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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6621 FRIDAY 20 JANUARY 2017
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Windhoek day care centre owner guilty of manslaughter:
Coastal child care institutions need to ensure they comply with standards Piquet Jacobs Operating a daycare centre is literally not child's play anymore. This comes after a woman who operated a day care centre was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court last week, after an 11-month-old boy drowned in the swimming pool at the day care centre in 2012. The woman, Catherine Agnes van den Berg, is due for sentencing later this month. Van den Berg was Currently there are 16 lations for setting up a found to be responsible daycare centres re- crèche/nursery schoolfor the death of 11- gistered as businesses /day-care state the month-old Ferreira at the Walvis Bay following: Scholtz on 20 No- municipality. This me- Office, staff room and ans 16 daycare centres sick bay: If there are vember 2012. Van den Berg testified which can be inspected more than 30 children she was taking a and assessed from time in the school, there routine nap in the to time by the health must be a room that can afternoon with chil- department. An official be divided into a sick dren at her day care source at the muni- bay that can accomcentre. One of the cipality confirmed modate two children. children managed to though there are more The same room can open a door which lead than these registered also be used as a staff to a part of the premises 16 daycare centres, room. where the swimming meaning there are Indoor play area: pool is located. Fer- centers that are ope- There must be an reira managed to get rating illegally and indoor area that covers out of the house to the without any profes- 1.8 square metres of pool area through this sional guidelines to floor space per child, door. He fell into the ensure health, hygiene which can be used for playing, meals and pool and drowned. His and safety. lifeless body was “We call upon ope- resting. found only some time r a t o r s o f d a y c a r e Kitchen: The kitchen centres not registered must have suitable later. In the wake of the to do so without delay, cooking and washing guilty verdict, several as this case where van facilities, separate authorities working den Berg has been from the play area. with the registration of found guilty of in- There must be enough natural lighting and day care centres at the voluntary man coast extended a stern slaughter is viewed in a ventilation, and walls warning this week for very serious light and should be smooth and daycare centre owners should act as a wake up painted with washable to ensure they are call to daycare centre paint. Bathrooms: There properly registered to operators to comply. operate such establish- Once registered at the must be one toilet and ments, that the pre- municipality, the local hand washing area for mises is assessed for a u t h o r i t y f o l l o w s every 20 children the safety of children guidelines for daycare under the age of five. attending these centres centres set by the The same goes for and that proper policies Ministry of Health and children over the age of and procedures are in Social Services. These five, but the girls' place to protect chil- include among others: The structural regu- Continues on page 2 dren from harm.
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Scene of horror: This picture of the FJ Cruiser allegedly driven by Jandré Dippenaar in December 2014 which ploughed into an oncoming vehicle on the Henties Bay road, killing six people of whom three were passengers in his vehicle and three tourists in the oncoming vehicle. Dippenaar is going on trial for this incident on Monday. He faces six murder charges as well as a charge of fraud.
N$150 000 for information on three killers still on the loose in Hans Möller murder
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Rössing to continue operations despite poor uranium prices
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Erwin Leuschner
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Even though the international uranium price is at an all-time low the uranium mine Rössing has “no plans to stop producing.” This was said by Rössing Uranium Limited (RUL) Managing Director Werner Duvenhage to namib times. Rössing's future is ensured due to the company currently benefitting from a strong sales contract portfolio. “Our sales contracts are guided by confidentiality agreements with our customers, however, as per our latest report to stakeholders we serve customers in the European, Middle Eastern, African and Asian markets,” Duvenhage said. Since the meltdown of the Nuclear Reactor at Fukushima in 2011 the international uranium price has been on a downward spiral, recovering very slightly over the past few weeks. On 9 January the spot price for U3O8 (Uranium Oxide) stood at US$22 per pound. It hit an all-time low in November 2016 when the price stood at US$18 per pound – the lowest it's been since 2003. Continues on page 2
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