22 july namib times e edition

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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6573 FRIDAY 22 JULY 2016 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net

inside Walvis Bay to become major Swakop tourism producer of caustic soda strategy Floris Steenkamp Walvis Bay Salt Refiners (WBSR) announced on Monday the company is looking at expanding its manufacturing capacity. The company has its eyes on Namibia's caustic soda market which is estimated at a demand of 60 000 tons per annum. Caustic soda is a fundamental mining chemical, but is wholly imported by the mining industry as it is not produced in Namibia. This was said on ed satisfaction with the Salt Refiners, produce Monday by the Manag- fact that the expansion in excess of 60 000 tons ing Director of WBSR, project will enable of premium table salt André Snyman, at the WBSR to open its salt under the well-known inauguration of the exports into North brand name Cerebos. company's salt pans American markets. Vice President Iyambo expansion project. The Currently salt exports reminded those attendN$65 million expan- are confined to SADC, ing the inauguration sion of the salt pans Nigeria, Cameroon and ceremony of Governwill enable WBSR now Europe. ment's Harambee Prosto increase its annual The Vice President said perity Plan, which aims salt production output he is pleased with WB- at accelerating prospefrom a current 700 000 SR heeding the call rity for all Namibians tons to one million from Government for and called on the busitons. WBSR is a sub- market diversification ness community at sidiary of the South and the transformation large to uplift and emAfrican owned CAH of the manufacturing power its workers. In Group of Companies sector through local this instance the Vice and will soon be asso- beneficiation. Walvis President was referring ciated with the Syn- Bay Salt Refiners con- to Ekango Salt RefiChem Group. ducts a number of ners' 25 % owned by The guest of honour at value addition process- previously disadvanthe inauguration event es like washing, refi- taged Namibians, inwas Namibia's Vice ning and bagging of cluding a number of President Dr. Nickey salt and through its sis- women from rural Iyambo, who express- ter company Ekango communities.

Poacher gang flees leaves vehicle with three oryx carcasses Erwin Leuschner

The Namibian Police has on Wednesday evening confiscated three Oryx carcasses which were poached in the Namib Naukluft National Park. The three suspects managed to escape in the desert under the cover of darkness after the police took up pursuit. They left the getaway car with the carcasses behind. The incident was “This is a big success missioner Ottilie Kasannounced yesterday and I am confident that huupulwa, Regional during a media brief- we will apprehend the Crime Co-ordinator. ing at the Swakop- suspects in due cour- According to Kashuumund Police station. se,” said Deputy ComContinues on page 2

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Locker vom Hocker

Road rage suspect a serial offender Floris Steenkamp The taxi driver that allegedly recently endangered the lives of other road users in Walvis Bay in an extreme incident of road rage towards a female driver who honked at him for ignoring a stop sign and almost crashing into her vehicle, is in a whole lot of trouble. After a front page re- Very soon after his ar- the newspaper's front port on Tuesday's edi- rival at the traffic page and forwarded tion of namib times de- department to set mat- photographs of this scribing the whole ters straight, things particular taxi endangroad rage incident that turned for the worse ering the lives of road occurred on 30 June when traffic officials users on the B2 coastal this year, the taxi dri- established he does not road in recent days. ver reported himself to have a valid driving li- The man was taken to the municipal traffic cense, has no authority the Walvis Bay police authority after learn- to operate a taxi and station where he was ing from the report the has outstanding war- locked up and where female driver reported rants for his arrest for more charges followed him and that the traffic other traffic violations. for reckless and neglidepartment is looking Moreover, members of gent driving after chasfor him for question- the public recognised ing the bewildered feing. the taxi in a picture on Continues on page 2

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