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namib times SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6608 FRIDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2016 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
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Erwin Leuschner
Workers of the Delta Group, which got the contract to construct houses for the Mass Housing Development Programme on the north-eastern outskirts of Swakopmund, have threatened to burn down the houses if the company does not pay them by today.
On Wednesday the workers gathered at the site and lit various small fires “to warn the company owner” and wanted to burn down the houses starting at 17:00 that day. “We have not been paid for four months,” said one worker, Gerson Hamutenya, to namib times. The police arrived on scene and managed to diffuse the situation. The workers extended their deadline up until today.
Gebedstaptog Die gemeenskap van Walvisbaai en Swakopmund verenig môre oor kerkgrense om deel te neem aan die Gebedstaptog (Walk For Jesus) om padveiligheid op die B2 kuspad aan God op te dra. Die twee groot kruise wat weerskante van die kuspad in die omgewing van Langstrand geplant is, was juis die handewerk van gebedstappers toe hierdie geleentheid vir meer as ‘n dekade gelede vir die laaste keer aangebied is. Organiseerders van verskeie kerkgroeperings het besluit om die jaarlikse Gebedstaptog weer in te stel. Met die vakansieseisoen op die voordeur word die publiek versoek om hierdie belangrike geestesgeleentheid by te woon. Mense moet teen 07:00 môreoggend by die Diaz sirkel op Walvisbaai aanmeld, en inwoners van Swakopmund by die Swakopmund brug. Almal stap na Dolfyn Park waar stappers verrigtinge met sang, lofprysing en gebed gaan afsluit. Daar sal vervoer terug na die vertrek Vervolg op bladsy 2
In Namibia, if you don't own a house, you are nobody. “If you don't have a house, nobody will respect you, because you have nothing.” This was said by Bobby Kandjala, special advisor to Governor of Erongo, Cleophas Mutjavikua, in Henties Bay yesterday. Kandjala was speaking during the hand-over of 28 houses constructed under the Build-Together scheme to their new owners. Silvia Makgone, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development, made a similar statement. “When people don't have houses, they don't have value. You have no collateral to apply for a loan at the bank and therefore have no economic status. You have zero economic status,” Makgone said. Kandjala, who was speaking before the Minister, said that “being a resident of town without a house is like a child without a parent”. The 28 houses are part of the first lot of a total of 50 houses built under the Build Together Scheme in the coastal town which were handed over to their new owners. The project was financed by the municipality, who invested a total of N$4 million and the Built Together fund, which contributed N$1.2 million. Besides the Build Together houses there are 50 more houses constructed under the Mass House Development Programme in Henties Bay. 20 of these have been handed over so far. The beneficiaries of the houses were overly joyed when they received the keys to their new homes. Some were crying with joy, having waited for years already. “I applied for a house in 2010. It's been six years now and I am extremely happy,” said Richelin Guriras, the first beneficiary. “I stayed in a pondokkie, but now I have a home. Eks baie bly,” she added.
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MotorErongoRED to save millions ing with new solar powerplant Inside Erwin Leuschner
A milestone for the regional electricity distributor Erongo RED: Yesterday the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of a three Megawatt (MW) solar energy power plant at Arandis took place – the plant is expected to be in operation by June 2017. The new solar power plant is being built by OLC Arandis Solar Energy, a Joint Venture between O&L Energy (a subsidiary of the Ohlthaver & List Group), its strategic partner Cronimet Mining Power Solutions GmbH and the Women of Destiny Trust. The plant will consist of over 10 000 poly-crystalline photovoltaic (PV) panels. “The sooner we get to a place where we are no longer dependent on other suppliers beyond our borders, the faster we will be able to take complete control of where we are headed. This 3 Megawatt solar power plant is a big step in that direction. I look forward to even brighter days and a future embraced with even more innovations,” said Erongo Governor Cleophas Mutjavikua during the ceremony. He added that this type of innovation is the key to the future of this country's economy. According to ErongoRed Chairperson Tobias Nambala this development Continues on Page 2
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