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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6790 FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2018 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
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Water crisis hits Walvis Bay Get Ready state hospital * * * *
Eileen van der Schyff The Walvis Bay state hospital is in peril once more. The hospital ran out of water this week and the situation deteriorated as toilets became filthy and unhygienic and there are reports from members of the public that there was no water to wash new born babies. This crisis follows less than a month after a severe food crisis hit all four state hospitals in Erongo, prompting the public, the business community and the regional government to donate food
items and bringing into being a crisis food bank. [The food crisis is still ongoing.] A woman phoned namib times yesterday and complained the hospital has been without water for five days. The newspaper took
Patients complain of unhygienic toilets. No water to bath newborn babies. Hospital administrator insists crisis is over. Report late yesterday: “all taps still dry�.
Reckless drivers cause havoc on Walvis streets
the matter up with the Acting Regional Health Director, Dr Amir Shaker, who confirmed there was a water pipe rupture. Counter to allegations the hospital was without water for five days,
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Floris Steenkamp Despite TransNamib suspended all the members of a workers committee this week and threatening with more disciplinary measures, workers of the national rail carrier remain defiant and continues with a tools down action at railway facilities countrywide. The national rail carrier says the tools down action is illegal. worker's committee's members were suspended on Tuesday, as TransNamib deem them the instigators, the workers expanded their scope of demands which include the lifting of the suspensions against the committee members with no further disciplinary
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Tools down at TransNamib continues despite warning of disciplinary action
Railway workers at Walvis Bay already downed tools on Monday and the rest of the country followed on Tuesday. Workers initially demanded better salaries, a salary hike and better fringe benefits. However, when a
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action, the no work no pay rule should be abolished and demanded the resignation of TransNamib's General Manager: Human Resources, Webster Gonzo. By late yesterday the workers were still waiting for a reply from
Two property owners suffered damages on Wednesday evening and early Thursday morning in two separate incidents in which reckless drivers made accidents. In the first incident after 23:00 on Wednesday the driver of a white pick-up approached the intersection where Union Street connects into 5th Road at high speed. The driver lost control of the vehicle and drove over the pavement, damaging public infrastructure at the Walvis Bay Adventure Centre. The driver drove off, making him or herself guilty of not only reckless and or negligent driving, but also failing to ascertain whether there were injuries or damage before leaving the scene of the accident.
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