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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6907 THURSDAY 1 APRIL 2021 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
Mrs Anneliese Rust turns 100 today.....
Mrs Anneliese Rust of Swakopmund is celebrating her 100th birthday today. Family from as far afield as South Africa will be celebrating this milestone with her today.
Mrs Anneliese Rust
Mrs Rust was born on 1 April 1921 in Germany. She married Mr. Konrad Rust, a Namibian. In the early 1950’s the couple returned to Namibia and settled in Leonardville and then Windhoek. Mr. Rust worked for the Department of Water Affairs and Mrs Rust took care of the household with the couple’s three children, a daughter and two sons. They moved to Cape Town in the seventies. Mr. Rust passed away in 1997 and in 2003 she moved to Swakopmund to stay with her daughter Karin. After a second hip fracture she moved to the Antonius Residenz in Swakopmund twelve years ago and is in frail care since. Mrs. Rust has six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. On the pictures: Mrs Rust with staff of Antonius Residenz. Also see picture on page 2.
Easter weekend influx of Please observe Covid-19 safety visitors - measures. Don’t put lives at risk “We are not out of the woods yet. We must all do our part to defeat Covid-19 and return our country to normal”. This was the message yesterday of the Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula, at the announcement of the new dispensation period to combat Covid-19 in Namibia. Dr Shangula was speaking from State House where earlier Namibia’s Head of State Dr Hage Geingob briefed the nation on the situation with regard to Covid-19. Both Dr Geingob and Dr Shangula urged Namibians to redouble their efforts and dedication to fight Covid-19 by staying safe. The Easter long weekend will again see an influx of visitors to the central coastal region. Both locals and visitors alike are urged not to put their own lives, or the lives or others, at risk by not observing nonpharmaceutical interventions. These interventions are the regular washing of hands, wearing a face mask in public place, wear the face mask correctly and observing social distancing measures.
Walvis Bay residents inside owe municipality a New staggering N$416m Fishing The Walvis Bay municipality is one of a handful local authorities in Namibia with a clean bill at NamWater. That is despite the fact that municipal revenues dropping by 24 % as a result of the Covid-19 economic decline, and residents and businesses owing the local authority a staggering N$416 million in accounts in arrears. The Mayor of Walvis Bay, Cllr Trevino Forbes, made a serious appeal to residents during Tuesday night’s monthly council meeting to make it a priority to settle their monthly accounts with the municipality. Cllr Forbes said it is understandable that many people suffer financially due to job losses or reduced income, but that there are those who found a loophole in it not to honour their financial obligations to the municipality. “I am aware there are households severely affected. We find there are chance takers. Those who are able to meet their financial obligations towards the municipality, but use the situation as a loophole not to pay their monthly accounts”, explained Cllr Forbes. The municipality’s credit control section compiled a list of municipal accounts that are in arrears in excess of N$10 000. From that list a lot of cases were identified where the account holder is employed, but has not been paying his or her municipal account for months. From that isolated list, services were cut if found the person has not been making an effort to pay or has not made payment arrangements. The N$416 million is owed as follows: Narraville residents owe N$21 million, Kuisebmond N$76 million, Walvis Bay N$261 million, Dolphin Beach 32 million, Langstrand N$13,2 million and Meersig N$13,3 million. Cllr Forbes explained the municipality of Walvis Bay receives regular backlash from the public over service delivery and issues like road maintenance. However, if the public does not pay their municipal accounts, where would the funds come from to carry out street maintenance or render other services? “I think it is only fair for the public to also grant Council the same courtesy by ensuring they make payments or make the necessary arrangements to settle their accounts”, the mayor urged.
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