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namib times SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6538 FRIDAY 18 MARCH 2016 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
MTC to pay damages for Devin Klein zapped by inside Water breaching contract poisonous snake Erwin Leuschner
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The antennae were attached to a small tower close to the house where Siegfried Eckleben points to. Judge Shafimana Ueitele noted in his judgement that it was common that these devices emitted high levels of radiation A Swakopmund resident has won a landmark case in the High Court of Namibia against mobile telephone giant MTC, after the telecommunication company ended a rental agreement not only abruptly, but also against its own terms. Now MTC has to pay Siegfried Eckleben the sum of N$326,644.73, as well as various legal costs. The case has set a new precedent in the Namibian law society as Eckleben initially struggled to find a suitable law firm that would be willing to take on the case. “I was told by various lawyers that a single person would not stand a chance against a big corporation, but I proved them wrong,” Eckleben said to namib times. Continues on page 2
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The “small” Puff Adder bit Devin Klein on his right heel. Initially he thought a scorpion had gotten him, but he realised shortly afterwards that it was more serious, when blood was coming out of the wound Erwin Leuschner Swakopmund resident Devin Klein, son of prominent business man Detlef Klein, is doing well after he was bitten by a Puff Adder about two weeks ago. “Even after so many days, I still cannot wear shoes, because my foot is still too swollen,” Klein said to namib times this week. The incident happened when Klein was on a visit to his family's farm, bordering the Namib Naukluft Park. It was about 21:00 at night, when he quickly went outside and suddenly felt a burst of intense pain in his right foot. “I initially thought a scorpion had gotten me, because we see a lot of them lately,” he said. He immediately went into the house and saw a lot of blood and the two bite marks on his heel. “We then realised it was more serious,” he continues. They went outside again and quickly found the culprit: A “small” Puff Adder measuring about 30 centimetre in length. “I went to hospital in Swakopmund the same evening and was flown to Windhoek the very next day,” he says. Because of the intense swelling, the doctors initially wanted to cut his leg open, which is standard procedure with snake bites. It was Continues on page 2
Renovated Café Treff to open in May
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Lover’s Hill project stalls
ROYAL ENTERTAINMENT: WAKA 2016 Prinzessin Anja I vom Paukeramt (Visagie) and Prinz Konrad I der Bierlover (Hinz) Continues on page 2
Floris Steenkamp The much-debated Lovers Hill luxury hotel development on the shore of the Walvis Bay lagoon by Chinese business mogul, Bo Wang, will not be going ahead any time soon - several sources close to the project revealed this week. The struggling Chinese economy had been cited as the main reason. Chinese overseas investors have difficulty to get large sums of money transferred from China worldwide, including to Namibia. In the meantime the Lovers Hill project is cash-starved. At the municipality of Walvis Bay it was confirmed an official request was made for the local authority to grant the project more extension. Continues on page 2
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