10 july namb times e-edition

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namib times

SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6767 TUESDAY 10 JULY 2018

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Horror crash claims two

Drunken driving is believed to be the cause of a car crash on the corner of Nangolo Mbumba Drive and 9th Road in Walvis Bay early on Sunday morning. Two people were killed instantly in the crash. “We heard a loud noise and the sound of vehicle tires screeching on a tarmac surface. Then there were the screams of people audibly in distress”, a resident living nearby said on Sunday. Upon closer inspection they realised there was a car crash on the intersection and clearly there were people killed in the accident. “I just could not look at this. It is like a recurring nightmare. When will there be an end to the carnage on our country’s roads and streets?”, asked this resident. It is believed that 30year-old Felix Negongo skipped a traf-

fic light on this intersection in the early hours of Sunday. His Isuzu pick-up slammed into a taxi, which at that moment crossed the intersection. The side-impact crash killed two passengers in the taxi instantly. The deceased were identified as a Spanish national, Mr Francisco Fernandez Martinez (45) and a Zambian national Petronella Amanda Nyambe (39). The driver of the taxi, Mr Daniël Julius (31) escaped the horror crash with only minor injuries. When emergency personnel arrived at the scene, it was established that Negongo were only slightly injured. There were reasons to believe he was

under the influence of alcohol and that he was driving recklessly. He was arrested, but had to be admitted to the Walvis Bay state hospital in order to double check whether he had any life threatening injuries. He was still admitted into hospital yesterday morning and is under police guard. According to the spokesperson for the Namibian Police in the Erongo Region, Deputy Commissioner Erastus Ikuyu, Negongo will be charged with culpable homicide, reckless and/or negligent driving as well as drunken driving once discharged from hospital. He will have to make a formal bail application then.

TransNamib moves 6 000 tons of copper in one week Namibia’s official rail carrier TransNamib says its strategy to increase rail cargo movements is bearing fruits. Recently, the rail carrier moved more than 6 000 tonnes of copper by rail, meaning as many as 180 trucks were taken off the road between Tsumeb and Walvis Bay. This announcement not only comes midst increasing public pressure for TransNamib to become a profitable State-owned Enterprise (SoE), but also the fact that Namibia must pull out all the stops to reduce accidents on the country’s national roads. Less trucks on the roads are seen as one of the major aspects to curb road accidents. TransNamib in a statement yesterday said it is reviewing its process Continues on page 2

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Napha reacts on “hunting photos”

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Eastweather damage

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Cremations resume at the Windhoek Crematorium

Revised deadline for fishing rights - no 2018 official word yet An official source in the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources yesterday admitted to have seen “a draft document” in which it propose by Fisheries Minister Bernhart Esau to extend the deadline for the application of fishing rights from 31 July to 31 August this year. “I have seen an official document in this regard, but it still has to be processed through the proper channel. I suspect the article in a daily newspaper that the Minister has set the extended deadline is premature and is still subject to approval”, the source said. At the headquarters of the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources yesterday, no one had any knowledge of the revised deadline nor other proposed changes to the conditions for the application of fishing rights. At Permanent Secretary-level and even as far as public relations, no one had any knowledge thereof that Minister Bernhart Esau changed the deadline or altered some of the conditions for applications. It was alleged yesterday in a report that among others Close Corporations and individuals would be reallowed to apply for fishing rights, but that it has to be changed into a Pty (Ltd) before the rights would be granted.

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FISU Rugby Sevens World Cup

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