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Fuel price increase looms
inside Rough Petrol and diesel prices Arandis and Henties Bay & Tough increase by 30c per liter “twin” for a better future Rally The Ministry of Mines and Energy informed the Namibian fuel supply industry that June’s fuel price increase would take effect at one minute past midnight on Wednesday 5 May. The increase entails a 30 cents per liter increase for both petrol and diesel. Petrol at Walvis Bay fuel retail stations would cost N$13,05 and diesel would cost N$13,63.
Walvis Bay woman caught with 256 Mandrax tablets Eileen van der Schyff A 59-year-old woman appeared in the magistrate's court of Walvis Bay on Wednesday on a charge of dealing in cannabis and Mandrax. Elizabeth Vinindwa was arrested at her house in the suburb of Kuisebmond in the early evening of Tuesday 28 May. A total of 256 full Mandrax tablets (valued at N$26 600) and 100g of cannabis were found in her possession (pictured below).
Sharlien Tjambari The two respective local authorities of Henties Bay and Arandis entered into a twinning agreement earlier this week, creating a platform for the two towns to be better managed by sharing ideas, learn from one another's experience and augment one another where technical knowledge and know-how lacks. Several Namibian towns, including Walvis Bay and Swakopmund, has twinning agreements in place, but traditionally only with cities and towns abroad. The twinning agreement between the two Erongo towns is very unusual, but a positive step for development and service delivery. Areas where the two towns will closely cooperate with one another is capacity building in the fields of strategic management, financial management, human resources, local economic development and municipal infrastructure development and maintenance, said the two municipalities in a press statement earlier this week. Arandis and Henties Bay face a similar challenges in that economic opportunities are limited. Henties Bay is primarily a holiday- and retirement town whilst Arandis is a service centre for the uranium mining industry. However, both towns enhances economic potential through tertiary education institutions (NiMT at Arandis and Unam's Sam Nujoma Campus at Henties Bay) and both towns work hard to attract local manufacturers to set up manufacturing units there and both towns.
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Golf: Tsumeb beats Walvis Bay Swakopmund is gearing up for the annual Swakopmunder Karneval or better known as the Küska which takes place between 21 and 29 June. Two people can be seen here in the traditional Küska attire during the Narrenwecker event which took place on Saturday (25 May) and which is the traditional countdown to the festivities. Küska celebrates its 34th anniversary this year.
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