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Giant gingerbread house signals Christmas season is upon us For the past few weeks visitors at Café Anton in Swakopmund can once again witness a giant gingerbread house standing inside. The house, which is decorated with a variety of sweets and Christmas biscuits, forms part of an age-old tradition. For more than 25 years the bakers of the café spend hours making it, which is then displayed. As usual children will have the opportunity to devour the sweets one morning. This year no date for this event has been fixed though. “We will open the floor sometime closer to Christmas,” said Silvia Kleyenstüber from Café Anton.
Swaarverkeer moet wegbly van die kuspad Alle vragmotors wat 5000kg oorskry (bruto voertuig massa (gross vehicle mass) word sedert Maandag [12 Desember 2016] verplig om die MR44 pad oos van die duinegordel tussen Walvisbaai en Swakopmund te gebruik. Dit is 'n tydelike reëling tot 15 Januarie aanstaande jaar om algemene verkeersveiligheid op die B2 kuspad tussen die twee kusdorpe te bevorder. Die Ministerie van Werke en Vervoer het hierdie besluit ook eers Maandag bekragtig en in 'n persverklaring verduidelik hierdie tydelike reëling is kragtens Artikel 73 (1)(a)(b) van die Padverkeerswet uitvoerbaar. Alle vragmotors swaarder as 5 ton [5000kg] sal hieraan onderhewig wees. Eienaars en operateurs van swaarvoertuie word versoek om hierdie inligting deur besigheids kanale te versprei, aangesien swaar-voertuie summier by die padblokkade in die Langstrand omgewing teruggejaag gaan word. Swaarvoertuie veroorsaak verkeersopeenhopings en belemmer verkeers vloei tydens spitsverkeerstye, aldus die persverklaring wat deur Minister Alpheus Naruseb onderteken is.
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High Court dismisses road tender application
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Erwin Leuschner
The tender awarded to the joint venture Unik/Thohi to construct the multimillion N$ highway between Swakopmund and Walvis Bay was lawful and the company can continue its operations. Acting judge Collins Parker came to this conclusion in his judgement recently. Parker gave judgement after the joint venture December, acting judge Parker not only Chico/Octagon, which also had applied for dismissed the application with costs, but also the tender valued at close to N$1 billion, instructed the applicant to pay the costs of one lodged an application in the High Court in instructing counsel and two instructed September this year. The JV argued that the counsel. “The application has not established awarding of the tender was “unlawful” and that the BTC (Board Tender Committee) acted should be reviewed and set aside. The against any of the requirements of just respondents in the matter were the Roads administrative action. I have also shown that Authority and a total of 23 other entities, 21 of the applicant failed to establish any common which are companies which also tendered for law ground of review that could vitiate the the contract. decision not to award the tender to the In his judgement, which was delivered on 8 applicant,” Parker said.
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