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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6669 FRIDAY 14 JULY 2017
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Teacher gravely injured as vehicle ploughs into group of cyclists on C14 Nampol Head of Operations Division Deputy Commissioner Tobi Gerber also among cyclists who were injured
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Piquet Jacobs A teacher of the Walvis Bay Private High School, Miss AnĂŠ Hanekom, remains in a critical yet stable condition in the high care unit of the Welwitschia Private Hospital, after she and two fellow cyclists were hit by a vehicle on the C14 road near the harbour town on Tuesday evening. The two other cyclists who were injured are Deputy Commissioner Tobi Gerber, and the shore skipper of Hangana Seafood Processors Mr Eugene Louw. Gerber suffered a shoulder injury and cuts in the accident and Louw suffered facial injuries and a bruised lung. Miss Hanekom sustained head injuries and is kept in a medically induced coma to assist in her healing. News of the accident left the Walvis Bay community in shock, but also with a high degree of frustration as vehicle accidents continue unabated to deliver injury, loss of life and despair to Namibians countrywide. Hanekom and Gerber were practising for the upcoming Desert Dash cycling event, but their plans were now cut short thanks to the accident. The incident took place just before 18:00 on the C14 route between the Walvis Bay weighbridge at the new Narraville-C14 T-junction. The cyclists were riding out towards Dune 7. It is believed the driver of the vehicle became confused with the pattern of the oncoming lights and was startled
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Dangerous weapons confiscated
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Group claims Chinese artisans chosen over Namibian artisans Piquet Jacobs
A group of Namibian skilled workers who could not obtain employment at China Harbour and Engineering Company (CHEC) says the award of tenders to foreign companies, at the expense of local businesses and employment amounts to colonialism. The group organised themselves into a group called the Professional Artisans Skills Organisation (PASO), to give skilled Namibians who struggle without jobs a voice. PASO yesterday demanded the Namibian Government step in and end what they say are Chinese artisans working in Namibia and that whilst the local skill exists. The Group held a peaceful demonstration on Thursday morning and delivered a petition to the Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Creation at its Walvis Bay office. The group claims Chinese Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), who is currently [among others] constructing a fuel storage facility at Walvis Bay has been rejecting applications by local artisans and employs Chinese nationals instead. Continues on Page 2
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More than a thousand individual items and weapons like knives, machetes, axes, screwdrivers, small firearms and even toy guns were confiscated from people who have been wandering the streets of Walvis Bay and Swakopmund at night. The police treat all these confiscated items as potential weapons to commit crimes like robbery and housebreaking. The majority of these items were confiscated during "stop and search" operations. According to police spokesperson warrant officer Iileni Shapumba there is a very disturbing pattern recognized through these stop and search operations: Firstly, the majority if these items were confiscated from youths Continues on Page 2
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