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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6965 FRIDAY 20 MAY 2022 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
Mayor meets stakeholders to discuss land delivery solutions
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Rudi Bowe Walvis Bay Mayor, His Worship, Councilor Trevino Forbes, this week met with key stakeholders from various industries to discuss affordable land delivery solutions. The objective of the meeting was to get input and encourage stakeholders to actively participate in land delivery process particularly for their employees. In an interview with the Namib Times recently, Forbes emphasized that the process of land delivery is not progressing at the desired pace, mainly due to financial challenges. Council has injected funds to the tune of N$7 million in farm 37, however this is just a drop in the ocean compared to what is needed to realize the full vision. In order to achieve to full potential of Farm 37 Council needs the co-operation from key stakeholders including
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Walvis Bay Mayor His Worship Councilor Trevino Forbes central government. “I believe having this stakeholder engagement is a crucial step in realizing the full potential of Farm 37, and Council can unfortunately not achieve this singlehandedly”. He said. According to Forbes, the meeting was well attended and well received by the stakeholders, however, he mentioned that these engagements is one of the efforts
Council is embarking on to meet the needs of the residents. “It is important that stakeholders get involved as many of them employ a large percentage of residents in Walvis Bay, some of whom live in shacks, thus it's important for them to prioritise the housing needs of their employees”. He emphasised that Farm 37 is not only an informal settlement but a township that will consist of general residential erven for businesses as well as residential erven for middle and low income. Forbes further called on investors and stakeholders to get in touch with the mayor's office for their input. The last Council meeting was marked by chaos with protestors who were interrupting the proceedings of the meeting. Protesters demanded land and some claimed that Walvis Bay is being run like a
Cuca shop. The protesters were invited to the mayor's office and they came on Monday, 16 May 2022. The group expressed their dissatisfaction with the possibility of Council no longer providing them with potable water. Council has been providing the residents with water due to the impact of Covid-19. The protestors claimed that they were politically instigated to protest at the Council meeting. During the meeting with the protesters, the mayor clarified the misunderstanding on water provision and called on the group to establish a committee to represent them and present their concerns to his office in future.“Protesting and chaos at Council meetings is not a solution since Council has an opendoor policy to any group or resident/s” said Forbes.
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Sports News Eileen van der Schyff A leased TransNamib locomotive derailed and crashed through the station wall onto 5th Street at Walvis Bay at around 20:00 on Wednesday evening. According to the Manager of Corporate Communications, Abigail
Rubenheimer, TransNamib's emergency plan was immediately activated. “There is minimal damage to infrastructure and also the locomotive.” Rubenheimer told the Namib Times in a telephonic interview on Thursday morning. No injuries were reported and an investigation was launched to determine the cause of the incident. The recovery process started on Thursday.
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