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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6619 FRIDAY 13 JANUARY 2017
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Skok toe twee inside bekende Walvisbaaiers Truck op een dag sterf Floris Steenkamp
Floris Steenkamp The world's oldest remaining full-rigged tallship, Sorlandet, arrived in the port of Walvis Bay earlier this week. Also called a floating school, the vessel accommodates up to seventy trainees between the ages of fifteen and seventy years of age to sail the world's oceans to experience traditional life aboard a tall ship. Experiences include being able to overcome one's fear of climbing the tall masts to manage and operate the tall ship's intricate network of sails. You can also be taught the art of being a helmsman, lookout, safety officer and participating in active sail manoeuvres, according to information obtained from Google. The ship's owner, a non-profitable organisation, makes an income to maintain the ship in seagoing order by inviting up to 170 paid passengers aboard and alongside as many as 200 guests can be accommodated. The call at port of Sorlandet is very special: she was built in 1927 in the Norwegian city of Kristiansand, a twin city of Walvis Bay. Since, she also earned a few accolades, which include: the first Norwegian training ship that crossed the Atlantic (1933), the first tallship in the world to offer sail training for women (1981) and she participated in the first tallship international race in 1956.
Ordinary Namibians the heroes in Uis water crisis Erwin Leuschner Namibians from all over the country, especially from the coastal towns, have come together to assist the residents of the small settlement Uis in their water crisis. “We are extremely grateful and overwhelmed by the generosity of the Namibians,” said Uis resident Basil Calitz to namib times. Stories emerged this wasting no time in and bottled water in was the first newsweek of Walvis Bay, m a k i n g t r a n s p o r t , order to alleviate the paper to report on the S w a k o p m u n d a n d water containers and s u f f e r i n g o f U i s deteriorating water Henties Bay residents even cash to fund fuel residents. namib times situation at Uis in the
Inwoners van Walvisbaai is Woensdag met die treurige nuus begroet van die dood van twee baie bekende inwoners van die dorp. Mnr. Pieter Simon, ‘n bekende in motorsportkringe en die algemene motorbedryf, het Woensdagoggend aan ‘n hartaanval gesterf, kort nadat hy in die hospitaal opgeneem is omdat hy gekla het dat hy nie goed voel nie. Enkele ure daarna het die doodstyding wéér gekom. Dié keer was dit die tragiese nuus van die dood van mnr. Dewald Visser, wat vir baie jare op Walvisbaai as skipper gewerk het. Hy is van die bekende Visser-skippersfamilie wat diep spore in Walvisbaai se visbedryf getrap het. Volgens familie het mnr. Visser Woensdagoggend by sy huis op Mosselbaai aan die Kaapse Suidkus gekla dat hy onwel voel [Hy bly sedert 2002 nie meer permanent op Walvisbaai nie]. Hy sou juis gister sy geneesheer gaan sien, want hy het ‘n geskiedenis van hartsiekte. Sy gesin is dorp-toe. Hulle het hom met hul terugkoms tuis dood in die stort aangetref.
Wyle mnr. Piet Simon last quarter of 2016. In a matter of months the water situation went from a potential threat to an all out disaster which need urgent intervention. It is commendable the manner and intensity with which ordinary Namibians extend a helping hand to their fellow countrymen suffering from this disastrous water shortage.
Wyle mnr. Dewald Visser
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More than 50 000 litres of potable drinking water, coming from Henties Bay, Swakopmund, Walvis Bay, Windhoek and even Gobabis, was delivered in Uis this week after the most recent water crisis went viral across the country. Yesterday the small settlement in the Erongo Region has been without any water Continues on Page 2
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