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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6734 TUESDAY 13 MARCH 2018 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
Man in court for massive sick leave scam
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Auto plant for Walvis Bay
Sharlien Tjambari
A 32-year old man made a first appearance in the Swakopmund magistrates court yesterday suspected to have issued sick leave letters to employees in the hospitality- and mining sectors at a fee of N$300 per letter. Eric Kanyetu was gally obtained stam- made use of Kanyetu's charged for theft ped prescription book- services, the police and fraud. His case l e t s f r o m t h r e e indicated. was remanded to 11 different private medi- The police found their April for further cal practices and proverbial smoking investigations. The started to write out gun when some of the accused remains in sick leave letters to unused prescription custody. w h o e v e r h a d t h e letters were found in It is alleged that Kanyetu's home in N$300 to pay. between March It was employees in Mondesa. 2017 and March the hotel industry and The Police are reques2018 Kanyetu illemining industry who ting all employees who
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Suicide at Swakop
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Oil spill The Ministry of Works and Transport confirmed yesterday that an investigation is ongoing to determine the origin of an oil spill in the Dolphin Park area. (See full report on page 2 and view video on Facebook)
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Coast does its part for International Women’s Day Sharlien Tjambari
International Womens Day was commemorated on Thursday under the theme Solidarity Against the Exploitation of Women. The coast saw two major events commemorating International Womens Day. In Swakopmund N a m p o r t I n t e r - ging and dancing and the host was the national Womens Day chanting: "stop violocal branch of with the First Lady lence against women One Billion Ri- Monica Geingos the and children, let's end sexual violence". sing, globally the guest of honour. biggest mass ac- Over twenty women, The One Billion Rition to end vio- girls and a few men sing Country Coorlence against wo- gathered at the Corner dinator, Irene //Gaof Daniel Tjongarero roes said the movemen. In Walvis Bay the and Otavi Street and ment works relentN a m i b i a P o r t s marched down to the lessly towards resisAuthority held the Amphitheatre, sin- ting and uniting as
women, girls and men to fight violence against women. On days such as International Womens Day it is so much more important to drive the message home. //Garoes explained the only way for women to stop the cycle of violence is if they speak out. She further explained men must play their part by supporting women in the fight against violence. According to //Garoes, One Billion Rising is the global
biggest mass action to end violence against women in history. "The One Billion Rising campaign was launched on Valentine's Day in 2012. It began as a call to action - based on the staggering statistic that 1 in 3 women on the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. With the world population at 7 billion, this adds up to more than one billion women and girls", said //Garoes. Hence the connotation to the
number one billion. This year, the campaign started on 14 February in Windhoek and circled out to smaller towns, creating awareness and spreading the message of violence and what can be done to stop it. //Garoes expressed happiness with the total number of people who showed up for the march and that she would have been happier to see the involvement of the local authorities at this prestigious event.
Low Cost Houses handed over
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800 tons of wheat discharged
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Private Schools to Archery Championship
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