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Novanam above the law?
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World Autism In what seems to be playing out as a game of cat and mouse, Awareness Skeleton Coast Trawling Pty (Ltd), the subsidiary of Novanam Month Piquet Jacobs
Ltd, has now informed Nautilus Fishing Industries Pty (Ltd) that they in fact have no intention of complying with the arbitration award which was found in favor of the joint venture company, Neavera Trawling Pty (Ltd), to the tune of N$ 60 million including interest by senior advocate, Andrew Corbett. This has in turn encouraged Nautilus Fishing Industries to apply for this award to be made an order of the High Court. Before addressing the matter at hand, it is vital to understand the lengthy history between Skeleton Coast Trawling (the defendant) and Nautilus Fishing Industries (the claimant); the two companies have been partners through Neavera Trawling since 1996, conducting business through two Continues on page 2
Ciske Smith-Howard Steps Sharlien Tjambari down
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CRAN Imposes Temporary stand still
The Swakopmund Constituency Councillor Ciske SmithHoward stepped down from her position as constituency councillor on Friday, 1 April during the Erongo regional council meeting which takes place ones a month. SmithHoward resigned after her fellow councillor laid a motion of no confidence in her. During the meeting, while tabling his motion, Councillor Florian Donatus the Walvis Bay Rural Constituency Councillor and a member of the Independent Patriot for Change said that Smith-Howard defies the orders of the party that nominated her to council and continues to disrupt meetings and uses foul language towards fellow council members in the chamber. Donatus further accused Smith-Howard of subjecting other members to her own personal restrain by bringing her personal issues with her political party to the chamber. Donatus said: “Her defiance of the restraint, which is part of the code of Continues on page 2
Rotten spill cause for busy Walvis Bay Road closure Eileen van der Schyff
A Seanam Fishing truck, carrying a skip filled with fish and squid waste tipped over spilling the entire rotten load onto both lanes of the left side of the road surface of 18th road close to Cymot at Walvis Bay late yesterday afternoon. The Walvis Bay Fire Brigade, Municipal Hazardous Waste Inspector, Riaan Archer and Jannie Coetzee from Bay Wash - Hazmat Hazardous Material were hard at work yesterday afternoon with cleaning efforts of the road surface and to open the road for the busy traffic flow. Cleaning was still ongoing and the section of the road that was impacted, closed off at the time of going to press.
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