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namib times SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6820 FRIDAY 18 JANUARY 2019 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
House-fly outbreak inside 2019 is problems persist the year Train that washed away in 1940 slowly in Hermes-area A community policing group focusing on of Usakos emerges from its sandy time capsule the Hermes neighborhood of Walvis Bay
Historical discovery Sharlien Tjambari
Soil erosion is exposing an entire train which washed away at Usakos in 1940. The train has been buried for nearly six decades now near a modern railway bridge and two people who were children at the time at Usakos had a fascinating story to tell to Namib Times this week over this vintage train which is slowly but surely emerging from its sandy time capsule. Mr Pieter Gouws and Mrs Magriet Gouws who always wanted to know how the train ended up were kids during the time the train was washed where it was, buried under the sand at the railway away. Mrs Gouws remembers the story her bridge. father told her about a train that washed away at Mrs Gouws said her father, who used to work for the area where the train was discovered after so the Railways back then, told her that the train was transporting a certain sister Ivalda other nuns many years. According to Mr Gouws, he already discovered from the missionary at Usakos to Swakopmund. a part of this train back in 1980. He was “When it left the station, the train was on a attending school in Usakos and his family had a downhill trajectory between the station and the smallholding close to the bridge. Through the river. years his curiosity grew on the subject. He Continues on page 2
reports the continuation of a house fly outbreak, despite an effort by the municipality of Walvis Bay in recent days to counter the fly-outbreak with the spraying of chemicals. The fly-outbreak is a direct consequence of upgrade works to the sewerage water treatment plant. The upgrade project resulted in raw sewer water accumulating in various areas at the water treatment plant and it resulted in a fly-outbreak Walvis Bay has not seen for a long time. “Please ask the municipality to step up the effort and to spread their actions beyond the sewerage treatment works to also include areas around the water treatment plant like Dunes Mall, Hermes, the Duneside area and also the lower parts of Union Street and Narraville, the group requested.
“Full house” as four passenger liners occupy all eight berths of port..........
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It’s time for the Spray-AThon
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Volunteers build garden at state hospital
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New coach for Dolphins History was made in the port of Walvis Bay on Wednesday, (16 January) when a total of four passenger liners were alongside at the same time, collectively carrying some 7 000 passengers. The liners are seen here from stern side: Aida Aura closest to the lense, Nautica, MSC Musica and Queen Elizabeth. (pic by Floris Steenkamp)
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