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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6634 TUESDAY 7 MARCH 2017 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
Swakop inches closer to the Atlantic
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Erongo rivers River could reach the sea Suspected rapist, who is flowing for the first time in six out on bail, strikes again
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Erwin Leuschner
Erwin Leuschner
For the first time in six years the Swakop River has inched close to the Atlantic Ocean, passing Goanikontes on Saturday. By Sunday the water, which initially was only a small trickle, had filled most of the sand mining pits at the smallholdings outside of town. By yesterday afternoon the river had not reached the road crossing at the C28 yet and the water level had subsided short of its goal.
A 19 year-old Swakopmund resident, who is currently out on bail on a charge of rape, struck once again over the weekend and raped another victim. This time he raped his neighbour, said Deputy Commissioner Ottilie Kashuupulwa, regional crime investigations co-ordinator for Erongo, to namib times yesterday.
News of the river coming down on Saturday spread like wildfire throughout the country, especially on social media platforms, prompting a lot of coastal residents to take a look at the water themselves. “There was a lot of excitement when we saw the first bit of water at Goanikontes,” said Holger Ismer from Goanikontes Osais to namib times. The first trickle passed the road (D1991) at about 9:30 on Saturday morning. During the night though a new flood arrived. The level of the river rose substantially and was about one metre deep. On Sunday morning hundreds of coastal residents drove to the old sand mining pits close to the smallholdings and watched the water rushing past Continues on Page 2
According to Kashuupulwa the suspect broke into the house of his neighbour in the Swakopmund suburb Mondesa at about midnight on Friday. “He broke into the house with the sole intent of rape,” she said. The suspect did not steal anything. “He cut the board, entered the house, raped the victim and left,” she said. The victim is a 20 year-old woman. After the case was reported the suspect was arrested. Kashhupulwa continued saying that the suspect was out on bail on another rape case stemming from last year. He remains in custody and is facing a charge of rape as well as a charge ofContinues house breaking. on Page 2
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