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Swakopmund alive with music
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Swakopmunders dans vir hulle dorp
Namibia’s Desert Lions shine in Wildlife Documentary
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Alleged drug dealer arrested
Namibia’s desert lions make the country shine internationally in the new wildlife documentary: “Vanishing Kings – Lions of the Namib” – read the article on page 9
Teen-Korrupsie-eenheid takel Karibib
Marshallino Beukes
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Hoogs betroubare inligting tot die koerant se beskikking dui daarop dat die Teen-Korrupsie-kommissie besig is met ondersoeke in Karibib, nadat ongerymdhede met die verkoop van erwe blykbaar daar ontstaan het. Ons bron dui aan dat beskikbare erwe deur die Karibibse Dorpsraad geadverteer is en van die voornemende kopers skynbaar deposito’s op erwe, wat glad nie Ministeriële- of die Dorps-
raad goedkeuring gehad het nie, aan ‘n sekere administratiewe amptenaar by die Dorpsraad betaal het. Die ongerymdhede is by die Anti-Korrupsie se tak in Swakopmund
aangemeld en ondersoekbeamptes het verlede week begin snuffel. Na aanduiding het meer as twee onwetende kopers hul deposito’s aan die betrokke persoon
betaal, maar hy het versuim om dit in die Dorpsraad se rekening oor te betaal. Verskonings van “die sisteem was van lyn af” en “daar was nie persone by die kontantsaal nie,”
is blykbaar aangevoer. Bewyse dat hy wel die betalings ontvang het, maar nie verklaar het nie, maak skynbaar deel uit van die Teen-korrupsiekommissie se ondersoek in die verband.
Intussen is die Teen-korrupsie-kommissie stadig maar seker besig om hul ondersoek teen vermeende korrupte amptenare by die Walvisbaai Munisipaliteit te finaliseer.
AR welcomes Geingob’s willingness to negotiate as deadline looms Marshallino Beukes The land issue in Namibia is approaching boiling point, with the Affirmative Repositioning (AR) Movement’s 30 July - deadline to get land, less than two weeks away. The AR yesterday welcomed President Hage Geingob’s press statement which surfaced on Friday, in which he expressed his willingness to engage in dialogue with AR leaders. The land activists commented on Geingob’s press statement yesterday, saying they welcome the statement and are willing to engage in dialogue, with the view to find a solution. However, the AR’s state-
ment continues, saying, “With 11 days left to the date of 31 July 2015, the date which will bring a total of 9 months for government, through its local authorities, to provide land for residential purposes to our youth, we
remain determined to occupy land for residential purposes. We are ready for anything, jail or death, we will occupy land. This struggle will not be suppressed. No surrender, No retreat!” In his statement, the Pres-
ident said “the actions taken by the Swapo Party Politburo to expel its members, due to ill-discipline, have no bearing on Government’s position to engage on the pressing land and decent shelter issue faced by the country.”
The statement further described the demand for each Namibian to have decent shelter, as a legitimate demand, but it further stated that the said deadline for land delivery was “either ill-conceived or insincere.”
The Legal Assistance Centre in another press release yesterday, expressed their concern about the matter. They have called upon the landless and AR movement to seriously consider how their actions might Continues on page 2
Spotlight on Deep-sea mining
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Kudus Pave Way to Semi's
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