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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO6393 FRIDAY 3 OCTOBER 2014 Tel +264 64 205 854/+264 64 461 866/Fax +264 64 204 813/+264 64 461 824/Website www.namibtimes.net

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TUCNA protests high prices Piquet Jacobs

The Trade Union Congress of Namibia (TUCNA) handed over a petition this week to the Municipality of Walvis Bay regarding the cost of electricity and the persistent problem of shack fires.

The demonstration on Wednesday was led Page 4 by TUCNA president, Mr Paulus Hango and union members in support of their petition, outlining their distress over the high cost of electricity and regular shack fires that have left hundreds of Kuisebmond residents homeless. “Many people, particularly fish factory workers and small-scale Page 9 businesspeople, are left without a warm bed by these shack fires destroying the little they have. Another factor

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which is not helping is the high prices we are forced to pay for property and electricity. The cheapest house in our community costs more than N$600 000. Many of us do not even qualify for the mass housing project, which leads to people living in shacks. Our children are not safe and there is no clear plan to address this problem,” Mr Hango said. The petition requests the municipality to provide them with enough land to accommodate

The protestors at the Civic Centre 8 000 plots of 300m³ each, with access to basic services such as water, electricity and sewerage systems. They want land to be given to employers who

want to build homes for their employees, on the condition that these houses become the property of the employees. The municipality is

asked to work together with social partners, such as employers, trade unions and the government to address these issues as a matter of utmost urgency

and to provide feedback as soon as possible. “We pay more than N$1 500 per month [to rent a backyard shack], which is almost 50 percent of our income. Continues on page 2

Missing girl returns home Piquet Jacobs

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Assistance from the coastal community was requested in utilising all possible channels to locate a 14-year old girl who went missing over the weekend.

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The girl was last seen at a church (no name available) in Kuisebmund on Saturday. She is a learner of !Nara Primary school. Her mother, Uatungua

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Nderura, had spoken to the police and they tried in assisting to find the girl but no formal case was opened. The girl’s mother was overjoyed when she

returned home on Tuesday evening, after having the town at a standstill trying to locate her child, being missing for four days. She told the namib

times that she was very thankful to have her girl safely back home. She could not say where her daugter was during the four days.

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