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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6632 TUESDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2017 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
Coastal residents were lucky to see solar eclipse inside
Movie companies to pay location fees
Erwin Leuschner
Namibians were treated to a rare sight on Sunday, when the first solar eclipse of the year was ob-servable from all corners of the country. Coastal residents were especially lucky to see the spectacle, as residents in many other parts of the country had their view obstructed by cloud cover. The annular eclipse crossed the South Pacific Ocean, South America and the South Atlantic Ocean before being witnessed in Africa. The greatest eclipse was midway over the continents though when the moon covered more than 99% of the sun. The eclipse were Continues on Page 2
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Accident claims life of tourist
South African dies in hotel room Staff Reporter
A South African visitor died in his room at the Pelican Bay Protea Hotel in Walvis Bay early on Saturday morning. The man's spouse notified the reception at around 05:00 of a medical emergency. When paramedics arrived at the scene, the man was already deceased. It is suspected at this stage the man's death was caused by cardiac arrest. The man accompanied his spouse on a business trip to Namibia and they have been staying at the hotel for several days already. A child of the deceased's in the meantime arrived in Walvis Bay from South Africa to comfort his mother and make arrangements for the repatriation of the deceased's mortal remains. ·The deceased's name was provided by the Namibian Police as Hendrik Beltsazer Louis Klopper (55).
Municipality warns against vandalism of water infrastructure Erwin Leuschner The Swakopmund Municipality has warned residents from vandalizing municipal water infrastructure – especially in DRC. The warning was now issued ever since there has been a growing number of cases of residents tampering with water points.
According to the municipality there has been an increase in cases of tampering with so called standpipes, especially in the area known as DRC 2. Eyewitnesses have reported that children use spoons, which they stick into the token ports. This causes a “short” between the two token port contact points. The entire standpipe then needs to be reset by the municipal staff. Residents apparently do this to “steal” water. Similar to the above municipal staff have also had a case where a standpipe was forced open with an unknown object recently. The housing was damaged, the batteries were removed and the wires were cut and torn out. “We just hope that this is not a new move to get hold of the batteries,” the municipality states. Residents are warned that such acts of vandalism can result in a felony. When the culprits are caught and it turns out to be an act misdemeanour, the consequences will range from making restitution fees, fines, informal probation, community service or even jail time combined with a permanent criminal record. If the act of vandalism involves a hate crime, is a gang activity or the damage is substantial, the act may be classified as Continues on Page 2
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