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inside New Smartphone transaction to bring hope, jobs
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and affordable technology
Two Walvis Bay Businessmen part of N$8 Billion Deal Liesl Losper
Two coastal businessmen, Rojo Van Wyk and Michael Dausab, have acquired the rights to the marketing and distribution of a range of Ultraphones by the Chinese manufacturer, Technology, Happy, Life (THL), which is part of the Shenzhen Hongjiayuan Communication Technology Co Ltd. This range of smartphones will make an end to the frustration of daily charging, said Rojo van Wyk in an interview with namib Page 4 times yesterday, about the new, very affordable phone “of superior quality.”
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After negotiations and deliberations since January, the deal was announced in South Africa earlier this week, with Van Wyk and Dausab present. Van Wyk was very upbeat when he spoke to namib
times, and said it could mean a lot for the coastal region and its people, because they plan to have the Namibian Head Office based in Walvis Bay. “The fact that we will have our head office in Walvis
Vusi Khumalo (President, South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry), Mike Dausab (Director, THL Africa Distribution) and Rojo Van Wyk (Director, THL Africa Distribution) Bay with other branches in Namibia means that it will lead to many job opportunities. In the view of affordability, our products will definitely be affordable and with the latest technology
for everyone to enjoy,” Van Wyk said. “We’ll provide consumers with the opportunity to truly experience the product in our experiential stores. Consumers will have the
“Schutztruppe” statue Walvis Bay Salt crossfire Marshallino Beukes Holdings employees in Following the removal of the sacred bull horns of the late Ovaherero paramount Chief Kuaima to down tools Riruako from the Ovaherero memorial monu-
Marshallino Beukes Accusations of a discriminatory salary structure, illegal reduction of leave days, illegal reduction of medical aid and more, by employees of Walvis Bay Salt Holdings, have come to a boiling point. An official letter from the workers states that they have resorted to officially down tools, effective from Monday. According to the workers’ statement this action was prompted by failed attempts via their Union, the Mineworkers Union of Namibia’s (MUN) to get disputes addressed in a fair, equitable, practical and cost effective manner. The workers accuse Walvis Bay Salt Holdings that they did not make any attempt, nor
demonstrate to redress the alleged salary discrimination, but put restrictive and prescriptive principle conditions in their draft agreement. “We anticipate a strike period of at least two months or more, but the workers are prepared to make the sacrifice for justice,” is the disgruntled employees’ message. Continues on page 2
chance to completely engage with the product – touch, feel and experience, before they purchase our product. The THL ultraphone battery lasts up to five days, on a single charge and can intercon-
nect to charge other smartphones.” They plan to launch the range of ultra-phones at several events on the continent in November, in Walvis Bay, Johannesburg, Lagos, and Nairobi.
Salomon in the “hot seat”
New Swakopmund Mayor The new mayor of Swakopmund, ment at Swakopmund by the town’s municipal- sworn in Nehemia Salomon (L) with town ity, community activist, Laidlaw Peringanda, is demanding that the Memorial for fallen German Marines, next to the State House, be demolished or removed. Peringanda forwarded a letter in this regard to the office of the President and the German Embassy in Namibia, this week. The removal of the horns followed after a Swakopmund resident had complained about it and it was removed by the town’s municipality, “because the correct/proper procedures were not followed,” according to the municipality. “I am asking the Namibian government to remove
the German Colonial Memorial Marine Soldiers Monument within thirty days. Failing to do so, I personally will remove that sculpture, because it reminds me of my family who was killed, raped, forced laboured, died of malnutrition, exposed to harsh weather conditions and medical experiments between 1904-1908,” the letter reads. The newspaper contacted Continues on page 2
CEO Eckart Demasius Swapo councillor, Nehemia Salomon, was sworn in as the new Mayor of Swakopmund and Chairperson of the town council here on Wednesday. He will serve for about four months before the national Local Authority and Regional Councils’ elections start in November this year. Anthony Bessinger remains the deputy mayor of the coastal town. Salomon was an additional member of the management committee before he was elected town mayor. He fills the position left vacant by fellow Swapo councillor, Juuso Kam-
bueshe last month. Kambueshe is now the Swakopmund Constituency councillor and National Council member representing Erongo Region. Salomon worked his way up from being a Swapo Party youth leader from 2002 to 2007 and Swakopmund branch coordinator from 2008 to 2012, before he became a local authority councillor. In his acceptance speech, Continues on page 2