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Youth Leaque member killed

The unveiling of the plaque by Erongo Governor, Mr Cleophas Mutjavikua

Tourism for the Topnaars Piquet Jacobs

Yesterday saw the launch of the Kuiseb Delta concession, a government property grant which will allow the community to operate various tourism services in the Kuisebmond Delta conservation area. The Kuiseb Delta Development Trust recently signed a contract with the Ministry of Environment and Tourism’s concession unit in Windhoek, to al-

low community members to start tourist activities in the area. Attractions such as tented camp sites, lodges, 4x4 drives, walking trails and

donkey cart rides will now be allowed to operate in this area. The Delta Trust received four bonds as per contract terms, the first bond being

for tourism, the second will be for the protection of the indigenous !Nara plant, the third being for the protection of the community heritage and

the last bond for the conservation of the Namib Naukluft and the Dorob National Park. According to Mr Ambrosius Swartbooi, the Pro-

ject Coordinator of the Traditional Authority, the battle for grant approval has been a long process as project proposals started in 2006.

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Strand Hotel’s delay explained Jade McClune & Marshallino Beukes

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The Desert Poet

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South African-based construction giant Stefanutti Stocks, the main contractor on Olthaver and List Group’s new hotel, the Strand Hotel, has been dogged by labour complaints of late and there are signs of industrial unrest brewing at the construction site. “It’s inhumane, we can’t survive on these wages,” some of the workers said on Thursday. Several bricklaying contractors downed tools on Monday and refused to return to work until basic rates of pay have been renegotiated. There are around seven bricklaying contractors on site, three of which stopped work this week to demand better terms.

The problem apparently arose from the fact that subcontractors pay their workers per hour, but the main contractors pay per square metre and the discrepancy has caused small companies to run into serious financial problems when the figures do not add up. One of the bricklaying subcontractors, Mr Bonny Kashululu, said he cannot afford to pay his

workers the official government-approved rates (N$26.78 for artisans), and was forced to pay the below-standard rate of N$20. Even this amount he could not afford with what he earned this month, he added. Several contractors confirmed the same predicament. One said that they have been on the site for three months, but as of August, the income

was simply not enough to cover basic wages. Paying the official wage rate was impossible given what they earn, a few contractors explained. One company received N$40 000 for work completed this month, but their labour costs amounted to N$71 000. Workers reported that several subcontractors have quit the site, though

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this could not be independently confirmed. It is understood that Stefanutti Stocks has lately improved the offer and raised the basic rate from N$75 to N$85 per square metre for bricklaying work.

A spokespeson for Stefanutti Stocks said they are paying “market-related rates”. Kashululu maintains that Stefanutti’s rates compare poorly to what builders earn, for example on the NHE hous-

ing project in northern

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Table Tennis Open

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Swakopmun Am Freitag, September, i der soweit. mund lässt Kulturaula m mental- und musik erscha An dem Kon men diesmal Gruppen teil Band Swak das JPB-Trio nergesangsve kopmund, d cato-Jugendc Flötengruppe

Ehrgeiz und Zielstrebigkeit werden eines Tages belohnt. Foto: Eingesandt! „Unter 20 Fällen macht 19 mal fester Wille und Geduld das sogenannte Unmögliche ganz über alle Erwartungen leicht möglich.“ Hermann Fürst P ü c k l e r- M u s k a u (*1785 in Moskau, gest. 1871 in Cottbus/ Brandenburg) war ein deutscher Reiseschriftsteller und Landschaftsgärtner. „Wenn der Mensch sich etwas vornimmt, so ist ihm mehr möglich, als er glaubt.“ Johann Pestalozzi (*1746 in Zürich, gest. 1827 in Brugg/Schweizer Kanton Aargau) war ein Pä-

dagoge. Außerdem machte er sich als Philanthrop, Schulund Sozialreformer, Philosoph sowie Politiker einen Namen. „Zielstrebigkeit ist eine der wesentlichen Voraussetzungen für Erfolg im 32 Leben, egal Page welches Ziel man verfolgt.“ John D. Rockefeller II. (*1874 in New York, gest. 1960 in New York) war ein US-amerikanischer P h i l a n t h ro p u n d Sohn von John D. Rockefeller (1839 1937), dem Gründer der Standard Oil und einem der reichsten Amerikaner seiner Zeit.

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