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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6763 TUESDAY 26 JUNE 2018 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net Bomb blast in Zimbabwe
Logistics sector concerned over Zim-stability
Riding the waves at Donkey Bay
Stakeholders in the logistics network between Walvis Bay and various Southern African countries took notice with a high level of concern of a bomb blast in neighbouring Zimbabwe’s city of Bulawayo on Saturday, during a political rally attended by the country’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Several Southern African nations condemned the bomb blast, including Namibia’s Head of State Dr Hage Geingob who through the Office of the President issued a statement in this regard. Local role players, who spoke on condition of anonymity over the weekend, said without political stability in SADC, trade between Southern Africa and world markets via the port of Walvis Bay could be under renewed strain. The global financial crisis has already drastically altered the logistics business scene in Southern Africa and more setbacks can only lead to further business decline. Zimbabwe is fast unlocking its trade potential, following a political renewal in the country since November 2017 when the country’s long time rule Robert Mugabe stepped down. It is important now, role players said, that the people of Zimbabwe exercise constraint and let democracy prevail in determining the country’s leadership later this year in national and presidential elections. “The port of Walvis Bay and the Trans Caprivi Trade Corridor can play a vital role for Zimbabwean imports and exports. It is therefore important that the country remain on a path of economic healing”, remarked a leading local figure in the logistics sector. In a statement over the weekend President Hage Geingob (President Geingob is also the Deputy Chairperson of SADC) expressed himself as follows over the bomb attack and also a second bomb attack that rocked Ethiopia: “President Hage G Geingob calls for calm, and respect for rule of law following bomb attacks in Zimbabwe and Ethiopia. The President of the Republic of Namibia, Continues on page 2
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Surfers from all over the world are congregating at Donkey Bay on the Pelican Point peninsula currently, to ride high waves caused by the winter swell. On this picture: professional surfer and photographer Koa Smith caught the moment as he surfs down “the tube”. More pictures on page 3, taken by Toya Louw .
Former Walvis Bay town clerk Gus Katiti fights his suspension at Institute of Pathology The former town clerk of the Walvis Bay municipality Mr Gus Katiti opted over the weekend to fully explain his situation with regard to his recent suspension as the CEO of the Namibia Institute of Pathology (NIP). Through his legal representative, Advocate Richard Metcalfe, Mr Katiti categorically denied and also challenged various accusations the Board of Directors of the NIP levels against him. The public statement comes despite one of Mr The full statement reads: “The Board of DirecKatiti’s conditions of suspension that he cannot tors of Namibia Institute of Pathology Limited make media statements, either directly or in- (NIP) deliberately continues to leak false directly on his suspension. Continues on page 2
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