28 may namib times e-edition

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namib times SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6855 TUESDAY 28 MAY 2019 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net

Dramatic sea rescue Isaac Chikosi

A restaurant manager risked his own life on Friday to save the life of a man who jumped off the Swakopmund jetty, ironically in an attempted suicide. Gerhardus (Hardus) Saayman (28) is a manager at the Jetty Restaurant. He was alerted by a colleague that someone jumped off the jetty and was in serious trouble in the water. Pictures and videos that emerged show the brave Hardus Saayman jumping into the sea, swimming to the drowning man. Saayman, who is an experienced surfer, got the man into a position in the water that enabled him (Saayman) to swim the man closer to the jetty. The sea was fairly rough and onlookers can be overheard on the videos cheering him to keep him motivated to battle the current and the extremely cold water. In what can only be described as a gallant effort bystanders also took action to assist Saayman and the man who he was rescuing. People assisted by throwing a fire hose into the water to serve as a makeshift lifeline. Continues on page 2

Six live elephant exported through port of Walvis Bay to a DR-Congo game lodge

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Two rapes reported

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Containers fell in the sea

Town Councillor killed in car crash

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Walvis Bay town councillor (Swapo-candidate) Samson Nghilumbwa was killed in a car crash near Arandis early yesterday morning. Clr Nghilumbwa was employed at the Husab Mine and was traveling from the mine back to Swakopmund when his vehicle collided head-on with a truck. Report and pictures on page 3

A family of six elephants were loaded aboard the freighter El Nino in the port of Walvis Bay on Thursday night and is destined for an upmarket game park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Another export shipment of live elephant are scheduled for June, Namport said in a statement on Friday. In the same statement Namport says this was the first of its kind export of live elephant and certainly not the last. A total of 205 heads of game were exported to the same game park in 2018, but sadly some of the animals died in the process of the transport to the DRC. See Namport press statement and more pictures on page two of today’s edition.

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