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namib times SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6821 TUESDAY 22 JANUARY 2019 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
Accident victims scammed News Release Scammers have been selling official vehicle accident claim forms to unsuspecting members of the public at as many as N$250 per claim form. These forms are actually at the disposal of the public at no charge. The Namibia Motor t r y w i d e , w h e r e b y the claim forms at no Vehicle Accident scammers approach cost, whilst explaining Fund of Namibia people that have been the claim process. This (NMVAF) in an ur- involved in motor ve- process is part of the gent press statement hicle crashes and de- MVA Fund's Case Maon Monday made it ceitfully introduce nagement procedures categorically clear themselves as MVA which are in-line with that these claim Fund employees dis- the Fund's Act.10 of forms does not have tributing the Fund's 2 0 0 7 , ” s a i d M VA to be purchased and claim forms. It has also Fund's Chief Corporate urged people who come to the Fund's at- Affairs, Surihe Gaowere involved in tention that these forms mas-Guchu. vehicle accidents are sold at a price of In the bid to ensure a smooth and efficient and who have to N$250. claim not to pay for “We would like to in- claims process adminithese forms what- form the public that stration and accessithese claim forms are bility to its claim soever. In the statement the not for sale and should forms, the Fund distriNMVAF's Chief: refrain from such acts. butes its forms at some Corporate Affairs In normal circumstan- regional Nampost ofS u r i h e G a o m a s - ces, the Fund assigns fices, State Hospitals Guchu said: “The Case Managers at all its and all of its Service MVA Fund has re- Service Centres to con- Centres in Windhoek, cently learnt of a duct daily hospital vi- Otjiwarongo, Walvis new scam making its sits and assist people B a y, O n g w e d i v a , rounds around state who were involved in Keetmanshoop, Katih o s p i t a l s c o u n - crashes by distributing Continues on page 2
Completion of passenger liner terminal imminent
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A view from one of the ship-to-shore cranes in the container terminal on reclaimed land in the port of Walvis Bay shows the big strides already made with the completion of the new passenger liner terminal. The passenger liner Aida Aura last week at berth number eight, her stern only meters from the new terminal she would use from the latter half of the year once the structure is fully completed. The inner-bound of the terminal will be used as a second small craft harbour for the tug fleet that would serve the new container terminal.
Let the countdown begin.... ∙Seaflower Pelagic Processing readies for start-up
∙After Namport second biggest power consumer Floris Steenkamp The gears of production will soon start to turn for Seaflower Pelagic Processing in Walvis Bay. Final preparations are now made for the company’s first fishing vessel to go to sea and to return with enough catches to systematically get the production processes going. Seaflower Pelagic Processing aims to catch and process 50 000 tons of horse mackerel in its first year of operation and has the means to double that production output in time with joint-venture horse mackerel quota holders. Seaflower Pelagic Processing is 40% owned by
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Fishcor (also the quota holder) and 60% is owned by African Selection Fishing Namibia (95% Namibian-owned and 5 % foreign owned). Once in full production, Seaflower Pelagic Processing can boost job figures in the Namibian fishing industry with an instant 8 %, the company
said in an exclusive interview with Namib Times late in 2018. Seaflower Pelagic Processing is also the second largest electricity consumer in Walvis Bay, with a daily demand at full production of 3,100kW. Namport is the single biggest electricity consumer with a daily demand of 3,500 kW per day. Seaflower Pelagic Processing currently has its freezing plant, refrigeration plant and fishmeal plant running and plans to later this year commission its cannery where horse mackerel will be canned under the trade name “Princess”. ·In a recent visit to the port of Walvis Bay, Namib Times were told the four ship-to-shore cranes, Continues on page 2
The gift of being able to give back
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New coach for Blue Waters F.C.
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