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namib times SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 68798 FRIDAY 23 AUGUST 2019 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
120 years old yesterday Namibian Railways -1899 - 2019
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Why the salt pans are fenced off
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Duneside Matric Farewell
Keetmanshoop Railway Station
Lüderitz Railway Station
Windhoek Railway Station
Swakopmund Railway Station
Rage over people jump- Let’s draw the line on ing on live whale the B2 Coastal Road Rudi Bowe
People reacted with great disgust yesterday over a video that went viral on social media showing people jumping on a Hump back whale as it lies dying in the shallow water just north of the naval base at Walvis Bay. Crowds gathered at the site since Wednesday where this Hump back whale stranded between the Independence Beach and the new oil terminal. The whale had an injury which impaired the movement of one of its pectoral fins. Several attempts on Wednesday to pull the whale to deeper water was only temporarily successful as it kept on returning to the shallow water as it new it was nearing the end of its life. “What is wrong with our people”, dozens of people asked shortly after the video was posted on Namib Times. The fact that the whale was still alive angered social media users and peoples' conduct were criticised and condemned in the strongest terms. At the time of going to press yesterday afternoon the Namibia Dolphin Project was awaiting approval from the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and also the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources to euthanise the whale and to pull the carcass to a location where its decay would not hinder the public. The Namibian Police was dispatched to the site of the whale stranding yesterday and cordoned off the area in order for the people to stay away from the whale and for either nature or the mercy of man to take its course.
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Locker vom Hocker
As Heroe’s Day long weekend is here - stay safe on our roads The motorist public reported several incidents on the B2 coastal roads Walvis Bay to Langstrand section disregarding the new traffic lines added to the road’s surface. Some motorists overtake on the solid lines on blind hills. “When there were no lines everyone was complaining over the danger it poses. Now that the lines are there at last, some people drive thus if these lines are not existing”, a motorist said who phoned in to report a driver that caused a near collision. Many people are also speeding on this segment of the road, disregarding the fact that a 100km/h speed limit is in place. “I urge our motorists to be careful on the road. To arrive a few minutes later at your end destination cannot be more important than being swept away in a deadly car accident or worse causing the deaths of other people”, said a second motorist.
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Sixth place at African Games
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