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namib times SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6878 TUESDAY 20 AUGUST 2019 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
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Fire tragedy
“Big Move” Page 3
Intruder shot in the head
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Lüderitz wants “safer” manganese
Floris Steenkamp
Tragedy struck at Seawork Fish Processors in Walvis Bay on Saturday morning, when one of the company's fishing vessels caught fire alongside, resulting in the death of one employee. The fishing vessel, Ocean Tide, was undergoing a refit of new fishing gear alongside when welding works aboard possibly set insulation in the hull ablaze. Seawork said in a statement yesterday the fire incident is now the subject of a forensic investigation. The Walvis Bay fire brigade, assisted by tugs of Namport and the port's fire brigade, battled the fire for more than twenty-four hours. The fire was finally put out by 17:00 on Sunday with most of the destruction confined to the wheel house, the galley below, accommodation quarters and sections of insulation in the vessel's hull. These sections of any seagoing vessel usually contain most of the combustible materials. The fire chief of the Walvis Bay municipality, Dennis Basson, Continues on page 2
Young man makes video of his suicide Isaac Chikosi
In yet another shocking incident of retaliatory violence, a young man recorded a video of his own suicide on Thursday. The young man, identified as Vallen Riquad Ockhuizen positioned his cell phone in such a way and switched on the video recording function so that it can record every detail of him hanging himself.
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Theresa a strong woman in uniform
The incident follows only days after a Henties Bay mother seriously assaulted her eighteen months old boy, recording it and then sent it off to the child's biological father. The woman is separated from the child's father and made and sent the recording in retaliation. Continues on page 2
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