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Locker vom Nuclear energy here to Embarrassing blow for stay - Deputy Minister Swakopmund community Hocker Kornelia Shilunga policing Erwin Leuschner
Floris Steenkamp
Although public opinion turned against nuclear power generation in the wake of the 2012 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan after a devastating tsunami, nuclear power generation will remain the most viable option to maintain baseload electricity generation. The world opinion is in favour of alternative energies like solarand wind power generation, but it cannot store enough energy to maintain baseload.
Two Walvis Bay residents who were severely assaulted and then arrested by community policing members in Swakopmund on 31 July this year, when they took a cell phone video of these members abusing their powers, were told yesterday the case against them is so defective it was summarily nullified by the magistrate. One of these community policing members now sitting with egg on the face is Hendrik Burger, the owner of Emergency Security Services. Burger, in the early hours of Sunday 30 July this year arrived with other community policing members at the Vintage Night Club. They suspected alcohol was served illegally. Without warning, pepper spray was sprayed in the club, prompting patrons who were still in the club to run outside in order to regain their breath. Also running out were these two Walvis Bay residents. An argument ensued outside during which Burger was witnessed threatening to beat up some of the patrons. He also used crude language. The two Walvis Bay residents made a cell phone video of Burger and
This statement was made this week in Swakopmund by the Deputy Minister of Mines and energy, Kornelia Shilunga, at the opening of the 2017 Uranium International Conference. Under the theme “Extraction and applications of Uranium – Present and Future” uranium mining experts from across the globe gathered in Swakopmund for the conference Shilunga in her opening address said mining, and specifically uranium mining contributes significantly to the country's economy. Apart from job creation and exports, mining in 2016 contributed N$3,2 billion to State Continues on Page 2
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