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Marshallino Beukes

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‘n 24-Jarige man het Sondagnamiddag net-net ‘n besliste waterdood vrygespring nadat hy, in wat voorkom as ‘n selfmoordpoging, van die ysterkaai in Swakopmund afgespring het. mer van die restaurant op die kaai opgemerk, en nadat hy in die see gespring het, het hierdie werknemer hom te

hulp gesnel. Die held van die dag het volgens inligting ‘n lang tou gegryp en dit na die drenkeling ge-

gooi. Dié het dalk op daadie tydstip tot besinning gekom en die lewenslyn met albei hande

FAO calls for speedy consolidation of the country’s land acts

ming. Die koerant het gisternamiddag verneem dat hy buite gevaar, en op die been is.

aangegryp. Reddingsdienste is ontbied en die persoon is na die Staathospitaal geneem vir waarne-

He said the results of the study will enrich policy debate on ways to accelerate land distribution as a vehicle for poverty alleviation. “I am privileged to have an insight into the recommendations of the land prices

study and I find them a valuable resource for technocrats and policy-maker alike. ‘I will not dwell on the recommendations of the study; suffice it to say that they will remain a good reference for Continues on page 2

Another fire at Rössing

Halfway there for Mellissa

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Nianell on life and the NAMAs

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) country representative to Namibia, Dr Babagana Ahmadu, has called on government to finalise the consolidation of the Agricultural Land Reform Act and the Communal Land Reform Act. Both acts will be consolidated to become one Land Act, but discussions around the matter are still at the bill stage. Ahmadu made a call during the launch of the report titled ‘Study into Agricultural Land Prices in Namibia’ on Monday. The report was funded by FAO at the cost of about US.dollars 200 000 ( about N$2,5 million)

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Volgens ‘n bron het die voorval tussen 16:00 en 17:00 plaasgevind. Die jong man is blykbaar deur ‘n werkne-

Dr Babagana Ahmadu assumed duties as Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations to Namibia in September 2013. Prior to that, Dr Ahmadu was the FAO Representative to the Republic of The Gambia

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Marshallino Beukes and Mavourlene Gaes

A second fire in just over a month, erupted at Rössing Uranium mine on Sunday afternoon. According to the mine its emergency response unit quickly extinguished the fire. The fire in the fine crushing circuit of the plant,

occurred while maintainers were busy with routine replacement work of worn grizzly bars. The bolts holding the grizzly bars were re-

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moved by cutting it off with blow torches and some of those hot bolts ignited when they landed on plastic screen panels. According to Rössing,

the incident had very little impact on production and full production was restored later that same afternoon. The damage will expec-

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Plant. The damage then, as well as the cause of that fire, is still unknown. Nobody was hurt in any of the incidents.

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