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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6747 FRIDAY 27 APRIL 2018 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
Group of business people buy out Elgin Brown Hamer Nam Consortium Floris Steenkamp A consortium of several leading business people in Namibia and also three companies, bought Elgin Brown Hamer Namibia Consortium, effectively giving them a 47,5 % shareholding in Elgin Brown Hamer Namibia (EBHN). One of the shareholders, namib times can reveal, is a leading marine industrial businessman. He preferred to speak to the newspaper on condition of anonymity, as an official announcement will only be made at a later stage. Namport owns a 52,5 % shareholding in
EBHN. The remaining 47,5 % was owned by Elgin Brown Hamer Consortium Namibia which in turn was owned 100 % by South African ship repair giant DCD Dorbyl. “We bought out DCD Dorbyl and that gives the new Namibian consortium the 47,5 % shareholding in EBHN”, it was ex-
plained. Almost to the month approximately a year ago, the Namibia Competitions Commission approved a merger between Namport and EBHN. There were so many conditions attached to the approval that the merger never took place. This merger would Continues on page 2
Walvis Bay’s sewer challenges growing Eileen van der Schyff A sewer management specialist from Cape Town, who was supposed to assist the Walvis Bay municipality to alleviate the growing pressure on the town's ageing sewage system, was turned around at the Namibian border earlier this year on account, this specialist's Namibian partner failed to obtain proper entry documents. A convoy of trucks carrying high-pressure equipment and combination trucks was forced to return to Cape Town, and to date no new attempts have been made to bring in the team to come and do the work. Namibia reportedly has no sewage management specialists or the
equipment to flush sewer systems and can only rely on service providers from elsewhere in SADC. This revelation was made this week when namib times asked critical questions with regard to the harbour town's growing sewerage problems. During these questions the newspaper learnt
officials within the municipality fear the worst: Walvis Bay is running into a stalemate situation with regard to the management of the sewage network. “We don't know for how long flushing would remain as simple as pushing a button”. To shed some light on this situation, the evol-
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Employees of several companies working in the port of Walvis Bay expressed their disgust this week over an incident in which several heads of game were found dead in the cargo containers in which they were supposed to be exported alive to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The antelope included oryx and kudu and was destined for a super luxury wildlife retreat in the DRC. The animals were captured on a game farm and loaded in specialised containers. During the transport process and possibly also the loading process some of the animals died. It is believed the stressful circumstances like the capturing and transport resulted in the deaths. Animals that survived were exported aboard this reefer vessel sailing under the name “El Nino”. “We are not in favour of Namibia’s wildlife exported alive to other countries. Moreover, we were disgusted to learn some of the animals died. That is proof to us that this is wrong to capture, transport and export game alive”, said a stevedoring worker. vement of the Walvis Bay sewage network must first be put into perspective. In the period 1960 -1970, the Walvis Bay sewage infrastructure was established and replaced the bucket system. The re-integration of Walvis Bay in 1994 resulted in a massive influx of people.
Simultaneously, efforts followed in 1995 to industrialise Walvis Bay and to position the port of Walvis Bay as a logistics hub for SADC imports and exports. The sewage system became under increased pressure as the town's population grew. The problem was augmented by “densi-
fication”. In order to provide more housing for the growing population, the erf densities were increased to allow for more living units on all plots. Problem becoming w o r s e : Wi t h t h e sewage system coming under increased pressure as a result of the Continues on page 2
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