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namib times SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6861 TUESDAY 18 JUNE 2019 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
“I shot Hellwig first. Then I shot Mueller� Sharlien Tjambari A picture is starting to emerge about the deadly Monday morning of 15 April this year, when the Director of the Namibia Institute of Mining and Technology, Eckhart Mueller (72), and his Deputy Director, Heim Hellwig (60), were gunned down in cold blood as they arrived for work at the Institute's head office at Arandis. The accused mur- ing, an employee of that of a vehicle owned derer Ernst Lichten- NIMT testified she saw by Lichtenstrasser. strasser (58), who a vehicle at Arandis on Namibia's Deputyfaces two murder the morning of the Prosecutor, Advocate c h a r g e s a m o n g shootings. The vehicle A n t o n i a Ve r h o e f , others, is applying was a Nissan pickup represents the State for bail in the Swa- with silver rails on the and asked Lichtenk o p m u n d m a g i - roof. That was at strasser during the strate's court. 06:50. The description proceedings whether During the bail hear- of the vehicle matches Continues on page 2
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10 000 tons of bridge components landed in Killed the port of Walvis Bay over Contributed The Nomadic Milde vessel docked at the Port of Walvis Bay over the past weekend with a consignment of 10 720 metric tonnes of components for the completion of the Mohembo Bridge over the Cubango River (Kavango River) in Botswana. The 1.2 km long bridge which is under construction since November 2016 will connect villages on the east of the river with the rest of the country in Continues on page 2
Town of the Year!
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bottle of wine
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Bumper harvest
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Warriors selected for AFCON
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