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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6788 FRIDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2018 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
Pie in the sky
inside Tyre blowout related accidents on the rise
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Arandis roof project kicks off
A striking picture of the 2017/18 members of the CIF Executive Committee. Press Statement Namibia's construction industry remains in a desperate state, according to the Construction Industries Federation. sation's respective Reduced public sec- businesses. t o r s p e n d i n g o n The Construction In- members and the serconstruction projects, dustries Federation vices they provide. the impact of foreign (CIF) issued a state- This is to ensure that, if contractors on the ment at 06:00 this in doubt, all buyers of market and the high morning (Friday 21 construction services, number of construc- S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 8 ) especially all Namition businesses that where it painted a clear bian government authave to compete for picture of the current horities, are aware of businesses in the lo- state of affairs of the the extent of capacal construction mar- Industry. It used the cities of the Namibian ket were named this opportunity of the construction industry. morning as the main launch of the 5 t h The launch of the reason why fortunes Edition of its Annual directory comes at a have not returned for C I F D i r e c t o r y t o time when the NamiNamibian construc- inform Namibia of the bian industry is vying for business and contition businesses. This state of the Industry. resulted in closures of The full statement nues to compete with construction busi- reads: “The Construc- foreign contractors. nesses, mass re- tion Industries Fede- Austerity measures to trenchments and once ration of Namibia curb public spending, large construction (CIF) launched its fifth m e a n t t h a t m a n y giants downsizing edition of its Annual b u s i n e s s e s i n t h e and in doing so CIF Directory this Namibian construction become fierce com- week to facilitate sector have either p e t i t o r s a g a i n s t access to information downsized drastically smaller construction about the organi- Continued on page 2
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Both at fault Health ministry and caterer to take collective responsibility for state hospital food shortages
Locker vom Hocker
Floris Steenkamp The food crisis that persists at the four state hospitals in the Erongo Region can only be avoided in the future if tenders for food supplies are given to businesses with a true capacity to accommodate the full business cycle and also for the Ministry of Health and Social Services to shift its paradigm from an endless cycle of crisis management to a culture of detecting problems in time and root out the cause of the problem permanently. This transpired at a crises and a further conference. In his keypress conference at the N$50 000 to fix re- note address he admitSwakopmund state frigeration units at the ted those responsible hospital last Friday Walvis Bay and Swa- for tender allocations where fishing com- kopmund state hospi- must step up their act to pany Erongo Marine tals that are not func- ensure tenders are Enterprises (EME) tioning. allocated to catering donated N$300 000 The Minister of Health service providers with worth of food items to and Social Services, a true a true capacity to the Ministry of Health Dr. Bernhard Haufiku, render the service. to bridge the food attended the press Continued on page 2
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