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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6631 FRIDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2017 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
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HAN Mother fears for her baby’s ∙Public urges the police to act con∙Incidents hit tourism hard life as intruder violently demns ∙Re-assess home safety grabs baby from its cot Incidents go viral on Whatsapp crime Erwin Leuschner Armed intruder terrorised a lone mother and her two babies Namibia bids winter wave in their home in Swakopmund: An extremely violent burglar broke into a house in Ocean View early yesterday morning, threatening the female victim and abusing her baby. He allegedly took one of her twin babies out of its cot and slammed him against the wall. According to Dewald Swart of the Swakopmund Neigb o u r h o o d Wa t c h (SNW) the incident occurred at about 04:00 yesterday morning at a house located in Leadwood Street. The suspect gained entrance by first removing a win-
dow from its aluminium frame close to the front door which he subsequently opened. The suspect then entered to the main bedroom, where the female victim was sleeping. She was alone at home as her husband is away on
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business. “He woke her up violently and threatened her. He said if she calls the police he will kill her. He also took one of her twin babies and handled him like a puppet, slamming him against a wall before throwing him back into the cot,” said
Fire damage to gambling house
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DRC residents will soon have water and electricity Sharlien Tjambari
The story of sharing four taps and walking long distances to fetch water will soon be a story of the past for the legal plot owners of DRC informal settlement in Swakopmund after the council have decided to bring services closer to the people of DRC who are legal plot owners. According to the Marketing and Communications Officer of the Swakopmund Municipality, Mrs. Ailie Gebhardt, it is Council's priority to formalise the DRC and bring services to the community and the main aim of the project is to bring water to the homes of the residents of DRC. When asked why the council is only bringing water to the residents of DRC now, Gebhardt said there were no funds for the project back then and now funds are available for this new development and “ it is Council's intention to provide each and every household with full municipal services, but this will happen in time and as soon as more funds become available”. Continues on Page 2
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Doëseb out of NPL seat The Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration, Pendukeni IivulaIthana, tabled the 2016 Namibian time bill in the National Assembly on Tuesday. If approved by parliament and signed into law, it will repeal the Namibian Time Act of 1994 (Act 3 of 1994). Namibia will then use one standard time throughout the year, which is GMT +2 (in other words, the current applicable time in Namibia).
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