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namib times SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6566 TUESDAY 28 JUNE 2016 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
Walvis Bay mayor challenges Napwu to spill the beans or risk legal action
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Floris Steenkamp
Walvis Bay mayor Immanuel Wilfred blasted allegations of corruption and tender irregularities against him made by the Namibia Public Workers Union (Napwu) recently – challenging the union to provide specific information to substantiate their “shots in the dark.” Clr Wilfred added he reserves his rights and would respond to these Continues on page 2
Skinned, beheaded seal dumped on beach Erwin Leuschner A most odd and at the same time sick discovery was made yesterday morning on the beach just north of the new Waterfront development “Platz am Meer” in Swakopmund. A local resident stumbled across a dead Cape Fur Seal which was wrapped in two plastic bags and was even tied up with a piece of cable. After opening the bag it was established that the seal had been skinned, beheaded and even had it’s flippers removed. Tracks around the plastic bag indicate that the seal might have been dumped there, while other residents speculated that it washed out. The exact origin of this strange discovery is not known. namib times phoned numerous experts in this field and not one person had ever heard or seen of such a thing happening before. It is unlikely that it was dumped from a fishing vessel, as the person/people responsible made the effort to wrap and tie up the carcass. The carcass was first wrapped in a black plastic bag, while another one covered the rest. A tag on the one bag had an address linked to Cape Town. “This is really strange,” one resident commented to namib times, while another described it as “sick.”
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Coast’s mussel Four guys rob, assault and kidnap colonies Erwin Leuschner 22 year-old poisoned Four guys driving a red Golf 4 on Sunday morning allegedly kidnapped and assaulted 22 year-old Jian Swartz after a night out in Walvis Bay. During the horrific ordeal they chased Jian through Walvis Bay's streets and finally ended up heavily damaging a car. Jian's friend, Augusto Cloete (18), who was also in the vehicle, is traumatised to such an extent that he has become a mute. In what can only be described as an act of epic barbaric proportions, two young men from Walvis Bay will be emotionally scarred for the rest of their lives. “The damage to the car can be repaired, but what they did to these two young men, is just brutal,” Augusto Cloete's mother Anita Matthys said to namib times yesterday. While she was talking tears streamed down her face. Jian is her cousin's son. According to Matthys, Augusto and Jian were the night out in Walvis Bay when they wanted to leave for home in Narraville in the early morning hours on Sunday. “I don't know what happened at the Club, but four men driving a red Golf 4 chased my son and his friend through town,” Matthys said. When they reached the Turn-Off to Kuisebmond, Jian must have lost control over the vehicle in a corner and the small car left the road and
got stuck in a ditch. Because Augusto suffers from Cerebral Palsy and is therefore disabled, the driver Jian stepped out to protect Augusto. Augusto locked the car. “The four men beat Jian up, assaulted him heavily and when he was on the floor they kicked him in his face. I think he broke some ribs. When I saw him afterwards, I couldn't recognise his face anymore,” Matthys said. The four men also wanted to beat Augusto, who had locked himself in the car. One guy jumped onto the bonnet and smashed the front window, while the other broke off wipers, scratched the whole car and destroyed the hub caps. “They then decided to leave Augusto, but forced Jian into the Golf and drove off,” Matthys continues. They drove to a Service Station in Kuisebmond where they Continues on page 2
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Küska concludes with street procession
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Young kickboxers make coast proud
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