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namib times SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6827 TUESDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2019 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
inside Eighteen months to Stolen meat case Rescue jail for drunken driving dismissed- Henties drama Bay mayor opens up Floris Steenkamp One too many. A Walvis Bay resident was slapped with an eighteen months jail sentence on 4 February this year, after being convicted for the fifth time for drunken driving.
Sharlien Tjambari Henties Bay mayor Herman Honeb says the past eighteen months was an emotional roller coaster for him and his family. It also affected his work life. Honeb opened up to namib times over his June 2017 arrest on a charge of having received and selling stolen meat, only for the case to be dropped against him recently in the Swakopmund magistrates court. Apart from describing the emotional distress he had to go through, he is also disturbed by the way the Namibian Police handled the case from day one. He expressed concerns for Namibia as a demo-
cracy if that is the way police officers conduct themselves. “The past one and a half years were quite emotional and has affected my family drastically and so did it affect my work environment”, Honeb said
in an interview with namib times. The stock theft charges which were laid against Honeb were dropped earlier this month by Magistrate Kandi Nangombe in the Swakopmund Magistrate court. Continues on page 2
Elizabeth (Betsy) Cronjé’s (picture) only hope now is to wait for an early release on good behaviour. Cronjé was convicted a few months ago also on a charge of drunken driving and received a N$20 000 fine and her driving license was suspended. When she was convicted on 4 February, magistrate Vicky Nikolaidis was not amused
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Namport Spreading The Love
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Hospital ship to Walvis Bay
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Rig to dominate port’s skyline from next week......
Selected men’s & ladie’s pairs
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