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namib times SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6826 FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2019 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
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Sewer repair work mistaken for beach road project:
Langstrand confusion
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Floris Steenkamp The municipality of Walvis Bay suspended repair work to an existing road along the beach front at Langstrand Extension 2 on Wednesday, after residents threatened to approach the High Court of Namibia for an interdict to stop what they incorrectly assumed as “the construction of a beachfront road and parking areas along the Long Beach residential area”. This “construction of a beach front road” turned out to be nothing more than a municipal team of the local authority’s roads department restoring the road in order for technical teams to reach the sewer line and sewer pump stations on the beach front. It needs urgent re-
pair and maintenance work. If the work is not conducted soon, segments of Langstrand will encounter sewer problems. “Sewer, Water, Waste and Environmental Management merely requested Roads and Building Control to grade the road so that they can access the area to conduct repairs and maintenance work to
the sewer line and pump stations. Instead, residents interpreted the grading work and a water truck spraying the road’s surface as the start of the construction of a beach access road and parking areas Council resolved some years ago to undertake”, explained an official familiar with the saga. Continues on page 2
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The announcement came yesterday that the Board of Directors of the Namibian Airports Company agreed to appointment Mr Bisey Uirab its new Chief Executive Officer. Continues on page 2
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Bird Flu Outbreak ∙ Hundreds of penguins dead on Halifax Island - Lüderitz ∙ Agriculture Ministry warns if the virus spreads beyond
Eileen van der Schyff Avian flu, better known as bird flu, has been identified as the killer of masses of penguins on Halifax Island near Lüderitz. A mass mortality on Halifax Island can wipe out as much as 10 % of Namibia's total penguin population. In a statement this week the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry said although the bird flu remains contained to Halifax Island at the Continues on page 2
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