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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6849 TUESDAY 3 MARCH 2020 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
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Residents run from shack to shack knocking and waking people to get out
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Destruction as fire rips through shack community Mondesa's Oletweni quarter was hit by a devastating shack fire in the early morning hours of Saturday. The fire destroyed twenty shacks, but thanks to people running knocking at every door for residents to get out to a safe distance, no injuries or deaths were reported.
Sharlien Tjambari
In cultures worldwide a traditional village is the most vivid sign of unity and common purpose. A cultural village of the ovaHimba at Swakopmund had exactly the opposite effect – it has become a source of division among the ovaHimba people Continues on page 2 living at Swakopmund, it has spurred in-fighting over leadership and there are accusations of greed and self-interest.
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What made this incident particularly more horrifying is the fact that the electricity was out in Swakopmund at the time and as a result there was no cell phone communication available. By the time the fire brigade arrived at the scene the fire spread over twenty shacks.
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Swakopmund's town council some years ago set out land where all of Namibia's cultures could establish a traditional village with the aim of creating a new tourist attraction and also place where people can learn about and from one another's cultural origins. So far, only the ovaHimba traditional village has gone up in 2018. It is located next to the Martin Luther Museum at the entrance to the town. The main aim was in line with what was expected by the local authority. It was showcasing products and services as well as the ovaHimba cultural music called “Ondjongo”. Tourists and locals alike flocked to the village. In the first months after its opening in October 2018, matters started to turn for the worse. The ovaHimba community started quarrelling over Continues on page 2
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