31 january namib times e edition

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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6624 TUESDAY 31 JANUARY 2017 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net

Driver crashes car through wall after fleeing two hit and run scenes Erwin Leuschner The driver of this silver double cab pick-up remains on the run from the Police which was involved in two separate hit-and-run incidents on Friday evening before crashing into a wall. The driver fled the scene. Exact details about the incident are still sketchy. According to eyewit- again and this time four times over the lenesses the first incident drove back into the vi- gal limit. “When a occurred after 20:00 in cinity of the bar. “In breathalyser test was the evening at Heavy Modelani Street he lost conducted the person House Bar, where the c o n t r o l o v e r t h e had a reading of 1.71 driver of the vehicle, vehicle and ploughed milligrams per 1000 who is believed to be a through a wall,” an millilitre of breath. It is Rastafarian, knocked eyewitness reported to the highest reading I've down a woman. The namib times. The ever seen,” the officer injuries sustained by driver ran away from explained. The legal the victim included the scene, leaving an limit is 0.37 milligrams multiple fractures of i n j u r e d p a s s e n g e r per 1000 millilitre of the pelvis, injuries to behind. The passenger breath. The person was her knees and slight sustained deep lacera- driving a silver Hyunneck injuries. Instead tions on the arm and dai sedan vehicle when of reporting the inci- head and was admitted he was apprehended on Sunday afternoon. dent the driver sped to hospital. off. Meanwhile a new re- On the picture above: Shortly after the in- cord for driving while The driver of the pickcident the driver alle- under the influence of up fled the scene when gedly hit a young child alcohol was registered he ploughed through a in Kommando Street. at the Swakopmund wall. Shortly before he The injuries were de- Traffic department allegedly sped away scribed as minor and over the past weekend. from two separate hitthe child is reported to According to a Senior and-run incidents. have complained of Traffic Official a driver Photo contributed neck pains. The driver was arrested on Sunallegedly sped off day afternoon who was

MoHSS gets free land for hospital Erwin Leuschner The Swakopmund Town Council has reviewed a decision taken in 2016 and will donate a huge piece of land, measuring about 20 hectares, to the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) for the construction of a “Regional Referral Hospital.” This was revealed during the recent Town Council meeting. The initial application the Council meeting in One erf will measure for the construction of November 2015 it was about 20 hectares and a n e w R e g i o n a l d e c i d e d t h a t t w o will house the new Referral Hospital in portions of land will be h o s p i t a l w h i l e a Swakopmund dates sold to the ministry for second erf, measuring back to 2015. During the intended purpose. Continues on page 2

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Henties Bay - Swakopmund blacktop road completed by 2018 - Roads Authority Erwin Leuschner The upgrade of the Swakopmund – Henties Bay - Uis road to bitumen standard is progressing well and set for completion in 2018. The upgrade of the Swakopmund – Henties Bay - Uis road is the first phase of construction of the road project which forms part of the Harambee Prosperity Plan. Once completed, motorists would be able to drive on a blacktop road from Walvis Bay to Angola via Ruacana. Currently the Construction of the project is on-going. The Contractor is currently busy with Earthworks (fill) on a 20km Section. To date, 12% of the overall works has been completed on the project. This was confirmed by Hileni Fillemon, the Manager of Corporate Communication at Roads Authority Namibia to namib times last week Friday. According to Fillemon the project commenced in January 2016, the construction period is 24 months and the envisaged completion date is March 2018. Late last year the Chief Executive Officer of the Roads Authority, Mr Conrad M. Lutombi during his visit to the Office of the Governor revealed that the first phase of the road project will be the construction of the Swakopmund - Henties Bay - Uis road, while the second phase of construction will be the Kamanjab - Khorixas - Uis road. Phase one is further sub-divided into two sections, namely: Section A: Swakopmund – Henties Bay (90km); Section B: Henties Bay – Uis (92km); Phase two is also further sub-divided into two sections: Section A: Kamanjab – Khorixas (105km); Section B: Khorixas – Uis (115km), which will cost the RA a total of N$558 million.

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