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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6480 TUESDAY 18 AUGUST 2015 Tel +264 64 205 854/+264 64 461 866/Fax +264 64 204 813/+264 64 461 824/Website www.namibtimes.net
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Marshallino Beukes “My seun en die ander slagoffers is in my oë Nasionale helde, want hulle het die hoogste prys betaal om die lewe van ‘n medemens te red.” Dit was die woorde van mnr Terence Ward, ‘n welbekende en geliefde paramedikus van Swakopmund, wie se seun een van die slagoffers van die noodlottige vliegongeluk, Sondagoggend naby Kaapstad was. Mnr Ward se seun, Alfred John Ward (23) was nes sy pa ‘n paramedikus en was by E-Med Rescue 24 werksaam. ‘n Nood-ambulansvlug met ‘n 80-jarige pasiënt, mnr Gabriël Roux, vanaf Oranjemund na Kaapstad het in ‘n ramp ontaard toe daar skynbaar probleme met die Kaapse radarstelsel ondervind is. Die vliegtuig-ambulans het in die Tygerberg-natuurreservaat naby Kaapstad neergestort en al vyf die
persone aan boord se lewens geëis. ‘n Baie sterk, dapper, maar sigbaar gebroke mnr Terence Ward het gister tydens ‘n eksklusiewe onderhoud met namib times gesels. Hy het dit baie duidelik gemaak dat, hoewel hulle nie weet wat presies die oorsaak van die tragedie was nie, hulle niemand verwyt of blameer nie. Mnr Ward het genoem dat hy en sy familie stomgeslaan en diep aangedaan
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Caring for the Environment
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WFCPT urges for joint venture Alfred se ouers, Alida en Terence Ward is deur al die oproepe, boodskappe van bemoediging en persoonlike besoeke van mense dwarsoor die land en ook Suid-Afrika. Volgens hom was hy die betrokke oggend juis op pad na Windhoek om ‘n
Alfred John Ward
pasiënt te gaan haal, toe hy naby Okahandja die tyding via selfoon kry. “Ek was van plan om sommer my seun met ‘n vinnige besoekie by sy tuiste in die hoofstad te verras, maar ongelukkig was dit my nie
beskore nie,” het hy vertel. Mnr Ward noem dat hy en Alfred Saterdag die hele dag saam deurgebring en ook bietjie rugby gaan kyk het. Tydens hierdie pa-en-seun dag het Alfred blykbaar
aan hom genoem dat hy besluit het om die Here volkome te dien. Dit, volgens mnr Ward, was vir hom die beste nuus ooit. “Ons familie het die gewoonte om wanneer ons van mekaar afskeid neem, Vervolg op bladsy 2
“My signature is not for sale”
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Pro Ed matrieks kry afskeidsuitnodigings
-Minister of Urban and Rural Development Sophia Shaningwa Mavourlene !Gaës
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The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Sophia Shaningwa, has warned that she is not a walkover that can be bribed, or rushed. She gave this stern warning in her keynote address at the annual General Meeting of the Namibia National Mayors' Forum (NNMF) at a local hotel in Walvis Bay yesterday morning. She has warned that land being allocated or sold through what she called “inconsiderate actions” will not be given her signature as the Minister of Urban and Rural Development. “My signature is not for sale, my signature is for fairness.” Shaningwa says everyone deserves to have their own plot and added the land should be allocated in such a way that one individual receives one plot. According to Shaningwa, the Mass Housing Project was a great idea of Former President Hifikepunye Pohamba. “We are therefore in the process of
overhauling the programme and realigning the misalignments, so that we can provide housing to the targeted groups, the low income and poor.” Shaningwa has reminded everyone about the resolutions that were agreed upon in the meeting that was held on 24 July between the Government of the Republic of Namibia, through the Chairmanship of President Hage Geingob and the Affirmative Repositioning Movement. “One of the agreed resolutions is to ascertain the delivery of 200 000 plots in our Republic. Walvis Bay
in the Erongo Region, Windhoek in the Khomas Region and Oshakati in the Oshana Region has been selected as pilot towns for the envisaged project.” She says, once the serviced plots are available, they will have a clear list of applicants from those who applied for land since 1990, to date, “so that we can start allocating on the first come first serve basis, one plot per person”. Shaningwa has noted with great concern that an increasing number of the members of the public are lodging complaints about irregularities and favouritism, regarding
the way some local authorities are allocating urban land. “Honourable members should desist from recommending many residential erven to one individual or entity. Similarly, larger portions of land should not be allocated to one person or entity. How the local authority wants to convince anyone within his or her right mind about those allocations, when they have a backlog of housing in Namibia in thousands and how an honourable member gets it right to get themselves into issues, thát raises eyebrows. Shaningwa says she has no prob-
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Minister of Urban and Rural Development Sophia Shaningwa lem if an honourable member acquires land, however fairness, transparency and considerability must always prevail. “I am also not saying land must be given free Continues on page 2
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Kudus in Semis
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