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"Our house is built on a strong foundation of peace, but how can we be happy when there are people going to bed hungry.”

Everybody learned a lot and we are looking forward to the same surf, skim and skate event next year.

Dr Hage Geingob, on his first historic visit to the Erongo Region.

Geesche Neuburg, representative and co-owner of Element Riders on the recent Surf Camp at Cape Cross See Page 8

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Desalination is key to supply

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Spring was officially launched and celebrated around Namibia this week, with vibrant colours, beautiful flowers and summery outfits to welcome in the warmer weather after the long and cold winter months. And while the coast has still not experienced blues and sunny skies quite yet, this was not a dampener for the Village Cafe girls, who greeted customers with a vibrant smiles and bright bandannas, to spread the 'Spring Fever' to everyone who walked through the door. Of course with Spring comes the time change, so be ready to turn your watches forward by one hour this Sunday. (Photo Donna Colins)

The times, they for high flying life Ill-gotten gains pay

are a-changing...

Niel Terblanche Along with the arrival of spring and lower fuel costs, Namibians have another more serious change on their hands which means they will arrive home from work to watch their favourite six o’clock soapie with lots of time to spare.

The first weekend of September every year also means that everybody needs to set their watches and clocks back to summer time. This means no more sleeping in for an extra hour or lying in front of the television set to watch the late night movie with plenty of time to spare.

Daylight saving time was introduced to Namibia shortly after the country became independent by a decree of the founding father of the

Namibian Nation, Dr. Sam Nujoma, to allow school children to get to school with the sun shining on their faces.

Daylight saving time is a change in the standard time during the "lighter" seasons, with the purpose of getting better use of daylight by adjusting the clock time of the rising and the setting of the sun, so that the mornings have more apparent daylight and the evenings have less.

With the national power supplier, NamPower, struggling to attend to the demand in winter time, the change to summer time brings a welldeserved relief. Our South African neighbours have had to deal with load shedding during the deepest of the winter months, but recent media reports from that country stated

that load shedding is - for the present something of the past.

In Namibia the change back to summer time means that banking hours locally will co-ordinate with that of South Africa and for the employees of certain local commercial banks it means normal work day in terms of starting and knock off times.

Businesses dealing with South African suppliers or clients will again co-ordinate in terms of working hours and the special care taken in Namibia during winter to make those essential phone calls or send those last minute e-mails is something of the past. At least until the cycle reverts to winter time on the first weekend of April.

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Niel Terblanche

The hunt for a couple of perpetrators in series of crimes in Swakopmund and Walvis Bay, including a deliberate effort to run their pursuers over with a car, revealed a life of luxury paid for by illicit means.

A member of the Swakopmund Neighbourhood Watch and a member of a private armed response unit were slightly injured on Monday, when a three men escaped arrest in their vehicle after attempting to draw money from an Automatic Teller Machine with a cloned bank card.

According to Hendrik Burger, one of the hit and run victims and leader of the First Response Security Services armed response unit, the incident took place at around 17:00 on Sunday in front of the Roman Catholic Church after the Swakopmund police contacted them to assist with the apprehension of the suspects.

“The police were notified by G4S security guards on duty at the Nedbank tellers in the main street that the suspects tried to bribe them to look the other way while withdrawing large amounts of cash with a cloned ATM card. The police asked for our assistance and when we got to the scene the suspects jumped into their car and tried to run us over as we tried to stop them by stepping in front of the vehicle.”

Burger said both him and the member of the Swakopmund Neighbourhood Watch were hit on the legs when the suspects tried to escape.

Both jumped out of the way to avoid serious injury. He said the action of the suspects is tantamount to assault to do grievous bodily harm.

“Other members of the neighbourhood watch and armed response team tried to pursue the fleeing suspects on the way to Walvis Continued on Page 3

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Thursday, 03 September 2015

English Channel swimmers braved turbulent conditions

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The 'Strokes for Earth’ trio from Swakopmund Bobby-Jo Bassingthwaighte, Sandy Le Roux and Ulla Gossow-Buttner successfully completed a single English Channel crossing on Saturday Donna Collins Unpredictable and dangerous weather conditions held Namibia's three English Channel swimmers on a knife edge, as the days ticked by before they could take the plunge. On Saturday their dual way swim was cut short by ruthless thunderstorms and lashing rains that threatened their safety.

The 'Strokes for Earth' trio BobbyJo Bassingthwaighte, Sandy Le Roux and Ulla Gossow-Buttner flew out of Swakopmund last month to brave a double crossing swim, that if accomplished, would have been the first time ever it had been done.

With months of planning, preparation and practice, they were allotted an available window time by the English Channel Swimming Federation, from 26 - 28 August. The plan was to swim the channel in relays, but the nervous tension leading up to the 30 hours and 90 kilometre round trip swim was starting to take its toll, as weather reports rolled in of high winds and lashing rain.

Support groups from all over the world joined a social media site to keep track of their movements.

After days of waiting and nail biting anticipation, on Saturday morning the weather lifted and they were "all good to go" - it was crunch time.

Without time to spare, they were in the water by 9h00 and left their kick-off point at Dover beach behind them. Slicing their way through the waters, dodging jelly fish, boat traffic, and other obstacles synonymous with the busy English Channel, they made remarkable time as they swam steadily towards the banks of France. But as night drew to a close, the weather turned unexpectedly rotten, and with a

20 knot wind forecasted for the return leg of the swim, concern for the girls’ safety was mounting.

With just glow sticks to light up the way for the swimmers and an alert crew on their back up boat, they held it all together as they moved through pitch black waters, knowing there could be anything that lurked therein.

"With less than a mile to go before reaching the banks of France and an anticipated half an hour swim to go, the heavens opened up, with lighting flashing directly above us and thunder crashing all around," said Bobby-Jo recalling her incredible experience in a social media report she issued.

"The rains came down in torrents, and there was a huge concern for our safety if we were to continue, so we had to seriously weigh things up - whether to stop at a successful one way crossing, or turn back and battle against dangerous elements through the night and in this dangerous weather,” she continued.

The turnaround time was immediate, which meant that they could not stop and wait for the weather to improve or for daylight to approach, but pushing on with their second leg, meant that they would have risked life and limb battling dark and stormy waters. It was also not an option at this point to gamble away N$50 000, which was the price to swim the second leg.

"Everyone on deck was soaked but they could not take shelter because they had to keep watch on the swimmers, and couldn't take their eyes off us for a second, because the waters were starting to get really rough - one second you were nearly rolling up against the boat, the next you were ten meters away from the boat and could only make out faint lights and glow sticks strung up along the rails.

"The rough tide made us miss our landing point ‘Cap Griz Nez', and we narrowly escaped some rocks, as we landed on the beach just north of the Cap," Bobby-Jo explained, saying that this frightening experience in the water and swimming through the storm, confirmed that their decision to stop in France and not swim back was the right one."

She pointed out that it is perilous for the swimmers to be in the waters during such turbulent weather conditions, this dangerous undertaking put an enormous strain on the back up crew headed by swimming manager Kelly Hicks, who kept a relentless vigil ensuring the safety of the swimmers was paramount.

"We are so grateful to our back up crew for keeping watch over us all the time, because these circumstances were very challenging for all of us, and by us being so compromised, it put an awful lot of strain on the crew and our team manager Kelly Hicks," she continued.

She also claimed that the swim was to draw attention to their greater cause 'Strokes for Earth', which is an environmental awareness project for the protection and conservation of the beaches and marine life in addition to others.

"Almost everyone has asked us why would three Namibian woman women want to swim across the English Channel - and we just simply say that we are trying to raise awareness about protecting our beaches and environment," said Bobby-Jo. “We are doing our bit for the environment that is on our doorstep, and if swimming the English channel draws the attention to our beach clean-up and awareness campaign, that is what we want, because we want the public to support this by dumping their rubbish in skips that were donated to the cause - rather than leave it lying around on the beach."

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Continued from Page 1 Those of us who owns smart phones or even those with less flashy gadgetry have become used to the fact that technology will save us from making the mistake of pitching up late for work looking all bleary eyed and

unwashed, given that the phone alarms are our only means of waking up early enough.

It is, however, important to remember that, although we are reverting back to summer time, we should set our watches and other time keeping devices forward with an hour.

Ill-gotten gains pay for high flying life Continued from Page 1 Bay. After my colleagues gave up the chase they contacted members of the police and the municipal traffic department in Walvis Bay to assist with the arrest of the fleeing men.”

Burger said members of other security companies were also contacted to keep an eye out for the white golf that was driven at high speed in the direction of Walvis Bay. “We got a report from one of the people we contacted that a car fitting the description of the suspects’ vehicle turned off at Extension 2 of Langstrand. The person also informed us that the vehicle pulled into a garage at a house in Langstrand and he provided us with the address.”

According to Burger a team consisting of neighbourhood watch members, security company and detectives from the serious crimes unit went to the house.

Upon entering they only found one of the suspects at home and the man was promptly arrested when he identified himself.

The reason for the suspect being identified as one of the three suspects in the car was that all three of them left their identification cards and driving licenses on the scene where they attempted to draw cash from the ATM in Swakopmund.

The suspect was taken into custody and is currently being questioned by members of the police on the whereabouts of two other suspects in the case.

Burgers said it was not the first time that a cloned card was used to draw cash from an automatic teller.

“These guys obviously possess an electronic device with which they are able to “clone” a bank card, but instead of transferring the data from the magnetic strip of the stolen card onto another card they are now able to bypass pin numbers and use the original card to simply withdraw money from any ATM.” He also said that it was obvious

Desalination is key to supply Niel Terblanche With rapid development on the books in the near future for coastal towns under the Massive Urban Land Servicing Project (MULSP) and the Mass Housing Scheme, the pressure on resources is bound to escalate.

One of these resources is potable water and the supply thereof to households and industry in the three main coastal towns. Water is also a vital resource for mining operations in the Namib Desert and together with demand from towns Millions of litres more will be needed to meet demand in the future.

A sharp rise in cost goes hand in hand with rising demand and the consumer will have to fork out more money in order to have the luxury of water in their households to cover the cost of the expansion of the existing supply infrastructure.

Although surrounded by the

Namib on three sides coastal towns also border an abundant supply of sea water from the Atlantic Ocean.

Removing the salt from sea water to make it consumable for humans and land dwelling animals is however a very costly process.

According to NamWater’s Manager of hydrology, Mr Andre Mostert, the utilization of desalinated water will become ever more cost intensive as water from more traditional sources like the Kuiseb- and Omdel aquifers supply schemes are very much dependent on good rainy seasons inland.

“At the moment the aquifers are healthy due to good rains in the catchment areas of the Omaruru and Kuiseb rivers over the past few years. As consumption of water gets higher alternative sources of fresh water will have to be found. With the desalination plant already producing potable water” In the meantime the Municipality

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of Walvis Bay aims to build a new water reservoir with a capacity of more than 20 mega Litre which will triple the current supply rate.

The construction of the new water reservoir will cost in excess of N$40 million and will add to the cost woes faced by coastal residents.

At the beginning of last month, the Acting General Manager for the Department of Water, Waste and Environmental Management at the Municipality of Walvis Bay, Mr. Andre Burger said that the harbour town already faces problems when disruptions occur from the Kuiseb aquifer scheme. He went on to say that the new water storage facility will hold enough water for almost 48 hours of consumption and this is in line with recommended storage facilities worldwide. Burger said tenders for the construction of the reservoir have been called but not yet awarded.

He pointed out that the current

storage capacity of 10 Mega Litre in the Namwater reservoir at Mile 7 will soon be inadequate for the predicted growth of the town.

In this regard the town of Swakopmund recently put a new water reservoir into service to supply the rising demand of the residents and industry.

Residents of Windhoek already face restrictions because water levels in dams

to him and other members of the law enforcement team that the suspects were living well off of their ill-gotten gains.

He described the house where the first suspect was arrested as luxurious and outfitted with the best electronic equipment and furniture money could buy.

He said the vehicle used in the escape as also the latest model high end Golf GTI.

By Wednesday afternoon the hunt for the two men still sought in connection with the incident on Monday was still on. He indicated that the police have received valuable information and leads from the first suspect they arrested.

supplying the capital are very low.

With a poor rainy season predicted for the next year, NamWater will be forced to draw on the aquifer system feeding Windhoek.

According to Mr. Mostert, the coast does not face a water shortage because of the existence of the desalination plant at Wlotzka’s Baken and the health of the aquifer system feeding coastal towns. He however pointed out that using and maintaining the infrastructure of the desalination plant will cause the cost of potable water to rise.

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Logistics to fuel future economic development Niel Terblanche

The Port of Walvis Bay and aggressive transport infrastructure development are the key focus points by which Namibia aims to become the preferred logistics hub of Southern Africa.

Established 15 years ago, The Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG) has made significant progress in positioning Namibia as the number one logistics hub in the SADC region through a focused marketing campaign both locally and in landlocked countries in the region.

Dr Hage Geingob, President of the Republic of Namibia during his recent visit to the Erongo Region attended the 15th anniversary of the WBCG and said: “One important sector selected to boost our industrialization drive is transport and logistics. I thank the WBCG for the relentless effort it has put into developing routes between our ports and border points, as well as the rest of SADC,” The celebration was attended by local and international public and private stakeholders in the development of Namibia as a logistics hub and comprised of Cabinet Ministers, Presidential

Advisors, Chief Executive Officers, logistics business owners, and many others who attended the anniversary celebration.

Dr. Geingob further stated: “As part of our public private partnership set-up, our agenda has always been driven to support the country’s national imperative of promoting Namibia’s trade with that of our neighbouring countries as well as other countries in the region. Through this and other government initiatives, Namibia has offered trade opportunities and access to the global market to many landlocked countries such as Zambia, Botswana and Zimbabwe.

The President of Namibia, Dr Hage Geingob joined in the celebration of the of the 15th anniversary of the Walvis Bay Corridor Group. Mr Johnny Smith CEO of the WBCG, the Minister of Works and Transport Mr. Alpheus !Naruseb and the CEO of Namport and director of the board of the WBCG, Mr Bisey Uirab celebrated with the President.

In addition the WBCG has made great strides over the years in the promotion and marketing of our country’s transport sector to facilitate cross-border trade.

The WBCG was established in 2000 to promote the utilisation of the Walvis Bay Corridors, which is a network of transport corridors principally comprising the Port of Walvis Bay, the Trans-Kalahari Corridor, the Walvis Bay-NdolaLumbumbashi Development Corridor, the Trans-Cunene Corridor, and the Trans-Oranje Corridor.

The WBCG has celebrated many notable milestones in the past 15 years.

During the past 10 years the WBCG has managed to grow corridor volumes from a base of zero to more than 750,000 tonnes per annum which represents a boost of more than N$500 million in revenue for the transport and logistics sector as a new income.

The WBCG, in an effort to diversify business development promotion in regional markets, set-up four regional branch offices, in countries such as Zambia, South Africa, Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) respectively. In 2011, the WBCG won third place for ‘Innovative Partnership in Service Delivery’ at the CPSI All Africa Public Service Innovation Awards. Also, the WBCG was selected to form part of the Port Cluster Governance Committee that was created by the Global Logistics Institute in 2010.

Government is one of the WBCG’s most important stakeholders in that it creates a policy environment that makes it conducive for Namibia’s trade to flourish, as well as the availing of funding

for infrastructure development to further enhance this trade.

Lately, the government invested significantly in all four modes of our transport infrastructure by increasing the transport sector budget by 39 percent.

Both Geingob and the Minister of Works and Transport, Alpheus !Naruseb, have revealed that plans are currently underway to revamp Namibia’s rail sector in order to further boost trade with SADC countries.

“In addition to the upgrading of our rail infrastructure, expansion efforts of our railway lines should continue.

These include strategic projects such as the railway line between Botswana and Namibia, as well as the railway line between Namibia and Zambia, via the Zambezi region,” Geingob said.

WBCG Board Chairperson and Namport Chief Executive Officer, Bisey Uirab, said that the time is ripe to transform our transport corridors into economic development corridors so that they ultimately become a network of supply and distribution channels linked to Walvis Bay, the country’s key strategic port.

“I am confident that the completion of the port expansion project at the Port of Walvis Bay by 2017 will go a long way in establishing Namibia as a regional Logistics Hub and will further support the Government’s stated intention to develop an industrialized economy,” he said.

Uirab also outlined that the WBCG stands ready to be transformed to coordinate public and private sector efforts to make Namibia a regional logistics hub.

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The day the President came to town!

President Hage Geingob, flanked by his lovely wife and first lady Monica Geingos and Erongo Governor, Cleophas Mutjavikua during the historic public citizens meeting held at the Tamariskia town hall. (Photo Donna Collins) Donna Collins Charismatic President Hage Geingob's first historic visit to the Erongo Region since his appointment, was filled with two days of back-toback engagements in Walvis Bay and Swakopmund, familiarisation engagements with Erongo leaders, topped off with a Gala dinner and a community meeting. Accompanied by his beautiful wife and First Lady Monica Geingos, they were indeed treated like the 'royal couple'.

On Thursday he took a grand tour of the world class N$20-billion Swakop Uranium Husab Mine, where he was updated about the construction of the mine, accompanied by Zambian President Edgar Lungu, Minister of Mines and Energy, Obeth Kandjoze and delegation.

Another highlight was an introduction to the Namport's N$4-billion port expansion project, undertaken by China Harbour and Engineering Company (CHEC), on which Geingob expressed confidence regarding its completion by 2017, saying it will go a long way to establishing Namibia as a regional Logistics Hub and will further support

the Government’s intention to develop an industrialised economy.

The President was also part of the Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG) 15th Anniversary Celebration, where he thanked WBCG for the relentless effort it has put into developing routes between our ports and border points and the rest of SADC. Friday's talking point, and interaction with community members of Swakopmund as well as traditional and political leaders in the region, raised concerns such as poor service delivery from public servants, complacence and indifference from police and state health facilities in the Erongo Region, as well as youth issues, plus education requirements and special needs schools.

Around 1 000 people packed into the Tamariskia Hall to get a glimpse of their President, who was joined on stage by the First Lady and a team of top cabinet Ministers, as part of the Government's new grass roots dialogue interaction to form a strategic blue print on how to deal with poverty eradication and overcome other pressing issues.

"We are here to say thank you as the newly elected Government of Namibia, and to share ideas of building

a prosperous nation where no one is left out, and to declare all out war against poverty, " he said. "Our house is built on a strong foundation of peace, but how can we be happy when there are people going to bed hungry.�

"But as I stand here today I want to tell you that Hage can't do it alone which is why I have created an army of leaders who are here at my side to help fight poverty, because at best we want everyone in this country to have a place to stay, food to eat and something to wear."

He also cautioned the youth to not disrupt the peace, saying that wars are ignited in countries when diplomacy fails. "Why must we fight and destroy a country that has celebrated peace and stability which took a long struggle to achieve - so I urge you: don't take peace in Namibia for granted, war is not a joke, just turn on your TV to see what is going on in the world."

It was also pointed out that there is no need for foreign investors to be insulted, nor for them to be bombarded with unrealistic demands. He was referring in particular to the mining sector such as RĂśssing, Langer Heinrich and Husab Mine, whose multimillion

dollar developments would not be in existence if it were not for investment by foreigners.

"We need investors, be it a person or company, who can assist us to add value to our resources.

So Namibians should rather engage in smart partnerships with foreign investors, instead of insulting them or demanding that they should leave."

All matters that were raised by the community were noted and will be followed up, with

any further questions or concerns being addressed to the office of the Erongo Governor, Cleophas Mutjavikua.

President Hage Geingob will continue his engagements with communities around the country.

The President has been using town hall meetings to interact with the citizens on issues affecting them and how these could be addressed from their own perspective as part of his consultations with grassroots.

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Dorob National Park Tourism Development Plan to benefit previously disadvantaged Jacques du Toit Trying to outshine the diamonds of Namibia, the Dorob National Park (DNP) is Namibia’s jewel for tourism development with everyone trying to grab a piece before it is all gone.

With the recent release of the DNP Tourism Development Plan (DNPTDP), those that have not had the opportunity to get their share of the tourism industry, now stand to get the best slice of the concessions cake.

According to the DNPTDP, the procedure when allocating new concessions in the park makes provisions for the direct awarding of concessions to communities resident inside or adjacent to protected areas, provided certain conditions are met.

The recipient communities may then develop and operate the concessions themselves or enter into joint ventures or sub-contracts with third parties to jointly co-operate in the development, management and operation of the enterprise. In the latter case, MET will vet third party sub-contracts to ensure that appropriate benefits accrue to the community.

The tendered award of concessions by MET will be to

appropriately qualified, private companies via an open, competitive and transparent process. This may involve a request for proposal procedure or an auction procedure, depending on the type of concession.

Given the principle of community benefit underpinning the Tourism Development Plan and the long history of private sector investment in activities in the dune fields, it is recommended that both routes be considered when structuring award procedures for concessions in the Dorob National Park.

The DNPTDP provides guidance for future tourism development, high quality eco-friendly tourism opportunities and aims to promote investment opportunities for all Namibians, particularly those that were previously excluded from the tourism sector.

Concession areas set out in the DNPTDP include the Dune Belt to the West, the Kuiseb Delta Concession Area, Dune Belt North, Berth’s Dune, Event’s Sites, Ugab River Mouth, Messum Crater and NWR Camp Sites: Jakkalsputz, Mile 101 and Mile 72.

The plan gives an analysis of the current situation focusing on the management of the park, with reference to tourism. It details how tourism development

should be done, while addressing the institutions that could affect the future of DNP as a tourism destination.

With regards to concession areas, current and new projects should cater for multiple markets, as well as Namibians, which practice sustainable tourism.

To promote the involvement of communities in and around the DNP, broad-based Black Economic Empowerment will be promoted.

In principle the effect tourism development should have on the DNP should lead to improvement of areas which need special protection of the variety of life, while making the park a place that Namibians and foreigners want to visit. Further, it must improve the surrounding community’s means of securing basic necessities.

The coastal towns, Swakopmund, Walvis Bay, Henties Bay and Wlotzkasbaken, should function as ‘rest camps’ maintaining a minimal development philosophy and mainly providing accommodation, services and a base for operators.

“It is important that the impacts (e.g. pollution, coastal functioning, sense of place, etc.) of these urban centers on the park are minimised,” the DNPTDP commented.

One recently proposed

development by Sand Rose Investments (SRI) is the Namibia International Convention Centre (NICC) and Desert Rose project.

SRI promises 5 000 jobs and billions in GDP contribution and states that “the Convention and Exhibition Centre will be supported by many facilities in order to make it both feasible and user friendly, such as more hotels and entertainment activities, shopping centers, office parks, restaurants, low and high density accommodation, residential properties, a golf course, public beaches and more.”

SRI chose Cape Town as an example of a city that also has an international conference centre.

According to the Cape Town International Convention Centre’s

(CTICC) website, the CTICC generated N$ 22 billion to South Africa’s GDP since 2003 (N$1.2 billion per year), and over R 7 billion to the Western Cape's economy in the past 11 years (N$636 million per year).

According to Sand Rose Investments the NICC might contribute N$ 455 million in the first year and N$4, 8 billion (N$960, 000,000 per year) after five years.”

The NICC is projected to generate barely 20% less per year than the CTICC; however the CTICC can draw from a population of 5.3 million people.

The coastal towns’ population was estimated at 143 000 in 2010, barely 3% of the Western Cape’s population and 4% of Cape Town Metro’s 3, 7 million.

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The Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG) in collaboration with Business School of Excellence (BSE) will be hosting training for SME active in the Transport and Logistics sector.

The training entails the following: Qualification: National Certificate in Road Transport (NQF Level 3) Mode of delivery: Distance learning with 25 contact classes Key Training Area: Road transport operations and management Business coaching and mentorship Interested MSME are encouraged to write a letter motivating the reason they should be excepted as participants of the course. Limited space is available. WBCG reserves the right to screen selected applicants to ensure minimum admission requirements are met.

CLOSING DATE: Friday, 18 September 2015 at 12h00 (noon local time).

Applicants may obtain further information and address application letter to: Mr. Immanuel Shipanga Walvis Bay Corridor Group 31 General Murtala Muhammed Avenue, Eros, Windhoek, Namibia P.O. Box 25 220, Windhoek, Namibia Tel: +264(0) 61 251669 Cell: +264 (0) 81 141 2330 E-mail: projects@wbcg.com.na

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Namibia in a quandary over phosphate mining Phosphate, and Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev who owns LL Namibia Phosphates. Leviev's firm claims it will invest some N$940 million off the coast of Lüderitz to develop phosphate mining, if Namibia's government gives the go-ahead.

In late 2013, LL Namibia Phosphates was granted a license to build a N$20 million demonstration plant, in a singular exception to the government's moratorium, and the firm did so. Although the project is not yielding any financial gain, it gives substance to claims like those of managing director Kombandayedu Kapwanga, who said that the "moratorium was not needed." He noted that research conducted by his company has so far indicated that phosphate mining will have no negative environmental impact. "We have done testing and we are going to do a bigger environmental impact assessment on the project," he added.

It is, however, important that studies done by firms with vested interests in opening up mining should not be the basis of the Government's decisions. Until sufficient independent research can be obtained, most role players feel that Namibia's moratorium on seabed phosphate mining should be renewed, however controversial that may be.

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Namibia remains stuck in a dilemma over seabed phosphate mining. The Government issued a moratorium during 2013 pending an environmental impact study, but that expired in March without any tangible results or a clear way forward.

However, Fisheries Permanent Secretary, Moses Maurihungirire, said that the cross-ministerial technical committee met recently and agreed on several recommendations, without specifying what they were.

Seabed phosphate mining has not been done anywhere in the world.

An attempt to do so off the coast of New Zealand was abruptly banned because it would cause "significant and permanent adverse effects" on the seabed environment. So there is tremendous uncertainty about its pros and cons for Namibia.

Fully-fledged phosphate mining would contribute an estimated N$235 million per year to the Namibian economy. But besides environmental harm, the country's important fishing sector could take a hit from mining-caused disruption.

The N$390 million per year fishing industry directly employs over 13,000 people, and around 200,000 with support industries included.

The technical committee failed to meet two months ago as

scheduled, and the delay has placed the Government in a legal limbo regarding seabed phosphate mining.

The cabinet is split. It was reported that Environment minister Pohamba Shifeta, who appears to be neutral in this matter, said "We cannot just deny a certificate without reasons for the potential consequences of the planned mining."

Now that the moratorium has expired, he added, the mines ministry has to give the go-ahead.

Earlier in the year, mines minister Obeth Kandjoze said he was in favour of allowing licensed mining companies to start work after the moratorium expired. He said the moratorium would have no legal standing if it was challenged in court by phosphate mining firms.

Meanwhile Fisheries Minister, Bernard Esau, has hinted that another ban on phosphate mining will be needed, in order for a proper environmental impact study on its effects can be carried out. In May, Esau warned the government against "blindly" approving marine phosphate mining, arguing that the country's long-term future matters more.

Another moratorium might be in the cards, but phosphate mining companies with wealthy backers are lobbying hard for mining permits to be given out now. Omani billionaire Mohammed Al Barwani has an 85 percent stake in Namibia Marine

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Niel Terblanche A week of learning and fun over the past school holidays culminated in a rare competition at the coast recently.

The event was organised by Element Riders Adventure Sports and offered a Surf Camp at Cape Cross with lots of coaching in riding waves on boards and

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According to Geesche Neuburg, representative and co-owner of Element Riders, coaching not only took place in water sports but also in various skating disciplines. All participants in the various disciplines of what can be described as alternative and, in some instances, extreme sports took part in a three day

competition which included the Swakopmund Surf Competition, the first ever Namibian Skim Board Competition and Swakop Skate Competition.

“We, like everybody that took part in the classes, had lots of fun and everybody learned a lot and we are looking forward to the same surf, skim and skate event next year.”

Thursday, 03 September 2015 She said that Rees Lewis Thomas, Shannon Broke Bolotin and Francois van Heerden from Christian Surfers Africa as well as Chris van der Merwe from Christian Skaters Africa and Inspired2Become travelled to Namibia for the coaching and to act as judges at the eventual competitions.

Based in South Africa, the organisations these people represent have but one aim and that is youth development through sport. They teamed up with Element Riders Adventure Sport and had a full programme during the last two weeks of August.

“The Aleph Surfing Foundation is a pioneering program that mixes surf coaching and life skills workshops with biblical values

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and mentorship. This program is rolled into one package that challenges youth on the way they see the world, themselves and others around them. Throughout the process, the children learn to surf and ride some fun waves.”

Geesche said the programme started off with a surf camp at Cape Cross. Stronger surfers received coaching in bigger waves while everyone attending had lots of fun with skim boarding.

After returning to Swakopmund on the 25th of August, the coaching for beginners and intermediate surfers took place every morning at the Mole and further up the beach towards Venita. She said that these

The open body boarding competition was won

by Michael Viljoen. Morne Mostert came second and Tiago Kutz ended up with third place.

The women’s open competition was won by Ciska Sarro with Xenia Raith coming second and Rhytm Stewart managed to secure the third place.

Chris Nel won the men’s open with Shaun Loubser second and Dylan Lackey third in the competition.

Geesche said Sunday was the day for the landlubbers and after a bit more coaching and the building of ramps the skaters took to the stage.

“The competition started at 14:00 and we saw some awesome tricks and very impressive performances from the guys and the girls.”

The skating competition took place at the Swakopmund Indoor Sports Centre and the beginner’s division was won by Alanray Miller.

sessions were open to everybody.

“During the afternoons coaching in skim boarding for beginners and intermediates continued each day which also included a fun coaching session in skate boarding and inline skating as well as tricks in both disciplines on a half-pipe These sessions were once again open for everybody to join in. On Friday 28th we had a movie night with the surf movie “The Perfect Wave” in Swakopmund.”

The surf competition for beginners also took place on Friday at Mole where Jan-Ivan van Dyk was the eventual winner, with Max Betts and Theron van Dyk in second and

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third place. Isabella Betts was awarded with the title of Queen of the Foamies, On the same day and location a skim boarding competition was held and Damien Lackey took the honours. Dylan Lacky and Tiago Kutz was awarded with the second and third positions respectively.

On Saturday the so-called Pro-Competition was held at Guns just off of Dolphin Beach.

In the under 16 competition Dylan Lackey, Damien Lackey, Morne Mostert and Julian Nel finished in order from first to fourth.

In the under 20 compettion, the Lackey brothers swapped places and Morne Mostert finished third.

Micka von Bentheim came second and Mathew Manual was third.

The advanced skating category was won by Morne de Kock. Izzy Jansen, Kyle Cyriax, Hanro Esterhuizen and Dalton Meyer was next in order on the winner’s podium. Kyle Ceriax performed well during the trick stages with Dalton Meyer taking second and Morne de Kock in third place.

According to Geesche, Reynhardt Schiedekad was awarded with a special prize as he travelled the longest distance from Otjiwarongo to Swakopmund in order to take part in the camps and competitions.

The event would not have been able to take place without help from various institutions and people and Geesche thanked all sponsors, competitors, judges, trainers and coaches from South Africa for their effort and contribution.

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Gecko looks to desert for marble Small industrial township will spring up in desert Jacques du Toit The Gecko Group of Companies aims to start mining marble just north-east of Swakopmund while creating a new industrial township about 10km next to the B2 highway undertaking three projects in the Erongo Region.

This includes the establishment of an industrial township on Portion 23 of Farm No 163, called Nonidas Industria.

Gecko plans to mine calcitic marble at two nearby locations which will be processed at a chemical laboratory and an aggregate quarry in the township.

Two public meetings will be held on 9 September to discuss the planned projects. First at the Namib Primary School Aula in Swakopmund from 14h00-15h00, then at the Moonlight Resort (Old Rössing Country Club) from 18h00-19h30.

Environmental Clearance Certificates for the construction and operations of all three projects is required and thus Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) and Environmental Management Plans (EMPs) need to be submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) of Namibia.

Geo Pollution Technologies has been appointed to undertake the EIA’s for the proposed construction and operational processes.

Gecko Namibia was established in 2008 and is a Namibian owned company

which aims to develop projects in the mineral and chemical industry that focus on providing services to Namibia’s mining industry.

Ownership of the property ‘Portion 23 of Farm 163’ was acquired by Gecko in the name of its subsidiary Nonidas Industria (Pty) Ltd. The land borders the TransNamib railway line and is situated 11 km to the east of Swakopmund.

Gecko’s prospecting license (EPL 4185) covers an area between Swakopmund and south of Hentiesbay.

Gecko wishes to mine calcitic marble, which is required to produce lime and ground calcium carbonate, and process the marble within the Nonidas Industria township.

Three separate environmental impact assessments for the township and laboratory, the aggregate quarry site and the mining of calcitic marble.

Benefits of development According to Geo Pollution Technologies’ background information document, benefits that will result from this development include direct capital investment, expansion of trade, and industrial activity, stimulus of additional investment. It will also create new longterm employment in sectors relying on mined minerals as well as diversify the regional economy.

Further it will stimulate economic development by creating an ongoing supply of materials and goods for

construction purposes, the creation of new businesses, housing, better markets and access to public services and skills development.

Having a local laboratory will provide cost effective services to the mining industry. It also means that the lengthy process getting export permits, long lead times for results and cross border logistical costs are avoided.

Project Description All three projects will have different construction and operational activities.

The township will include provision for business, light industrial and noxious industries (not heavy noxious industry), complying with international emission standards.

A total of 40 general business, 60 light industrial and 27 general industrial erven will be serviced. Future land owners will have to conduct their own EIAs if necessary.

Construction activities will include: A water pipeline infrastructure, a road connection to the B2 highway, an electrical power line construction from NamPowers’ Walmund Substation, a water storage reservoir, a waste water treatment plant and a railway siding from the bordering TransNamib line.

The planned chemical laboratory will be a comprehensively equipped metallurgical laboratory servicing the Namibian mining industry. Gecko is in possession of a license, obtained from

Project location. the Ministry of Health and Social Services, to handle and test radioactive material.

Quarry operations will include blasting and crushing and the subsequent stockpiling of aggregate. Sand stockpiling and brickmaking will take place at the aggregate quarry site. The aggregate produced will be used for various purposes including road surfacing.

Approximately 25,000,000 tons of calcitic marble rock is estimated to be available at the mining site and at current demand figures of 60,000 tons per annum, the expected life of the mine is in excess of 50 years.

Mining will be intermittent with one or two blasts planned each year which would provide enough raw material for processing into lime and ground calcium carbonate. The marble rock will be transported with trucks to the proposed Nonidas Industria, where it will be processed on one of the industrial erven.

The existing tracks will be refurbished for safe haulage to the Nonidas Industria.

At the Nonidas Industria site calcitic marble will be crushed, screened and stored in bins or on stockpiles.

Volunteers save the day Foundations in place

for the Swakopmund Retirement Village FaanBergh Winckler Projects maintains the momentum of its construction of Namibia’s premier luxury Swakopmund Retirement Village, with the Haven Apartments and Estate offering full and sectional title units with 24-hour frail care and assisted living services.

Since the site handover on 1 July 2015, great progress has been made, with enough

Niel Terblanche Tour guides accompanying visitors to the fair views of the Walvis Bay lagoon last week alerted members of the general public about a stranded pod of bottle nose dolphins in the shallow water about 200 meters offshore.

According to Mr. Andre Thiart, owner of Atlantic Refrigeration in the harbour town’s industrial area, the call to help save the stranded animals came through just after 07:00 on Friday morning.

“They must have been hunting a school of small fish when the tide went out and they got stranded in a gully.”

The lagoon is very shallow on the south eastern end where the road to the saltpans meets the water. When the tide turns to low the water goes out very quickly and only the deeper gullies remain full of water that is about knee-deep.

A similar incident happened in January last year when several bronze sharks got trapped in the gullies while hunting and volunteers helped the stranded fish to the safety of deeper water

further into the lagoon. Unlike sharks, dolphins breathe fresh air and only need to be kept wet and out of direct sunlight in order to survive until the high tide returns and the can swim to safety.

On Friday, volunteers however opted to carry the stranded animals over a sandbank to deeper water to keep the stress levels of the animals to a minimum.

Mr. Thiart said he asked most of the men working for him to assist with the rescue effort.

Members of the general public as well as members of the Namibia Dolphin Project helped to carry the distressed dolphins to the safety of deep water.

For many onlookers, especially young children, it was also a chance to touch the animals for the very first time in their lives and to have a close encounter with the dolphins.

Seven of the animals were stranded in the gully of shallow water and by 09:00 the volunteers managed to carry all of the dolphins to the safety of deeper water where they struggled for a while to get their bearings before slowly making their way to the open sea.

drive and optimism that by 6 August 2015, ground excavations to cast the foundations of the Haven Phase had already begun.

Excavations continued at a steady pace with the foundations being reinforced by steel placements; FaanBergh Winckler Projects estimates completion of the Swakopmund Retirement Village around the end of 2016.

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mental illness want their significant others to know Living with a mental illness — especially a misunderstood one — can make relationships a little tough. But sometimes, the opposite is true: When a person with a mental illness finds a partner he or she can be vulnerable around, it can make for a stronger bond.

Like any relationship, there are ups and there are downs.

To highlight this, we asked Mighty readers living with mental illness what message they would send to their significant other.

If you are unsure of how to help your loved one with a mental illness, or if sometimes you just do not know what to say, these might help: 1. “Needing alone time and a quiet zone is not rejection — it is recharging.” — Michelle Skigen 2. “Thank you for coming to appointments with me, for learning about my illness, my

meds and what it would take for me to climb back up out of the abyss. Together, we can slay the beast.” — Patti Petz Gray 3. “I just need to know if I have a bad day — if I yell and scream and cry — you will still love me at the end of it.” — Bekah Paskett 4. “Sometimes I just want you to listen to me. No matter how irrational I sound.” — Jessica Bowers 5. “Turn off the television and just breathe with me for a little while.” — Kathleen O’Brien Casey 6. “When I am numb or lost in the deepest and darkest hole, it is not because you have done something wrong.” — Maritza Estrada Wedum 7. “Sometimes it is not enough to listen once, not enough to talk

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I just need you to hold me. Actions can be louder than words.” — Allyson White 13. “It is OK not to understand how I feel. I would rather hear questions than silence.” — Jennifer Thompson 14. “The days when I do not have a specific reason for feeling depressed are the days I need you to love me ‘louder.'” — Chelsea Geren 15. “Thank you for being so very kind. Thank you for being so patient. Thank you for telling me I really was not that bad to be around, even when we both know I was.” — Carol Stewart 16. “‘I am doing the best I can right now’ is not a cop out. Sometimes it really takes all I have to do just the minimum.” — Amanda Talma 17. “Please do not feel like you have to ‘fix’ things.

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Meet Nitama, the new cat in charge

Japan's cute cat stationmaster passed away earlier this year, leaving a kitty-shaped hole in the country's heart and its 27,000 kilometer-long railway network.

Now, after a wait of 50 days - the traditional mourning period according to Japanese Shinto beliefs – there is a new cat in charge.

Nitama, Tama's old assistant stationmaster, has assumed the position, beating several other cat candidates to run Kishi train station in Wakayama Prefecture's rural Kinokawa neighborhood.

The announcement came in a personal and moving statement from Wakayama Electric Railway president Mitsunobu Kojima in which he revealed he had refrained from appointing a successor while still praying for Tama.

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pawprints is a tall order.

Kishi's late stationmaster is credited with saving a dying train line on behalf of local residents.

To ensure her success, Nitama has graduated from Cat Stationmaster Training School.

It is not the toughest of schools, but cats must demonstrate a relaxed attitude to working with people and a willingness to wear a hat, according to the railway company.

Nitama "does not dislike wearing a hat," according Hitofumi Ino, spokesperson of the Ryobi Group, which oversees the railway.

The five-year-old served time as stationmaster at Idakiso

Station, further along the same track, before becoming the deputy at Kishi in 2012.

"The reason I appointed Nitama as a successor to Tama is that she had teaching experience from Tama directly," says Mitsunobu.

"Tama was very mild and she seldom got angry, though she was strict with her subordinate Nitama."

Nitama was born in Okayama City, about 250 km from Wakayama.

She was found under a car on a rainy day before being adopted by Okayama Electric Tramway.

Appointing a promising new stationmaster does not mean that Tama will be forgotten.

After Tama's funeral on June 28 - attended by 3,000 mourners Wakayama rail president Kojima and other company executives

went to the Kishi River, where Tama was born and raised, to look for materials to build a monument for the deceased cat.

"We found the suitable stone for a pedestal and a monument," says the company's president. "I wrote on the stone and left the stonemason to carve my letters."

The monument, featuring a bronze statue of Tama, was built beside an existing cat shrine, located beside the tree "where Tama used to see cherry blossoms and can see the Kishi Station and trains."

Tama is credited with bringing in 1.1 billion yen ($9.2 million) in her first year and increasing passenger numbers by 17% during her tenure.

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Here comes the sun - and cheap solar power Scientists at Stellenbosch University have found a way to harness cheap solar energy by perfecting a process that has stumped the world's best engineers for years.

As news of the groundbreaking design travelled across the globe yesterday, the scientists behind Helio100 continued testing of their prototype.

The Solar Thermal Research Group has dramatically reduced the cost of creating heliostats computer-controlled mirrors that keep the sun reflected on a fixed target as it moves across the sky.

Paul Gauche, director of the research group, said his team's aim was to produce concentrated solar power technology that would be cheap and quick to install.

"Helio100 consists of a field of tracking mirrors and a small tower that captures concentrated sunlight capable of running a turbine at 1000C," said Gauche.

"Air is heated to drive a gas turbine similar to those in jet engines. This means no water or other working fluids are needed."

But the cost of heliostats has until now made them impractical.

"We are developing 'plonkable' small-scale heliostats. 'Plonkable' means that you can just drop them on to the ground and they work," he said.

The design requires no costly building work or a highly trained workforce for installation, only two people to lay out the steel frames on the ground and a streetlightstyle central tower.

A Helio100 installation consists of 100 2.2m² heliostats generating 100kW of power in total - enough to power about 30 households.

The pilot installation is in Mariendahl, an experimental farm between Stellenbosch and Klapmuts.

Helio100 spokesman Sebastian Bode said the Stellenbosch team's work had attracted the interest of companies including a German consortium, and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology solar energy company.

Engineers on Google's Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal project attempted to build something similar but

abandoned their research in 2011 when they could not do it cheaply enough.

Bode said the use of a Helio100 array was cheaper than using diesel, the usual fuel for most companies and businesses during power outages.

The SA Photovoltaic Industry Association's Wido Schnabel hailed the announcement as "brilliant news".

"The beauty of concentrated solar power technology is that it allows us to store much more energy than photovoltaic panels. This means we have energy for cloudy days or at night," he said.

"It also means that we can add concentrated solar power technology to the symphony of renewable energy solutions we currently have, and gives us another incentive to stay away from nuclear power generation and burning coal."

Source: www.timeslive.co.za

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Thursday, 03 September 2015

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A growing field of motorsport 'petrol heads' who entered the different categories, turned up to rev their engines and participate in the late afternoon dirt oval activities, where the dice was on for a podium win.

The hotrod class drew its fair share of attention with Frank Borruso who is currently leading the national championship race in his class put on a sizzling show, with Leon and Willie le Roux both from Westcoast Tow-In Walvis Bay taking second and third place respectively.

Charles Gabrielsen was the man to beat in the 8valve 4-cylinder class, followed by Danniel Kruger who is giving props to 'woman power', and Chris Robinson in third place.

The V8 Class was dominated by Durandt Oosthuizen, with Gino Meyer hot on his tail in second and Gert Breedt taking third spot.

The guys in the quad bike open class gave throttle for a super race, with first place being snatched by Fernando Correia, while Max Robberts and Gerald Botma settled for second and third position. Stefan Borrusso won the quads junior category.

But it was the Doeseb family who stole the show in the Go Kart races, and leading the race was Javine who pipped his brother Jadine to the post with TJ Tjizo in third spot, while the Junior karts was won by Jarine Doeseb.

Meanwhile progress has been made at the track, with the construction of a newly built scoring and commentator tower, which organisers claim is in keeping with the big plan to turn the track into an international arena for motorsport.

The next event will be a national championship held towards the end of the month.

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