8 NAMIB TIMES
18 APRIL 2017
couple of weeks back. I knew that making people pay off someone else's debt to a golf course they dont even use was a bit out there. Get informed and stand your ground residents
Brick-making machine available on first-comeSwakopmund municipality to first-serve basis
monitor air pollution
The Swakopmund municipality monitors air pollution caused by industries and business in town closely of late, doing so by enforcing Ordinance 11 of 1976 (Atmospheric Pollution Prevention Ordinance). Council in its most recent meeting confirmed it would in future closely monitor air pollution levels caused the various industries. The item was discussed at the council meeting after the matter was discussed at the Planning Forum early in March. Radley Wilson-Moore I hope they are going to have a look at the black smoke that pours out of the government hospital chimney, on some days the wind carries that thick black smoke over the sports fields where our kids are doing sport.
NOT GOOD!!!!!!!!! Norman D Bester Yes,,,they must also come to old tamariskia ,next to pathcare , around 3 and 4am to see and smell the air pollution themselves,if they are very serious on this matter please.
Well-known photographer Tony Figueira dies One of Namibia's most celebrated photographers, Tony Figueira, passed away during the early hours of yesterday. He leaves behind his wife Gabi. Figueira, who was born in Angola, owned the design studio Studio 77. Figueira studied journalism at Rhodes University in South Africa. He worked for several radio stations including the Voice of America, and for antiapartheid newspapers like The Rand Daily Mail. He became known for documenting key moments in contemporary Southern African history. He suffered from Multiple myeloma, a type of
cancer. The National Art Gallery of Namibia in 2015 ran an exhibition to support him, titled: For Tony. Maureen Muinjo-Dunn May your soul rest in peace my dear friend, will miss u Katrina Garises May his soul rest in peace Selly Allonso May his soul rest in peace,,,,
Believers in Christ invited for walk to praise and worship the Lord Apostle Dawid Bronzel (37) who is known for carrying a wooden cross covered in bible verses and scriptures calls upon believers in Christ to join him on Friday to walk with him from Swakopmund to Walvis Bay. “It is in honour of the Lord who died for our sins”, he explains. “I want to remind people that Jesus died for our sins. He was arrested, tried and sentenced to be scourged and finally crucified on the cross because of our sins. I just want to encourage people to come on Good Friday and make a decision of getting closer to the Lord. Make that a day personal with God”, said Bronzel. Garnet Scholtz I am building my own little cross with shutter board to carry. Please all my family and friends ... come and join us ... let us carry our individual little crosses ... and the exercise is healthy
Press Statement from the Rossmund Rebels On 4 November 2016, a Swakopmund magistrate ruled that the Rossmund Golf Estate Home Owners Association (RGEHOA) has to approach the High Court of Namibia in order to rectify Notarial Bonds of Imposition that was registered against title deeds of properties at Rossmund using a non-existent section 21 Company registration number. Should they be successful in their application to get rectification could they return to the magistrate's court in their pursuing a claim for unpaid levies by disgruntled residents of Rossmund. To date, some 5 months have passed and no attempt to approach the High court has been made. It has come to our attention now that the RGEHOA is now targeting individuals verbally, informing them that by handing in their title deeds and other documents, their faulty Notarial Bonds would be rectified free of charge by the lawyers that created this mess. Schalk Louw I knew there was something fishy about this whole situation when i saw the first post a
More than a year after the Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TIKA) donated two brick making machines to the Office of the Governor in the Erongo Region, to help speed up the process of building houses in Swakopmund, guidelines on the utilization of said machine have finally been determined. The Swakopmund Town Council at its recent meeting decided on a way forward regarding the brick making machines. These machines are soon being deployed on a vacant erf which is yet to be identified. Once deployed it can be rented for a maximum period of three months by members of the community. The monthly rent for the machine is set at N$319. Donovan Van Vuuren Eugene Koen het jy die storie gesien?
Commuters should not use taxis without a number Commuters in Swakopmund are advised for their own safety not to make use of taxis which are not marked with an identification number. This was said at a public meeting held last Thursday by the Swakopmund Traffic Department with taxi owners and drivers. The meeting took place at Meduletu Community Hall in Mondesa. According to Traffic Officer Bennet Stanley Kheibeb from the Municipal Traffic Service of Swakopmund, the reason the meeting was due to the department experiencing some challenges when it comes to the operations of taxis in town. “There are some issues we highlighted during the meeting that are getting out of hand,” he said to namib times. Over 200 registered taxi drivers and taxi owners, and even owners of unregistered vehicles without permits, attended the meeting. It was described as a very successful and well attended meeting. Denny Abhaya Saal Very good but it's the commuters choice to decide which type of transport they want to board on. Why same commuters choose truck port is bcos of money. At truck port one said u hve only 100 to whk but at taxi rank the price is fixed.
FNB to support upcoming and existing entrepreneurs Piquet Jacobs First National Bank (FNB) Namibia proudly announced yesterday the inception of a special fund which will extend a helping hand to small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) who have bankable business ideas but lack the funds to set up their businesses. The initiative is aimed and specifically designed to promote growth and development the SME sector by means of financial and technical support, in turn contributing to economic progress through job creation. An opportunity for skills development will also be available SMEs through sponsored training. Sam Ikela, Head of Growth and SME division at FNB Namibia, encouraged entrepreneurs with tenable business ideas yet lacking collateral to consider the special fund. Applications which assures the achievable, well grounded goals with aim to create employment and income stability by following objectives outlined by the Harambee Prosperity Plan (HPP) and the National Development Plans (NDPs). Necessitated by terms and conditions, applicants will be expected to have mortality cover and short term insurance. Ikela concluded by saying: “The objective of SME Special Fund is to support, develop and grow the SME sector by providing the necessary financial and technical assistance on a sustainable basis. Enabling the SME Sector to contribute to economic development through the promotion of entrepreneurship and the creation of employment, SMEs can be the nation's engine of growth. We look forward to assisting Namibians with strong, innovative business ideas. We understand the needs and preferences of SMEs and have developed tailored value propositions to overcome the historical challenges of high credit risk and cost to serve. The Bank's strategic intent is to, transact, invest, lend and insure and is not only focused on SME Lending but also prioritizes non-lending products to provide total customer value.”