondesa - Swakop: 2 Bedroom house, bathroom, kitchen with stove and BIC, lounge and double garage. With alarm and boundary walls.

N$5900.00 + deposit.

Water incl, prepaid electricity.

Available 1 Aug. 2015 Contact: 081 673 2664 TO LET Walvis Bay: N$5500.00 per month.

Water included.

New one bedroom flat. with garage Rosa: 081 122 2159 WANTED Looking for a Double garage/Workshop to rent, from 15-50m² Price range: N$1000 - N$4000 Contact: 081 128 1814 HUIS TE KOOP Ocean View Swakopmund: Huis in CC 3 Slaapkamers, 3 badkamers, 3 garages, Oopplan sitkamer en kombuis. Opwaskamer en Braai.

Pragtige uitsig.

N$1.9Milj Eienaar: 081 127 6049

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WALVIS BAY KUISEBMOND HUGE 4 BED, 2 BATH FAMILY HOME WITH 2 garages, open-plan kitchen, scullery & entrance hall.

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N$ 1 410 000.00 Emily 081 293 0335 WALVIS BAY KUISEBMOND - PRIME LOCATION! 4 Bed house with 2 garages.

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PLUS 1 bed flat with 2 garage N$ 20 000.00 monthly rental income N$ 2 790 000.00 Emily 081 293 0335

FOR SALE Beautiful private double story townhouse Walvis Bay. 3 bedr, 2½ bathrooms, open plan living area, Indoor/out-side braai, 2 x air cons, separate wash area. N$2.2 mil private sale Cell: 0811284218 TO RENT Oletweni - Swakop: 1 Bedroom flat with own bathroom N$2500 + deposit.

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Invest Real Estate and Developers CC: are looking for buyers or investors for houses to buy between N$1,7million up to N$8 million. Invest Real Estate and Developers Cc: are looking for houses to sell or to rent out. Please call the Professionals@ 0818103498 or 0811421942 SELLING YOUR HOME?? Get the price you want. No negotiating with buyers. No agent commissions.

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SWAKOPMUND PERFECTLY LOCATED 3 Bed, 2 bath, main bed With dressing room, inside BBQ, lots of paving, Close to Pro-Ed. N$ 1 780 000-00 GOGGA 0818709950 ARANDIS URGENT SALE! Huge 4 bed house Recently upgraded, Scullery, garage, store Room, beautiful garden.

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TO LET - WALVIS BAY CENTRAL N$ 7 500 – Upmarket 2 Bed, 2 Bath with single garage N$ 5 500 – 2Bed ,1 bath with single garage N$ 2 300- Bachelor flat with own bathroom N$ 5000 – 3 Bed townhouse with garage N$ 6160 -3 Bed townhouse with garage N$ 8 500 – 3Bed house with business rights HERMES N$ 4 200 - 1 Bed with carport (incl. w & e) N$ 3000 - Bachelor flat with garage N$ 6 500 - 3 Bed,1bath house with single garage MEERSIG N$ 12 500 - Upmarket 3 Bed, 2 bath with double garage N$ 13 000.00 Freestanding 3 bed house, 2 bath with double garage NEW LAGOON N$ 9 000 – 3Bed,2bath with double garage LAGOON N$ 4 900 – 2Bed,1Bath with single garage N$ 5 200 – 2bed,1bath with single garage N$ 5 500 – 2Bed,1 bath with single garage KUISEBMOND N$ 3 150 – 2Bed,1Bath house N$ 1 200 – Inside room W&E excl N$ 2000 – Bachelor flats N$ 2 900 – 2Bed,1Bath house Narraville N$ 3 300 – 1Bed flat INDUSTRIAL N$ 9000.00 excl VAT – New 150m² warehouse with 1 offices N$ 12 500 – Warehouse 145m² N$22 500 excl VAT – Warehouse 520m² N$ 33 000 excl Vat – Modern office block 500m² Please call Rhoda 081 413 1313 Or Talitha 081 337 3669 MALAKIA PROPERTIES SALE Olwetweeni (Swakopmund) 4 bedrooms, 2bathroom, kitchen, Lounge Garage Plus: 2 bachelor flats N$1.4mil ARANDIS 4bedrooms, 1bathroom, kitchen, Lounge Store room and parking area N$390 000.00 Good Investment: 2bedrooms, bathroom, open-plan kitchen Plus: 2flats with 2 bedrooms, bathroom Open-plan kitchen each Generate monthly income N$ 7500.00 / N$550 000.00 TAMARISKIA: 3 Bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, Kitchen, lounge. Plus bachelor flat N$1. mil Malakia 081 297 7253 Email: malakiaproperties@yahoo .com

To let Vogelstrandt: Cute one bedroomed flat with, lounge, kitchenette, Bathroom, garage, prepaid elect rental : N$4500.00 p Tamariskia 2 beroomed furnished, bath r/m,1 garage, large o/p, prepaid elect,24 hr security. N$5900.00 pm Swakopmund central Three bedroomed apartment, fully furnished, inside Braai, two bath/r, alarm, two garages N$9000.00 pm For sale ! !

Town center Investment opportunity, center town, now on the market.

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Price : N$ 1.4 mil (current tenant) Mile 4 Excellent investment !

Duplex, 3 b/rooms/2 bath rms/2 garages, Large o/plan near new private school,inside barbeque, court yard, Only N$1.4 mil Venita ex 22 3000 m/2 vacant erf zoned for apartments.

Note: we also require, houses, flats, apartments and Town houses for selected rental customers.

For appointment call : Jp van der Walt Capricorn estates: 081 127 2736 To let: Warehouse in a good condition.

Door height 4.5meter.

Workshop/Floorspace 234m² plus Administrative Block 87.5m².

N$ 17000.00/ month excl. VAT Phone Office Hours: 064-220607 FOR SALE Kuisebmund - Walvis: Town house.

3 Bedroom house, main bedroom with BIC, 2 bathrooms, kitchen with BIC, lounge and garage.

N$750 000.00 FOR SALE Davo flats - Walvis: 2 Bedroom house, all rooms with BIC, bathroom, kitchen with stove and BIC, lounge and garage.N$950 000.00 FOR SALE Oletweni - Swakop: 2 Bedroom house, bathroom, kitchen, lounge and garage + 3 backyard flats, each with own bathroom.

N$1.25mil (neg) FOR SALE Noorduin - Henties: 4 Bedroom house, all rooms with BIC, 3 bathrooms, kitchen with stove and BIC, dining room, indoor braai, lounge and double garage.

Backyard with fruit trees/plants N$1.5mil Contact: 081 673 2664

TO RENT: 3 bedroom house with doble garage, outdoor braai, newly built in kitchen with oven.

Study.

2 hobby rooms with toilet and shower.

Pre paid electricity.

Water excl.

Contact: 081 127 6865

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HOUSEHOLD/ FURNITURE PICK A BARGAIN We buy and sell second hand furniture and household equipment Best prices in Town Box 5270 173 Nangolo Mbumba Drive Walvis Bay Namibia Maria: 081 032 4865 Guts: 081 259 3175

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FOR SALE Racing kayak for tall person . (paddle and life jacket included) N$2500 Mini Malibu Surfboard 7.8 very good condition N$1500 Surfboard 6.8 pintail as new N$1500 Contact 081 272 1555 FOR SALE: 6x complete bath set, bath, mixer tap & shower attached.

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HOUSEHOLD/ FURNITURE This 'n That We buy and sell second hand & new furniture and household appliances. We offer good moeny on qaulity. Sam Nujoma Town Sqaure. La Paloma Building Walvis Bay. Els 081 255 5809 Lawrence 081 324 1285 FOR SALE: Rustic furniture made from recycled wood.

Side tables, cupboards etc.

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FOR SALE: 2009 Chev Cruze Misty lake colour Immaculate, full service history 104 000 km N$ 100 000.00 neg.

Contact: 081 147 5304 081 040 0325 FOR SALE: 1.6 2014 Polo Vivo Trendline Metallic silver ± 26 000.00 km Contact: 081 255 4967 081 577 4550

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Price not more than N$ 90 000.00 NB: No crooks please!

Contact: 081 257 1997 CASH FOR GOLD We buy Gold & Silver Jewellery and Coins even if it's broken. We also Buy Diamonds. We operate in Swakop, Walvis Bay, Henties Bay, Arandis, Uis and Omaruru.

Contact us at: 0813443794/081315 9178 We are available 24/7 I need Transport permit for a 16 Seater Quantum Combi from Swakopmund to Windhoek and Windhoek to Swakopmund.

If you have one for hiring or selling, contact me on: 081 124 2490 or 081 480 0287 Samuel.

VACANCIES Vacancies – Walvis Bay 6x Semi-Skilled / Skilled Electricians ·Must have 3 - 5 years' experience in Industrial and commercial field. ·Must be hard worker ·Namibian citizen ·Able to work overtime Only serious and suitable candidates will be notified.

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VACANCIES VACANCY: Walvis Bay Admin Clerk Grade 12 Good communication skills Computer literate School leavers encouraged to apply Email Cv: wbadvertise@outloo k.com fax: 064 205 290 NARRAVILLE MEDICAL PRACTICE Vacancy for enrolled Nurse Person should be: A registered with nurses council of Namibia Employed in Namibia Send application to Narraville Medical Practice or email: docrichardmajangara @ gmail.com on or before 24/07/15 ERONGO AXIS SECURITY CC We are looking for Armed Response Officers and Guards.

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Mail: opsmanager@securi ty.com.na Please no faxed CV's BRICKLAYERS NEEDED IN HENTIES BAY BRICKLAYERS WITH 3 YEARS EXPERIENCE ARE NEEDED IN HENTIES BAY. CONTACT : 0851249826.

VACANCY – EXPERIENCED ESTATE AGENTS NEEDED! WALVIS BAY & ONGWEDIVA WE ARE LOOKING FOR QUALIFIED, EXPERIENCED AND MOTIVATED ESTATE AGENTS TO JOIN OUR SALES TEAMS. PLEASE EMAIL CV'S TOGETHER WITH VALID FIDELITY CERTIFICATE & DRIVER'S LICENCE TO pa.remaxatlantic@iway. na OR DELIVER AT REMAX OFFICE IN SAM NUYOMA AVE WALVIS BAY. NB: MUST HAVE OWN CAR!

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THANK YOU THERE ARE SIMPLY NO WORDS TO EXPRESS OUR HEARTFELT THANKS FOR THE HELPING HANDS, WORDS AND FLOWERS YOU HAVE EXTENDED TOWARD OUR FAMILY DURING OUR TIME OF LOSS .

The Visagie family Bernardino Gomes “DISSE-LHES JESUS: EU SOU A RESSURREIÇÃO E A VIDA. AQUELE QUE CRÊ EM MIM, AINDA QUE MORTO, VIVERÁ. E TODO AQUELE QUE VIVE E CRÊ EM MIM, JAMAIS MORRERÁ” (João 11:25-26).

A quem amamos, não morre jamais, apenas viaja na nossa frente. Não existe partida para aquele que permanecerá eternamente em nossos corações, e morrer não é partir, pois quem está perto de Deus não está longe de nós.

Os nossos sinceros pêsames a toda a familia, e que Deus o tenha a Seu lado, olhando e cuidando por todos nós, aqueles que o amaram e continuam a senti-lo nos seus corações

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SEBULON “SEBBY” NDUNGULA SHIVUTE * 24.08.1961 † 3.07.2015

We, the Shivute family announce the death of our brother.

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UNCLE GLENNY

If tears could build a stairwell and memories were a lane, we would walk right up to Heaven and bring you home again.

No farewell words were spoken no time to say good-bye . You were gone before we knew it, and only God knows why.

Our heart still aches in sadness, and secret tears still flow. What it means to lose you, no one will ever know.

We will surely miss you!

Love: Granville, Cella & the Boys!

Johnny Thiart 12 Februarie 1948

9 Julie 2015

My man, pa, oupa en oupagrootjie Jou plekkie is vir altyd leeg, maar ons berus ons by die gedagte dat dit God se wil was.

Roudiens en Begrafnis:

Donderdag 16 Julie 2015 vanuit die NG Moedergemeente Kerk om 11:00

The under 17 Netball Freaks

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De Duine shows who is boss The De Duine Secondary School under 15 netball team rose victorious as the Regional Winners and the under 17 team are off to the National finals that will be played in Windhoek on 25 August, after defeating S I Gobs with a mighty score of 67-3.

The Under 15 Regional Winners

The De Duine Soccer team also defeated Namib High School with a score of 2 -0 and was declared as the winners of the FNB Classic Clashes. The school remained victorious when their Rugby team defeated Walvis Bay Private High School with a score of 35 -33.

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Inline Hockey Players Keep Namibia's Name High In The USA

During June 2015, a group of Namibian Inline Hockey Players travelled to America to participate in the North American Inline Hockey Championships (NARCh). This is one of the biggest Inline Hockey events internationally, with teams participating from all over America, and from numerous other countries.

NARCh 2015 was held in Huntington Beach, California, USA from 17-28 June. The Namib Sidewinders entered 5 teams in different age divisions, with players combined from three Namibian clubs. This was the third time that the Namib Sidewinders have participated in NARCh, with some of the players having played in Florida in 2011 and in Toronto, Canada in 2013.

The Namib Sidewinders is a group of young Namibian players brought together by some parents and Namibian coaches who want kids to gain early exposure to international competition. Our official national team can only accept players from the age of 14.

The competition was extremely strong, and the U14 and U10 teams initially struggled to keep up with the speed and intensity of the opposition. Both our teams consisted of some very young players (who usually play in U12 and U8 respectively). But it was a great preparation ground for the U12 and U8 games that were played later on in the competition.

The U12 team started their competition with a big bang.

Having lost the NARCh U10 final in 2013 in Toronto, these kids were on a mission to try to bring home the gold medals in the U12 Silver division in 2015. The most impressive part of this team was the fact that each and every player gave their best and played together as a team. You could not single out one player individually, but could credit each and every game to complete team work. Hats off to the coach, Brian Sobel, who managed to facilitate this. Our respected American coach says that the Namibian inline hockey playing kids are truly amazing. Hard work paid off, and our Namibians won Gold in the Silver division with a 3-0 score. Fans were kept on the edge of their seats the entire final match as the first goal was scored with only 2 minutes and 50 seconds game time left. Talking to the kids afterwards, they all complained that their legs had been "shaking" from nervousness - just another reason to expose players to this kind of competition early in their lives.

The U8 team was a complete surprise. Seeing that this team only had 5 players and a goalie, made up mostly from the siblings of the U12 players, the aim was to just expose them, allow them to compete and to learn from their experience. An additional player from the USA was added to the Namib Sidewinder's team to complete the numbers.

The U8 team managed to win or draw all their games, except for one, which was against the top platinum U8 team in the USA. Our U8 team was promoted to the gold division. In the Gold Division match final the winning goal was scored with only 23 seconds to go before the whistle,… with the Namib Sidewinders winning Gold in the U8 NARCh finals Gold Division with 5 goals to 4!

The Namib Sidewinders brought back two enormous trophies in the U12 and U8 division, together with a beautiful gold medal for each kid. Justin Hanssen won the top goalie award in the U12 Silver division, Mati Laporte won the top scorer award in the U8 Gold division and Christine Röttcher won top sniper award in the U8 skills competition. Each of these kids return to Namibia with their individual trophy.

Even though the U12 team managed to score the most goals of all the teams in their division, the top Scorer in the U12 division was won by a kid from another team. This shows complete team work for the Namib Sidewinders, as every player on the team scored goals during the run of the tournament, and the team did not have to rely on a single player to score the goals.

All our Namibian players (and parents) came back exhausted but rich in experience. The Namib Sidewinders tricots were high in demand and kids from other clubs came begging just to be able to swop their team tricots with a Namib Sidewinder tricot. The Namibian kids managed to impress everyone with their polite ways and good manners, keeping Namibia's name high. We are extremely proud of our young players, and realize that Namibia can make a big mark in terms of inline hockey in the international arena!

Eagles win first Game at T20 Qualifiers

The U12 (top) and U8 (bottom) teams celebrating their trophies and medals

Free admission for scholars to second test The Namibian Rugby union has invited all scholars in Namibia to watch this Saturday's second test match between Namibia and Russia in the Windhoek Draught Friendship Series at the Hage Geingob Stadium in Windhoek for free.

All scholars wearing their schools uniform or school/sport tracksuits and come in as a group will get free admission. These seats will be available on the open stands only and scholars in groups need to be seated together. The NRU has encouraged schools to make banners and posters in support of the Namibian National team and to let the crowd know from which school they are. The school with the most original banner and slogan can win a prize of N$2 000.00 and three rugby balls. The handover will be done after the Man of the Match handover.

Schools who want to make use of this invitation are encouraged to contact the NRU at info@nru.com.na by Thursday 12:00 to allow them to make the necessary arrangements.

Namibia sinks Russia in first test

Namibia beat Russia 39-19 in the first of the two-match Windhoek Draught Series at the Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium on Saturday.

Namibia wicketkeeper J P Kotze celebrates

Namibia won its first match of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2015 on Monday after beating the United States of America by seven wickets in a Group A clash at the Civil Service Cricket Club in Belfast.

Namibia opted to field first after winning the toss, and its bowlers managed to restrict USA to 113 for 8 in 20 overs.

Thereafter, the Namibia openers, Stephen Baard and Gerrie Snyman, put on 97 to make short work of the chase, which was completed in 12.5 overs. Akeem Dodson, the opener, was the USA's top scorer, with a 41-ball 49.

However, the rest of the line-up was unable to offer him the support needed – the next highest score of the innings was Alex Amsterdam's

27-ball 18.

USA lost its first wicket in the third over when Jason Davidson, the rightarm speedster, induced an edge off Fahad Babar that was caught behind. Dodson then farmed the strike and put on a quick 35 for the second wicket with Timothy Surujbally, but the stand was broken when the latter was run out after scoring 3 off 7 balls.

Nicholas Stanford didn't last long thereafter, trapped in front

by Bernard Scholtz, the left-arm spinner, as USA was reduced to 57 for 3.

Dodson fought on though, and put on 25 for the fourth wicket with Amsterdam.

But he was then felled

by Scholtz, one run short of a half-century, and USA didn't recover after that setback.

At the time it was 82 for 4, but the rest of the batsmen could only manage 31 runs off the remaining 41 balls. In its chase, the Nambia openers were relentless. They put on 97 runs in 10 overs, with Snyman taking the attack to the bowlers.

He scored a 36-ball 62, including five

fours and five sixes, even as Baard sealed up one end, scoring a 28-ball 34. Such was the ferocity of Snyman's hitting that USA's total was soon dwarfed. The stand was eventually broken when Amsterdam had Snyman dismissed in the tenth over. Baard was then bowled by TK Patel, the legspinner who also had Raymond van Schoor, the new man, scalped in his next over.

But it was too little too late, and Namibia eventually completed its chase with 43 balls to spare.

Speaking to the media after the game Namibian captain, Jacques Burger said he was proud the team won its first test match against Russia.

“There are a lot of things we still need to work on but we will get all that right ahead of the World Cup and at the moment, the boys' attitude in the camp is positive; it is exciting.

“Credit should also be given to the fans who came out in large numbers to cheer on the team,” he said.

Namibia opened the scoring in the third minute with a penalty kick by Theuns Kotze.

Russia then took the lead

with a try in the sixth minute after Igor Galinovsky beat the Namibian back row and Yury Kushnarev's conversion.

Namibia regained the lead a few minutes later after Russel van Wyk scored the home team's first try and Kotze converting.

Kotze then scored a penalty in the 21st minute but failed to extend the score when he missed a penalty in the 32nd minute.

Before the half-time break, Russia scored their second try of the game through Viktor Gresev but Kushnarev failed to convert.

The score at the interval was 13-12 in favour of the home team.

Namibia came back like a

house on fire in the second half, with Eugene Jantjies, Van Wyk, and JC Grey-ling scoring tries.

Kotze converted twice and missed once.

By the 75th minute, the score was 32-12 for Namibia.

Danila Chegodaev then scored Russia's third and final try of the game in the 79th minute and Kushnarev converted to take the score to 32-19.

Namibia's final try of the game came in additional time through Johan Deysel and Jantjies' conversion took the final score to 39-19 in favour of the hosts.

The Welwitschias will play their second test match against Russia on Saturday at the same stadium. Namibia will participate in the International Rugby Board (IRB) Rugby World Cup 2015 in England in September this year, and face Argentina, Georgia, Tonga and New Zealand.

Namibia played under the guidance of caretaker coach Phil Davies after head coach Danie Vermeulen resigned two weeks ago.

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The Erongo schools under 13 girls soccer league are still in full swing at the Coast, where the second last round of the League took place the past weekend.

The finals will be played next weekend, at the Jan Wilken Stadium. The scores for the weekend were, Duinesig Primary School 0–0 Narraville Primary School, Vrede Rede Primary School 2-0 Flamingo Primary School, JP Brandt Primary School 0-0 Narraville Primary School, Kuisebmond Primary School 1-1 Duinesig Primary School, Narraville Primary School 1–1 Immanuel Ruiters Primary School, Kuisebmond Primary School 0–2 Vrede Rede Primary School, Duinesig Primary School 5–0 Flamingo Primary School, Kuisebmond Primary School 0–6 Narraville Primary School, and Immanuel Ruiters Primary School 2–0 JP Brandt Primary School.

Here is Duinesig Primary School in action against JP Brandt Primary School and Immanuel Ruiters Primary School in action against Narraville Primary School.

Photos by Leandrea Louw

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Duinesig vs JP Brandt

NPS vs Immanuel Ruiters

Para-athletes in action The Namibia Paralympics Committee has embarked on an athletes' promotional tour that started in Walvis Bay, last week Thursday and ending on Sunday.

The seven athletes who qualified for the 2015 Doha Games will from part of this tour. The seven athletes are: Johanna Benson, Lahja Ishtile, Johannes Nambala, Elias Ndimulunde, Rosa Manjoro, Ananias Shikongo, Martin Aloysius and Ruben Soroseb.

The aim of this promotional tour is to educate the Namibian

nation about para-athletes and what it takes to be one.

The athletes had a mini promotional event, on Saturday at the Seagull Shopping Mall (Pick 'n Pay) where Ruben showed off his impressive bench press skills and Johanna her gold and silver medal she won at the Paralympics Games.

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Will Esterhuizen in action

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Steven Peake from Namib Park (second), Will Esterhuizen from TransNamib (male champion), Vivien Potgieter (President Namib Park), Marietjie vd Berg from Tsumeb club (female champion) and Amanda Steenkamp from Windhoek Country Club (second)

Champ of Champs Crowned Leandrea Louw

The Namibian Bowling Association hosted the Champion of Champions tournament in Walvis Bay on Saturday and Sunday at the Namib Park Bowls Club. The tournament saw 14 of the best players of seven different clubs battling it out against each other for the title of best male and female players of the year. The participating clubs were, TransNamib Bowling Club, Eros Bowling Club, Windhoek Country Club, Tsumeb Bowling Club, Namib Park Bowling Club, Windhoek Bowling Club and Rossmund Bowling Club.

The winners for the tournament - best male player for the year were none other than all-time favourite in bowling circles, Will Esterhuizen from TransNamib Bowling Club and the best female player for the year was Marietjie van der Berg from the Tsumeb Bowling Club, who is also the Namibian Closed Champion.

The runner-up for the best male player was Ste-

ven Peake from Namib Park Bowls Clubs and the runner-up for the best female player of the year was Amanda Steenkamp from the Windhoek Country Club, who is also the current Namibian Open Champion.

The players for the days were: Eros Bowling Club: Robert Kantoya, Jean Joubert.

Namib Park: Steven

Peake, Connie Olivier.

Rossmund: Piet Appolis, Ronnie Crawford.

TransNamib: Will Esterhuizen, Helene Rust.

Tsumeb: Rudi Vaessler, Marietjie van der Berg.

Windhoek Bowling Club: Desmond van der Smit, Marlen Coetzee.

Windhoek Country Club: Johan Jacobs, Amanda Steenkamp.

The final game of the day, Heiko vs Reinoldt

Table Tennis Action at Coast Leandrea Louw Walvis Bay was the host of the first ever table tennis tournament at the coast this weekend. The Namibian Open tournament took place on Saturday at the Walvis Bay indoor complex.

The development officer of the Namibian Table Tennis Tournament, Mr Roger Beukes said that this is only the beginning for many other tournaments of this magnitude to be hosted at the coast.

“We will work through the Mayor’s office to involve all schools in the under 18 and cadets tournament next year.

In her opening remarks, the Mayor of Walvis Bay, Mss Uillika Nambahu, said, ‘tennis in general and in particular table tennis is a sport that test human limits such as physical strength, handeye contact coordination and reflex which in turn reduces the prevalence of non-communicable diseases such as cancer, diabetes and hypertension to mention but a few.

By contrast, many young people these days have resorted to consuming high energy foods without the matching physical activity to burn fats resulting in the prevalence of obesity and lack of fitness.

This situation is made worse by the availability of virtual gaming units and devices such as PlayStation, Ntendo Wii and Xbox 360, as many young people prefer staying at home and play these vir-

tual games and not participate in actual sport” “I would like to encourage all parents to approach this matter with the required balance as exposing our youth to virtual reality only at the expense of active and competitive actual sport will have severe implications on the well-being of our children”.

After a long day of hard gaming, the winners for the different categories were: Mixed double finals, Heiko Fiedl and Kaitlyn Beukes beat Wayne Green and Bregida George, with a score of 4 -2.

The runners-up were Bregida George and Wayne Green, third place went to Reese Saunderson and Jaco De Swardt and fourth place went to Roger Beukes and Elmoreen De Koker.

In the men’s double final, third place went to Wayne Green and Jaco De Swardt, second place went to Heiko Fiedl and Reinolt Schurz and the first place went to Derrick Rooza and Reinhardt Stanley. This was the first of many trophies for the Walvis Bay Table Tennis Club.

In the Ladies Singles Open, Bronwin van Wyk

The male and female winners of the open singles, with the Mayor of the Narraville Primary School was the Plate winner. Kaitlyn Beukes was third, second place went to Bregida George and 12-year-old, Reese Saunderson took the first place.

In the men’s single open, the plate winner was D Strauss. In the men’s final, the last match of day, it was Heiko Fiedl and Reinhardt Stanley, where Heiko Fiedl rose victorious as the winner, beating Reinhardt with a score of 4 – 0.

Mr Derrick Rooza, from the Walvis Bay Table Tennis Club, said that he is happy with the standard of table tennis here at the

coast.

“All development we wish to see, is the growth of the club and most definitely a more fixed venue for the juniors, but I am happy with the results here today.”

Training for the senior table tennis players takes place at the Moth Club, Tuesdays and Thursdays, at 18:00 under the leadership of Derrick Rooza.

For the juniors, training takes place at the Narraville Primary School Hall, on the same days, at 15:00 under the coaching of Ms Elamoreen De Koker.