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Fire at reeds cause of smoke Mayor concerned inside Langover cleanliness plume strand of Walvis Bay
Picture by Floris Steenkamp
Piquet Jacobs
This smoke plume that formed on the eastern outskirts of Walvis Bay on Wednesday morning was caused by a fire in the reeds at the semi purified water ponds at the sewerage works. The municipal fire brigade monitored the fire and allowed it to die out by itself. The fire raged for the biggest part of Wednesday. See more pictures on namib times Facebook.
“I said swak....not swart” Member of public vents his frustration over service at clinic nurse misunderstood words as racist Sharlien Tjambari A father of two shared his bad experience this week at the hands of staff at the Mondesa clinic in Tulinawa at Swakopmund. The incident ended on a sour note when his words were also misunderstood as racist. A nurse informed him he will “never” be helped there again. Fabian Steenkamp, a father of two was shocked in the clinic and everyone in the clinic started to and in dismay when he approached namib times panic and was running out of the clinic “I graboffices about an incident that happened earlier bed my two year old son and got up because the on Tuesday morning when he took his family to other people were storming out of the clinic. My Mondesa clinic in Tulinawa, Swakopmund. son fell on the floor and I could see how everySteenkamp went to the clinic in the morning to one was running over him as he lay right there take his family, his six year old daughter was and every time I tried to reach for him someone sick, his two year old boy had to go for immuni- pushed me out the way” Steenkamp noted. sation and his lady is expecting a baby. He said he managed to grab his child from the According to Steenkamp, the clinic was very floor a while later and went to a nurse to ask if busy that day because there were a lot of people she could assist him, just to see if the child was and at around twelve, while they were sitting okay and asked for the nurse to do a check up on waiting for assistance from the nurses, some- the child because many people ran over him and thing which sounded like a gas bottle exploded Continued on page 2
In a recent Council Meeting held at the Walvis Bay Council Chambers, Mayor Immanuel Wilfried expressed his dissatisfaction with the general cleanliness of the harbour town. He explained not only is a clean town important from a health standpoint but it also conveys an image to visitors and investors. “Regarding the clean- rational Budgets, “in liness of Walvis Bay, order to see how it will we have to do some benefit your suburb or serious introspection the city in general.” though. Our standards The Mayor added, have dropped and we “We have passed the need to regather our halfway mark of the once lofty efforts to year, and likewise, make sure we present a winter. clean and healthy city Although Walvis Bay's to everyone who lives weather is for the most here, and pleasantly part temperate and east surprise all our visi- weather has occurred tors. We are hosting a in more regular bursts number of events than we are accuthroughout the year, stomed to, we have and we cannot relax lately experienced our efforts any further, some very cold nights especially with events too. In view of that, I such as Heroes Day would like to urge coming up soon,” businesses and resic o m m e n t e d t h e dents to think about the Mayor. less fortunate, espeThis matter is of high cially children who do concern to the Mayor, not have a loving as it is the first time family, and who may Heroes Day will be be longing for a good celebrated in Walvis meal or something Bay. In the same warm to shield them breath, the Mayor against the harsh added that due to the weather. Heroes Day cele- I would suggest that brations, the annual you contact the welMayoral Fundraising fare offices to find out Dinner will be re- how you can play a scheduled. worthwhile role. The Mayor also en- You would also be courages residents to welcome to get in f a m i l i a r i s e t h e m - touch with our Junior selves with the 2016/ Council to assist 2017 Capital and Ope- wherever possible.”
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