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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6635 FRIDAY 10 MARCH 2017 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
Computer virus responsible for crash of WB-municipal computer system
inside Moratorium seeked on pilchard catches
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Locker vom Hocker
Floris Steenkamp
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The municipality of Walvis Bay confirmed this week a computer virus was responsible for the crash of the local authority's computer network. The crash not only resulted in administrative headaches for both ratepayers and municipal staff, but the municipality is also experiencing a financial setback in that rates and taxes accounts will only be posted to ratepayers today.
“I have no intention to Motodemolish any structures” ring Erwin Leuschner
Rossmund homeowner defies municipality of Swakopmund’s decision he transgressed building rules of the “so-called Golf Estate”
“We had skilled and experienced information technology service providers here who first had to locate the problem. Then the slow and frustrating process began to recover all data”, municipal spokesperson Kevin Adams explained this week. What could be established so far is that a computer virus, presumably through the system's email segment entered the system and crashed it. For several weeks now, rate payers could not establish what they owe in rates and taxes. Apart from dealing with frustrated customers, staff had to revert to the ways of the old days – written receipts. Some ratepayers just deposited payments based on estimates from previous months, whilst others are waiting it out for the accounts to be mailed. As a result of the system crash, no cut-off list could be produced for accounts not paid.
During the most recent monthly meeting, the Swakopmund Town Council gave the General Manager: Engineering Services authorisation to have certain unapproved structures on erf 58 at the Rössmund Golf Estate demolished – and if necessary to obtain a court interdict to do so (namib times reported). Namib times spoke to the owner of the property this week, who has no intention of demolishing any structures. According to the owner of the property (Erf 58), he bought the house close to nine
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“In hindsight, had I known then what I know now, I would never have invested a single cent at Rössmund.” This was said this week by one of the residents of this upper-class suburb after the Swakopmund Town Council recently took a bold decision in the ongoing so called Rössmund Golf Estate saga to demolish structures at his house that was not approved by the Rossmund Golf Estate Home Owners Association (RGEHOA).
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