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TransNamib workers clearing the railway line

Prayer Warriors

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Cancer

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Vi n t a ge G u ru

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Sandstorm causes havoc

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The coast was blasted by ghastly, dusty east winds and hot weather conditions over the weekend.

This resulted in the delay of the arrival of the passenger train from Windhoek in Walvis Bay after the track was covered by huge sand dunes on three locations between Dune 7 and

Narraville, 3 kilometres from Walvis Bay. A team of 20 TransNamib workers battled from the early hours of Saturday morning to clear the railway track under the strong and dusty

conditions, using spades.

According to the train driver two passengers were transported in private vehicles by TransNamib to their respective destinations in Walvis Bay.

He added that most of the passengers fortunately disembarked in Swakopmund. The statements were refuted by members of the team clearing the track. They told the newspaper that the

passengers, who included two elderly persons, walked to Narraville and then took taxis to their final destinations. “The TransNamib front end loader is broken and parked in the yard and

it is expected of us to toil non-stop to clear the railway line.

We do not even get paid overtime for the work we are doing here,” they complained.

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32% living in shacks

Marshallino Beukes

A census conducted in 2011 by the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) shows that 4 400 households out of the 44 116 in the Erongo region have no toilet facilities and 32% of the region’s population lives in shacks.

The revelation was made yesterday by the Statistician-General, Mr John Steytler, when he of-

ficially launched the Erongo Regional Profile in Swakopmund. The launch was attended by

the Erongo Governor, Mr Cleophas Mutjavikua, Mayor Juuso Kambueshe and councillors from the

Region. Steytler said the number of people without access to decent sanitary facilities constitutes 11%

of the people resident in Erongo region. Swakopmund has the highest percentage of shack

dwellers, with 41.7% (5 923) of its 14 204 households in the coastal town, living in shacks

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NEWS

Sandstorm causes havoc

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The workers eventually managed to clear the railway track and the train finally arrived at Walvis Bay station at about 15:00. It was due between 07:00 and 08:00.

An official at TransNamib Walvis Bay confirmed that the company’s front end loader is grounded and out of service for a couple of months. When the train eventually arrived at the station, it was not

at the back of the Rugby grounds was also blown off in the early hours of Saturday morning.

A huge tree was also uprooted in the premises of a house in Duikerweg.

Fortunately no one was injured and there was no damage to the house.

A small portion of a ceiling of a house situated in Bougainvillea Street also collapsed due to the strong winds.

carrying any passengers.

“Strong windy conditions occasionally results in the delays for the train from Windhoek between Swakopmund and Walvis Bay. This can be prevented if we have an operational front end loader.

We currently utilise a team of twenty-one workers. They work in shifts from Monday to Saturday and receive overtime if they have to

work on Sundays” he said.

Windhoek based TransNamib Public Relations Officer Mrs Ailly Hangula-Paulino was unavailable for comment.

The strong windy conditions which prevailed also caused considerable damage to homes in Narraville.

The roof of a house under the low cost housing scheme situated

Councillor questions Mass Housing affordability Marshallino Beukes

UDF councillor, Eliphas //Khoaseb last week expressed his concern regarding the affordability of the Government’s Mass Housing Scheme, currently ongoing countrywide.

He stated that he support this initiative by the president and government wholeheartedly, but is concerned that these houses are probably not accessible to the low-income groups.

“People not receiving housing subsidies and also those categorised in the low-income group, should be the primary beneficiaries,” the councillor noted.

He put the ball in the National Housing Enterprise’s (NHE) court, in order to make sure that the Scheme will benefit all Namibians. //Khoaseb further proposed that some houses should be constructed without, for example tiles or geysers and by doing so keep the price tag lower.

A total of 3 034 houses are to be built in Swakopmund and according to councillor //Khoaseb this land was donated to the Scheme by the

Councillor Eliphas //Khoaseb municipality.

Successful tenderers or contractors are responsible for the service and development of these erven. “All aspects regarding the affordability of these

houses must be taken into consideration, as these beneficiaries will be responsible for paying the monthly rent, water, electricity and also be able to eat and send their children

to school”, he said.

He further urged the NHE to set up an office in Swakopmund as soon as possible, since the town’s people, as well as surrounding towns, currently have to travel all the way to Walvis Bay. Mr // Khoaseb also commented on the high profile issue, regarding the president’s daughter receiving a Mass Housing tender worth more than N$16 million.

He noted that he has no problem with it, as long as correct tender procedures were followed.

“Every Namibian has the right to apply for these tenders, as long as such a person or company comply with the set criteria and right procedures are followed.

People should also stop linking the president with this matter, as the Tender Board is the body set to grant tenders”, he concluded.

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followed by Walvis Bay which has 38.8% (3 119) of its 8 038 rural households and 31.5% of urban households living in shacks.

These regional profiles contain information derived from the 2011 Census and provide a wide range of statistical indicators on population characteristics, household and housing conditions at regional, urban, rural and constituency level.

They also provide detailed statistics on age and sex composition, marital status, education, literacy, economic activity, orphan-hood, fertility and disability in each region up to constituency level. On a positive note, nearly every household in the region’s urban areas have access to clean water with a 99.5% rating.

The most common source of energy for lighting was electricity from mains, used by 81.3% of the households.

The statistics show that during the 2011 Census, Erongo was home to 150 809 (male - 79 823; female - 70 986) residents, compared to 107 663 people, calculated during the 2001 Census. This indicates the annual population growth rate between

2001 and 2011 was 3.4%.

The Region showed a very high rate of literacy, with 98.1% of the youth, aged 15 to 24 years being literate and 97% of the total Erongo population, over 15 years, being literate.

At Regional level 1% (±440) of households in the Erongo Region was headed by children. The proportion of households headed by children and orphans (18 years and younger) in rural areas (1.5%) was higher, compared to urban areas (0.9%).

At Constituency level Daures (1.6%) had the highest proportion of such households and Swakopmund has the lowest (0.8%).

Wages and salaries proved to be the main source of income in the Erongo Region, while orphans and disability grants were the lowest sources, at 0.2% and 0.3%, respectively. It was further revealed that craft and related craft workers made up the largest occupation group, with 21%.

According to the report, information contained in the Regional profiles is aimed at not only enhancing and improving planning at national level, but especially at regional and constituency level.

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Workshop to discuss training of shop stewards Mavourlene Gaes

The Trade Union Congress of Namibia (TUCNA) held a weeklong workshop last week to discuss the training of shop stewards.

TUCNA president Paulus Hango

According to the president of TUCNA, Mr Hango Paulus, they have brought together shop stewards from different affiliate Unions over the years to provide them with training.

“The training of the shop stewards is being conducted countrywide to make sure that our shop stewards and workers in general are equipped with the necessary skills to re-

present the workers at the workplace,” he said.

He added that the types of training they provide include Labour Acts, Companies’ policies, negotiating skills, grievance procedure at the workplace, health and safety, communication skills and teamwork and also personnel development.

Paulus said that shop stewards will be taught how to

deal with bullying and harassment at the workplace by employers and how to conduct effective meetings.

Other topics like employment laws, leadership training, organising and recruitment of members' skills, pension bargaining, pension trustees, preparation for work as well as training the trainer, will also be covered.

The training is aimed at strengthening the bargaining power of the workers and the unions and to prevent unnecessary confrontations at the workplace.

TUCNA feels the training is also important to the Union leaders to inform them that union leadership does not only mean representing workers’ rights at the work place but to also pay attention to the bigger picture

of factors that are affecting the workers.

The lack of housing is an example of one of these factors.

Mr Paulus concluded by saying that workers have the rights to a place they can call home and that the unemployed must be assisted because even if the shop stewards have work today, they can also join the ranks of the unemployed.

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Old Soldiers want recognition Piquet Jacobs

A meeting addressed by Mr Lukas de Klerk, the chairperson of the Old South African Soldiers in Namibia committee (OSASN) and Mr Jan van Wyk, chairman of the national United People’s Movement (UPM) was attended by former members of the South West African Territorial Force (SWATF) where it was deliberated on what steps need to be taken in order have to soldiers of the apartheid regime to be recognised as veterans.

The speakers urged the diplomatic or underground struggle. “War” means the former regime soldiers activity in furtherance of armed struggle waged in to vote for the opposition the liberation struggle; or Namibia and other counUPM in the forthcom- owing to his or her par- tries by the liberation ing national elections to ticipation in the liberation forces against the colonial improve their chances of struggle, was convicted, forces, and which strugbeing granted the war ve- whether in Namibia or gle resulted in the attainterans’ status for their role elsewhere, of any offence ment of the independence during the war of libera- closely connected to the of Namibia on 21 March tion. struggle, and sentenced to 1990.

De Klerk addressed a gaThe Veterans’ Act of 2008 imprisonment. defines a ‘veteran’ as any The Act further states that thering of former soldiers person who was a member it does not include a per- and representatives at St of the liberation forces and son who during the war Petrus Catholic church who consistently and per- deserted the struggle hall in Narraville, Walvis sistently participated or unless that person sub- Bay.“We must all vote for engaged in any political, sequently rejoined the the better party that will

Old soldiers in attendance at the meeting in Narraville on Saturday respectively represent us and our values in parliament. The UPM party will advocate the soldiers’ rights and promote the amendment of the Veterans’ Act to include all soldiers,” said De Klerk who

Prayer warriors Dorcas Mhungu

people by fellow brethren, children that have taken to drugs and alcohol, poverty and sickness and diseases that are affecting every household in one way or another,” Masiza said.

The theme of the convention was,” If an egg is broken by an outside force, life ends.

If broken by an inside force, life begins.”

The evening sessions were attended by women from all denominations and in line with the objective to minister to God’s people without boundaries of religion (I Cor. 12:1213, 26).

Masiza said although the convention was a women’s event, 15 men attended the meeting throughout the period.

“People received teachings that brought deliverance to their

Affairs, the office of the Prime Minister and the Office of the President, to discuss the issue of the Old South African Soldiers in Namibia but his requests for appointments were declined by all three offices.

The next step for them is to make contact with the UN to bring international attention to the issue, to understand why the Namibian government does not want to recognise them as veterans.

Vrou verloor hand – die laaste woord Marshallino Beukes

Close to five hundred women attended a three day Christian convention held at a leading hotel in Walvis Bay last week.

Lorraine Masiza, who championed the event, told the newspaper that society is grappling with growing moral decay, resulting in the killing of innocent people by fellow brethren and children getting involved with drugs and drug abuse and one of the objectives of the gathering sought to bring hope to the hopeless.

“The event was organised by me in conjunction with powerful speakers who shared the same burden to bring hope to the hopeless through the preaching of the word of God that in turn bring healing and deliverance to the children of God (Exodus 8:1).

Our society has been in turmoil because of crimes that have been happening, especially the killing of innocent

added that the Act does not cater for former Koevoet and SWATF members, but only for those who fought for Namibia’s liberation.

He claims to have made contact with the office of the Ministry of Veterans

Beriggewing aangaande me Elsa Arises, wat haar linkerhand gedurende 2012 in ‘n fratsongeluk by haar voormalige werksplek (Debonairs Swakopmund) verloor het, het heelwat reaksie ontlok.

Inspiring women: Liz Sibindi delivering her speech spirit and hope for their future. Attendees were given nuggets to live life to the fullest without fear of being intimidated by any circumstances knowing that with God all things are possible and that they can overcome all obstacles as long as they believe and act based on their believe that things would change,” Masiza added.

Particular emphasis on training, encouraging women in the Erongo Region be it the work place, the house of worship, in society, at home, including the

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girls on who they are in Christ and their value as women.

Women were encou-raged to come out of their comfort zone and realise their full potential and the talents that God has blessed them with references from the bible taking cognizance of their current situation but focusing on their destiny that awaits them.

Pastor Grace Van der Colff, Kuda Hartzenberg and Lorraine Masiza also contributed considerably towards the hosting of the event.

Die koerant is deur mnr De Wet Oosthuizen (eienaar van Debonairs) oor die vingers getik, nadat daar “versuim” is om sekere informasie te weergee.

Die oorspronklike berig dui aan dat me Arises haar hand verloor het, nadat die vleissaagmasjien waarop sy gewerk het (volgens haar) gekantel het, met ernstige nagevolge.

In die berig word ook aangedui dat sy tans werkloos is en sukkel om kop bo water te hou, siende dat sy ook vir haar drie minderjarige kinders en bejaarde moeder se welstand verantwoordelik is.

Na ‘n telefoniese gesprek tussen die verslaggewer en mnr Oosthuizen (waartydens laasgenoemde sy kant van die saak gestel het, insluitende redes waarom me Arises afgedank

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Selfs die hoof-opskrif “Vrou verloor hand by werk, soek hulp”, toon duidelik dat hierdie berig ten doel gehad het om me Arises, wat onder die lae inkomste groep kwalifiseer, tot hulp te wees.

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CRIME & COURT

Professor found guilty, sentenced over diamonds, guns Jade McClune The high-profile trial of Professor Heino Heikki drew to a close on Friday when Magistrate Gaynor Poulton found him guilty on all four charges against him.

The case, in which the United States citizen was charged with unlawfully possessing firearms, ammunition and uncut diamonds, drew unwanted attention to the elderly academician, who taught in the faculty of economics at the University of Namibia at the time he was taken into custody in 2012.

His arrest in Swakopmund followed a tip-off from a member of the public.

Heikki had pleaded not guilty to all four charges against him and preferred to remain silent throughout the trial.

What was not in dispute was the fact that on or about 25 August 2012 several police officers, in possession of a search warrant conducted the search at a house in 15 Tern Street in Vogelstrand, where Heikki was living at the time and found a Russian revolver wrapped in a cloth in the dining room, 50 live rounds of ammunition on a shelf, and

a Ruger Magnum pistol in a safe.

In the house, four uncut diamonds were also found, but the provenance of the stones was in serious dispute. His defence attorney, Mr Garoy September had argued that the kitchen in the guest house where the diamonds were found was accessible to other people.

On this point the magistrate however ruled that any reasonable doubt in the State’s case was dispelled by the way “the accused claimed ownership of the diamonds by his very actions: He had told the police the gems belonged to him and that he had bought them in Outjo. He also took the envelope and threw it in a dustbin”, the judge recounted.

When asked about the contents of the envelope Heikki told the police they were precious stones and apparently asked them to give them back to him.

According to one police

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officer who testified, Heikki had told them someone gave him the stones “as a sample”.

Despite his pensive silence throughout the proceedings, the magistrate said that Heikki did indeed have control over the diamonds: “Why would he have claimed to have bought the stones? He must have known.”

“Is the accused person’s version reasonable, possible or true?” the magistrate asked.

The decision of the accused not to speak in his own defense was his constitutional right, but that he is under no obligation to testify does not mean there will be no consequences: “The failure to reply is bound to strengthen the State’s case”, Magistrate Poulton said.

The evidence was plain: the objects were found in his house; he claimed that they were his; and he tried to throw the uncut stones away. She found that the

REPORT

Walvis Bay

20 June 2014 Fillipus Nghandi (24) was convicted of housebreaking with intent to rob and robbery by Magistrate Andre Matulich.

Heinrich Smith (24) and a minor (17) appeared on charges of housebreaking with intent to steal and theft. The mat-

ter was postponed to 25 June 2014. The accused are in custody.

Levi Ekandjo (23) appeared on a charge of theft. Magistrate Andre Matulich found the accused guilty and sentenced him to 3 months imprisonment or N$1 000 fine.

Vilho Asino (36) appeared on charges of housebreaking with intent to steal and theft and malicious damage to property.

The matter was postponed to 22 July 2014.

The accused is in custody.

Swakopmund Regional court Bernardus Langerman (20) and Wilfried Langerman (18) appeared on charges of murder and attempted murder.

The matter was postponed until 8 August 2014 for legal aid.

Samuel Namwele (32) appeared on a charge of rape, alternatively unlawful carnal intercourse

with a girl younger than 16 years. The matter was postponed until 15 September 2014 for continuation of the trial.

Aldrin Mahoto (32) was found not guilty and discharged on a charge of rape.

Betheul Pell (33) appeared on a charge of theft under false pretences. The matter was postponed

until 22 August 2014, for him to gain legal aid.

Jurgen Anthony Naruseb (23), Jackson Ndjitaviua (23) and Patrick Oaseb (22) appeared on charges of murder and assault with the intent to do grievous bodily harm.

This matter was postponed until 13 October 2013 for plea and trial (final remand).

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State had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.

The diamonds were valued at only around N$4 655 and this was a mitigating factor in the sentence eventually handed down.

With regard to the firearms, Heikki apparently did not know that he needed to get a license for them in Namibia and could only provide a license from the US, but the magistrate dismissed the possibility that his US cultural background could have confused him about the law in Namibia. “He is an academic, who must surely have checked what the gun laws are in the country he is travelling to,” she said.

Chief Inspector Nangombe had testified that the weapons found in Heikki’s possession were not listed on the National Arms Registry.

One of the officers who conducted the search, Gariseb also told the court that Heikki had at first denied ownership of the

children’s necessities such as food, stationary, etc. According to an official at the Court the problem was reported to the head office in Windhoek and no clarity could initially be provided on when the system would become operational again.

“We have no clue when it will be fixed.

It can happen next week or next month,” commented one of the office clerks when the newspaper enquired about the situation.

Delivia Handura from the Walvis Bay Magistrates Court could not shed light on the number of mothers who receive support pay-out. The problem was reportedly due to

Professor Heino Heikki been in possession of the uncut stones, when “The State had admitted that the ownership of the stones was not proven beyond reasonable doubt.”

The diamonds were found in an area accessible to other people, so there was reasonable doubt, he maintains.

In mitigation, the State conceded that it counted in Professor Heikki’s favour that the weapons were not discovered during any violent incident; that he is a first offender at the age of 69; that his firearms were licensed in the USA, and that the revolver had been stored in a safe.

He also had no weapon suited to the live rounds

of ammunition, and this proved a further mitigating factor.

The economics professor, who looked thoroughly exhausted during the last day of his trial, was mildly relieved when he avoided a direct prison sentence on account of the fact that it was his first offense. He was sentenced to a fine of N$12 000 in total. Alternatively the US academic would have to serve 36 months in prison.

He would however not be disqualified from owning a weapon in future, on condition that he registers such weapon according to lawful procedure. Prosecutor Hermien Appollus represented the State.

Cyber syndicate targets women Otis Finck

A group of young men are targeting married women via social networks in Walvis Bay by creating fake profiles and luring the unsuspecting women to be their online friends.

Once the women accept the tricksters’ requests to become friends, the unscrupulous young men systematically win their targets' trust over a period of time.

The tricksters chat with their victims, find out as much information about their targets as they can while they provide false information and photos of themselves.

Later, the women are requested to send nude photos and it is when the men have the nude pictures of the victims that they turn to blackmailing the women and threaten to expose the online affair to their spouses in return for sex, money or luxurious items such as cellphones.

The police are aware of

Piquet Jacobs

The Walvis Bay Magistrates Court is operational again. The computer system was offline for the past 3 weeks and caused frustration for mothers collecting maintenance money.

An affected parent complained to the newspaper about the delay and said she was unable to collect maintenance fees for the past 3 weeks, due to the fact that the Court’s computerised administrative system was down. Many single parents are dependent on maintenance fees to provide for their

Russian gun, but then later hesitantly talked of “an old gun” he had. When the Ruger Magnum revolver was discovered, Heikki told the officers he had “mistakenly packed it”.

The magistrate said the behaviour of the accused was “evidence of a guilty mind” at work. She said, at first sight of the evidence, there were grounds for a case against him and the fact that he chose to remain silent did not absolve him from the weight of the charges. In summing up, the magistrate said, in the absence of any other reasonable explanation, the State had proved its case beyond any reasonable doubt. Consequently, she found Heikki guilty on all four charges.

At this point Mr September asked for an adjournment to speak to his client before sentencing commenced.

In the interval, he told the namib times he was astounded that his client was found guilty of having

the server which connects the computers at the courts office.

The Ombudsman advised the public to lay a complaint with his office in Swakopmund but fortunately the system was finally back in working condition, since Friday 20 June.

The system is currently being updated.

seven such cases and the identities of several online blackmailers are known.

One suspect was recently brought in for questioning and was given a warning.

The targeted women are however afraid to lay charges against the tricksters and live in constant fear of being exposed.

Unit Commander for criminal investigations in Narraville, Detective Sergeant Johan Heinrich Geiseb confirmed that numerous reports were received since last year and said that no formal charges were laid.

“This continues to happen because the victims do not want their husbands to discover what they had been up to.”

Last year the namib

times broke the story of a young lady whose identity was cloned on a social network. Someone created a fake profile, attacked her verbally and spread damning lies about her.

The imposter made the lady’s personal life hell and the victim contacted the newspaper with her story in order to expose what was happening and to stop the responsible person from causing any further harm.

A detective traced the IP address of the suspect and discovered that the

responsible person was based in South Africa and was conniving with another person in Walvis Bay. The suspect was approached by the victim and told that his identity was known and that criminal charges would be brought against him if he did not cease with his criminal and libellous cyber activities.

This stopped the culprit from continuing with the personal attacks.

Smash and grab Piquet Jacobs

An elderly woman was robbed of her personal belongings yesterday morning, two hours before she was to board her international flight.

She took her dogs for a last walk in the lagoon area, and her car was parked close to the Pelican Bay Hotel.

Upon her return to her car, she realised the

front right window was smashed and that her belongings in her car had been stolen.

The stolen items include a Samsung S3 cell phone, a brown handbag and an

orange wallet.

If anyone has information on the whereabouts of these items please contact Mrs Theron at 081 124 2592 or 081 129 4406.

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Atlantis SC receives practice gear Bernabé Blaauw

The Atlantis Soccer Club team members proudly displayed their new practise gear which they received in Walvis Bay last week.

Hydroweld and San Fishing donated track suits and practise kits to the players, not only to portray the good image

of one of the oldest clubs at the coast but also as a team building exercise.

One of the players remarked that they started

to look a bit threadbare because their gear, as well as the players, was getting a bit long in the tooth.

“We don’t call ourselves the ‘Old Crocks’ for nothing,” he jokingly said, “but the guys are really proud of their new kit.”

Third round schools netball super league

Action in the Bank Windhoek Schools Netball Super League took place in Otjiwarongo, Walvis Bay and Stampriet over the weekend. In all the games, netball of high quality was showcased.

Windhoek Gymnasium won all their games in the Under 19 league of the Bank Windhoek Schools Netball Super League.

Edugate Academy from Otjiwarongo were beaten by 50:22, while the strong defense of Windhoek Gymnasium also made it difficult for Tsumeb Gymnasium to score, but the tough girls from Tsumeb fought back and managed to pass through the defense several times to score 30 points.

However, it was Windhoek Gymnasium who emerged victorious, winning the match by 41:30. In the Under 17 league, Windhoek Gymnasium also demonstrated great teamwork by winning all their matches.

Their good tactics coupled with strong passes and defenses secured wins against Edugate Academy (25:14),

Otjiwarongo Secondary School (19:13) and Tsumeb Gymnasium (25:12). However, the Under 17 girls from Otjiwarongo Secondary School came back hard to win their matches against Tsumeb Gymnasium and Edugate Academy.

In Stampriet, the teams of Elnatan Private School demonstrated that they mean business in this year’s competition as both the U/17 and U/19 teams won their matches against Windhoek High School.

The home team of Walvis Bay Private High School proved too strong for the visitors from Rehoboth, Dr. Lemmer Secondary School. They beat the visitors by 37:12. The next games will be played during the weekend of 4 to 5 July in Windhoek and Tsumeb.

Herewith the results of the

matches played in Otjiwarongo, Walvis Bay and Stampriet last weekend: U/17 League: Windhoek Gymnasium 27 – Edugate Academy 14, Windhoek Gymasium 19 - Otjiwarongo Secondary School 13, Windhoek Gymnasium 25 - Tsumeb Gymnasium 12, Otjiwarongo Secondary School 25 - Tsumeb Gymnasium 18, Elnatan Private School 28 – Windhoek High School 17, Otjiwarongo Secondary School 13 - Edugate Academy 11 U/19 League: Windhoek Gymnasium 41 -Tsumeb Gymnasium 30, Windhoek Gymnasium 50 – Edugate Academy 22, Windhoek Afrikaans Private 19 Edugate Academy 29, Elnatan Private School 42 – Windhoek High School 31, Walvis Bay Private High School 37 - Dr Lemmer Secondary School 12.

Atlantis soccer team in their new gear

Kickboxers prepared for World Championships

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Three Walvis Bay kickboxers will take part in the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) competitions to be held in Orlando, Florida, United States of America from 4 - 17 July. The competitions fall under the International Sport Kickboxing Association Julian and Delano Müller, Lesley Hoaeb, Sensei Dorothy Bachmann and Andy Basson (ISKA) of the USA. Julian Müller (18), Delano Müller (10) and Lesley Hoaëb (22) have been selected to take part in the World Championships.

The trio has been training hard for the international event which is just around the corner.

Sensei Dorothy Bachmann from the Walvis Bay Kickboxing club said she is very proud of the three youngsters who have proven that anyone is capable of achieving the best.

“They keep the name of the club very high.

The whole town should be proud of them. I wish them all the best during the competitions overseas,” she said.

Julian has delivered public speeches at local schools to motivate other students in Walvis Bay and motivate them to remain focused on their education.

Julian stunned learners from Immanuel Ruiters recently when delivering a speech at the school in fluent

Damara.

He started speaking Damara fluently since he was four years old.

The competitors received training from Bachmann in Walvis Bay and have been chosen to take part in the ISKA World Championships for the second time.

The parents of the youths said their children trained very hard to be selected.

“We are very proud of our boys. They have

worked very hard to get where they are now,” they said.

Since 1986 the ISKA has set an unprecedented standard for professionalism and integrity while servings as a well recognised sanctioning for combat sports and competitive martial arts.

It recognises worthy champions and world rated contenders in more than 20 different types of martial arts and combat sports.