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Truck and car collides on B2 coastal road
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Well-known resident seriously injured....... Eileen van der Schyff A 30-year-old Walvis Bay resident, Gabriela Jacobs, remains hospitalised in the Welwitschia Private Hospital in a serious condition, after the vehicle in which she traveled on the B2 coastal road slammed into a truck near Langstrand on Wednesday evening. Jacobs was driving from the direction of Swakopmund with her hatchback vehicle when she collided with a truck which was driving from the direction of Walvis Bay. The vehicle hit the oncoming truck on the right hand front corner of the cab. The truck veered off the road and Jacobs' vehicle came to a standstill some hundred meters further. Rescue equipment “jaws of life” had to be applied by the Walvis Bay fire brigade to free the injured Jacobs from the wrecked vehicle. Since the accident on Wednesday evening, renewed calls came from the public over the use of the coastal road by trucks. It was explained by West Coast Safety Initiative the road behind the dunes (MR44) are still under construction as a dual carriage way and until construction work concludes in 2020, a lot of truck operators opt to rather use the coastal road.
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Gabriela Jacobs
Economy to Innovative food product remain weak
produced in Walvis Bay Floris Steenkamp
An innovative range of highly affordable food products, which can stay fresh for up to two years in storage temperatures of up to 55 Degree Celsius, is soon to be produced in Walvis Bay and distributed for wholesale and retail countrywide and even to Namibia's neighbouring states. The African Deli anticipates to start production school hostels, old age care homes and food in the next six weeks and will produce a range banks. of pre-cooked, sealed meals which can be re- The fact that the products are highly affordable for heated in as little as three minutes. A nutritious lower income groups is a matter of great meal to a whole family. The fact that the pro- excitement, the CEO of African Deli Ron Glenducts can stay fresh and fit for human consump- Spyron said in a recent interview with Namib tion for such a long period and in high tempe- Times. ratures make it a smart alternative for residents The African Deli's range of products include chicin informal settlements, rural areas and large ken livers and chicken gizzards in a peri-peri quantity dry storage for institutions like the sauce, chakalaka sauce or an onion gravy. mining industry, fishing industry, the military, Continues on page 2
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The Bank of Namibia this week in its latest Monetary Policy Statement said domestic economic activity continued to slow down in the first six month of 2019. The slowdown is reflected in the mining-, construction-, electricity-, wholesale- and retail sectors. Other sectors which did show an upswing are the manufacturing-, transport and communication sectors. The general consensus is the domestic economy would remain weak for the remainder of 2019.
Repo rate cut The Bank of Namibia announced on Wednesday a reduction in its reporate by 25 basis points to 6,5 % Expectations are Namibia’s commercial banks would follow suit and cut primary lending rates by the same proportion.
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