17 july namib times e-edition

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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6769 TUESDAY 17 JULY 2018 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net

5 new patrol cars for Walvis Bay’s municipal traffic department

inside Killed in crash

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End of 30A prepaid subsidy The Walvis Bay municipal traffic department boasts five new patrol vehicles. The vehicles were delivered by Novel Ford to the local authority on Friday. The new vehicles increase the traffic department’s fleet to a total of 16 vehicles. On the picture: traffic officials with Mr Christo van Wyk of Novel Ford.

Electricity hike of 5 % announced

Tributes pour in from across the globe for the late Dr Theo-Ben Gurirab Swakop-

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mund Matters

Floris Steenkamp

Households using domestic single-phase electricity, both conventional and prepaid, are paying 5 % more for electricity since 1 July. That include the tariff paid by pensioners. Page 8

Large power users are better off this time around and only saw a 2 % increase, whilst ordinary businesses operating on single phase are also subject to a 5 % increase. Erongo RED's price adjustment follows on Nampower's 5 % price hike in its bulk

electricity tariff in May. Erongo RED in a media statement on Friday said it took its price increase under careful consideration and is confident the increase is fair and cost reflective. A subsidy remains in place to protect the elderly and the low-income segment of Erongo's communities against

a n n u a l t a r i ff i n creases. In this statement the regional electricity distributor explained the 2 % tariff increase for large power users was mainly to stimulate business activity in Erongo, as the economy has been slow in the past 2 years. Various factors are Continued on page 2

Namibia ends fourth 23 January 1938 - 14 July 2018 Independent Namibia’s first Foreign Minister, former Speaker of the National Assembly and veteran Swapo politican, Dr Theo-Ben Gurirab, died on Saturday at the age of 80. At the time of going to press yesterday a national time of mourning was yet to be announced as well as funeral arrangements for the late Dr Gurirab.

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