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• Monday September 5 2016
Sport Wrap
Despite a gallant performance against Senegal in Dakar on Saturday evening the Brave
Warriors lost 2-0 in their 2017 Confederation
of African Football (CAF) Africa Cup of Nations
(AFCON) Group K qualifiers at the Stade Leopold
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ter,” Mannetti said after the match.
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Mannetti sang the praises of standin captain, Golden Arrows GoalkeepThe result was not
er Maximillian Mbaeva who saved a
surprising, but with a
penalty and was exceptional in goal
bigger score line expected, against the straight-shooting Senegalese side. “Max was wonderful in
Namibia restricted the
goal today and did so well with all
African powerhouse to
the pressure and exceptional talent
of Senegal.
just two goals.
“Our players played to our tactics
for the
espite a gallant performance and frustrated the opposition
bet if we
against Senegal in Dakar on Sat- better part of the game and I
the outurday evening the Brave Warri- could have prepared better,
even better
ors lost 2-0 in their 2017 Confedera- come could have made
back home took
tion of African Football (CAF) Africa reading. “The issues
they remained
Cup of Nations (AFCON) Group K a toll on the boys, but
ambassadors,”
qualiiers at the Stade Leopold Sedar great sons and true
Mannetti declared.
Senghor.
Hendrick Somaeb, Petrus Shitembi
Senegal led 1-0 at halftime and then
had chances to
got their second goal with about 10 and Benson Shilongo
but they failed
minutes to go, thanks to a convert- score for the Warriors,
the group
ed penalty, as the Brave Warriors re- to convert. Senegal inished
Burundi in
stricted the Lions of Teranga to few on top, on 18 points with
points as
and far between chances in the inal second on six, the same
and Niger at the
round of the matches in the qualii- third placed Namibia
Niger were
ers. Warriors coach Ricardo Mannet- bottom on three points.
yesterday.
ti, despite being disappointed with due to host Burundi
the result, commended his players
for their attitude and character on Brave Warriors team:
Max Mbaeva, Chris Katjiukua, Ferthe day.
“After all the diiculties we faced dinand Karongee, Junior Gebhardt,
ahead of this game and missing some Larry Horaeb, Wangu Gome, Oswalkey players, the guys that played to- do Xamseb, Deon Hotto (Dynamo
day, which was their irst competitive Fredericks), Petrus Shitembi, Henand
game in over two months and against drick Somaeb (Benson Shilongo)
European based players, were re- Itamunua Keimuine (Absalom Iimmarkable and showed great charac- bondi).
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CAMERADERIE: The Civics and Young Ones Old
Boys’ team share pleasantries before their match.
PHOTOS: HECTOR MAWONGA
INAUGURAL EVENT WELL ATTENDED
COOL CUSTOMER: Maxi Mbaeva cementing his place as Namibia’s
first choice goalkeeper. PHOTO: FILE
Fun and games
in Khomasdal
T
he inaugural Khomasdal 5km
Fun Walk and Community
Soccer Cup, which took place
on Saturday at the Dawid Bezuidenhout High School, served
its purpose.
The idea which was to unite
friends on the sport ield, with
thousands turning up for the fun
walk and then later to watch the
football action event organisers
say it was “mission accomplished”.
“We managed to bring diferent
generations together and everybody had fun,” said Jeremy Zimmer, who was part of the planning
committee.
“We plan for this to become an
annual event,” he said.
The day had kicked of with the
HECTOR MAWONGA
Long lost friends had
a chance to catch up
during a community
sports event held in the
heart of Khomasdal on
Saturday.
5km Fun Walk and also saw youth
football matches featuring the Under-10s and U-15s.
Then it was the turn of visitors
Pirates Walvis Bay to tackle Redsa
Masters from Rehoboth with the
highlight of the day arguably being the Old Boys’ game between
former Civics and Young Ones
players. While that game ended
goalless (Young Ones won on penalties), the real fun was in seeing
former stars like Kosie Springbok,
Quinton Jacobs, and Woody Jacobs
turning out for Young Ones.
Civics, on the other hand, boasted several, former Brave Warriors
with Tiger Goagoseb, Amos Shiyuka, Collin Benjamin and Salomo
Hei among them.
A match between Dahlia FC and
OmKalo XI concluded the football
fun.
Funds from the day are earmarked to beneit the family of
the late Franklin April as well as
to assist Saul Waters and Mamietjie Engelbrecht with their medical bills.
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and OmKalo 11.
JOVIAL: Young Ones Old Boys’ Kosie Springbok (right) and
Jacobs (middle) share a joke with the day’s referee.
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Vice-president collapses
Ondangwa has emerged as the winner of
the Namibia Town of the Year competition
for the northern category after two weeks
of voting. Ondangwa fend of competition
from Oshakati and Oshikuku who came
in second and third place, respectively.
Vice-president Nickey Iyambo fainted after addressing the community
of Tsumeb at a belated Heroes
Day´ commemoration event on
Saturday. Iyambo collapsed while
seated shortly after the singing of
Ondangwa will now join Lüderitz who won
the southern vote in the race to win the
national prize during next year´s Namibia
Tourism Expo. The two will be joined by
the winners of the north-central as well as
western category winners.
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the national anthem at the end of
the gathering. Oshikoto governor
Henock Kankoshi told Nampa that
Iyambo was rushed to his hotel
room where medical personnel
helped to stabilise him.
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Venaani
threatens
nationwide
strike
Zuma food aid
rots in warehouse
OTIS FINCK
CATHERINE SASMAN
A consignment of food aid is to be disposed of because it
has been contaminated.
T
he Oice of the Prime Minister
has admitted that bags of special
maize meal, which was part of
a huge donation from the South African government at the beginning
of the year, is still being kept at the
warehouse of its directorate of emergency and disaster management in
Windhoek.
This newspaper was tipped off
about the roughly 450 bags of maize
meal, which is in a warehouse on
Nickel Street in the Prosperita Industrial area, a day after the Oice of the
Prime Minister issued a statement
in which it denied allegations that it
was distributing drought relief that
lacks balance, poor nutrition and is
not it for human consumption.
The tip-of also came a few days before Namibia was to host the Africa
drought relief conference in Wind-
hoek that took place from 15 to 19
August.
The bags are labelled as a “gift of
South Africa”, and, according to the
labelling, the maize meal was produced by Pride Milling Co. (Pty) Ltd.
in Nigel in December 2015 with the
expiry date indicated as June 2016.
When irst asked about the maize
meal bags kept at Prosperita in the
middle of August, the spokesperson
in the Oice of the Prime Minister,
Saima Shaanika, denied that there
were any remaining bags, saying the
warehouse was empty.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
NOT FIT: Part of the consignment that
will be destroyed. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED
Black
weekend
on roads
JEMIMA BEUKES
In one of the darkest weekends
on Namibian roads, at least 14
people died in numerous car accidents across the country.
The 14 included three male teachers from M&K Gertze Secondary
School in Rehoboth who died in a
terrible crash on the Kalkrand-Rehoboth road on Saturday morning.
The teachers were identiied as Johannes Swartbooi, Josef Swarts and
Detlief van Wyk who died when the
vehicle they were travelling in collided head-on with another vehicle.
Both vehicles caught ire upon impact and all three occupants in each
vehicle died on the spot.
Hendrik George Strauss and Marius
Isaaks were the other occupants
who perished in the accident.
A third deceased was not yet identiied at the time of going to press
yesterday. In another accident,
GRISLY: The wreck of an Iveco bus involved in an accident outside Otjiwarongo. PHOTO: NAMPA
three people burnt to death about
7km south of Otjiwarongo when
the vehicle they were travelling in
collided with a courier truck before
bursting into lames.
According to police spokesperson
Kauna Shikwambi the accident
happened when one of the vehicles
tried to overtake another vehicle.
The injured passengers were taken
to the Otjiwarongo State Hospital
while the names of the deceased are
not yet released.
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DTA leader McHenry Venaani has issued a 30-day ultimatum to government to resolve a long-standing impasse
between striking fishermen
and their respective employers.
Venaani who was addressing
hundreds of striking ishermen on Friday at Walvis Bay,
demanded that all workers be
re-employed and commended
them for conducting themselves
in an orderly and peaceful manner throughout their ordeal.
“We shall not allow people
to remain here after 30 days
and will embark on the biggest peaceful protest action by
unemployed persons ever seen
in Namibia in order to compel
government to act,” he said.
“This is a national and not a
political issue, which have proceeded beyond the point of no
return and must be resolved
within the next 30 days. It is affecting more than 30 000 people
and not only the approximately
2 000 striking ishermen alone.”
Venaani called on President
Hage Geingob to do the right
thing and said government,
companies and the striking
workers should head back to the
negotiating table.
He suggested that catchment
periods be extended to enable
companies to recoup losses
incurred due to the lack of adequate resources.
“It is time to reform the ishing
sector and unacceptable that
government allowed experienced citizens to remain unemployed for so long. President
Geingob has many advisors and
should be capable of inding a
middle way on the matter.”
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NAMWATER DEMANDS N$85 MILLION FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES
Standoff over
water pipeline
JESSICA BOTES
NamWater has asked local authorities to pay about N$85
million for making use of its newly constructed water
pipeline in the Erongo Region.
T
owns in the Erongo Region have
been asked by the Namibia Water Corporation (NamWater) to
fork out millions for making use of
its newly constructed water pipeline.
The pipeline carries desalinated
water from Areva Namibia’s Erongo
desalination plant at Wlotzkasbaken to the Langer Heinrich, Rössing
Uranium and Husab mines. Towns
such as Swakopmund and Arandis,
which are located along the pipeline, also make use of the desalinated water carried by the pipeline.
According to councillor Wilfried
Groenewald of the Swakopmund
municipality, NamWater issued the
Food rot
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Upon further enquiries to the directorate of emergency and disaster management unit, Shaanika
however, responded last week
that the bags currently kept in the
warehouse “were declared not it
for consumption in January already”.
“They were contaminated during the logistic management. They
were only kept there [in the ware-
Black weekend
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In a separate incident, a 41-yearold man identiied as Alfred Gaseb
died on the spot when the vehicle
he was driving overturned after he
allegedly lost control at the weekend.
Three of Gaseb’s family members sustained serious injuries and
were taken to the Uis Clinic for
medical treatment.
Struggle kid killed
Meanwhile, one of the struggle
kids that are currently camping at
Venaani
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“Negotiations to ensure all
striking ishermen are reemployed should be initiated
with immediate efect.
“The striking ishermen are not
the unemployed and a solution to
resolve this prevailing situation
is easy. Everyone must be reemployed.
“Unemployment is a crisis in the
country with more than 30% of
Namibians not having jobs.”
Venaani also challenged ishing
companies to do the honourable
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town council with a N$74 million
bill without prior consultation.
“We were not informed that we
had to pay for using the pipeline.
Now we are being threatened by
NamWater that we will be rationed
and our water supply will be cut by
25% if we do not pay that amount.
Our industries will sufer if there is
no water and this will be disastrous
to us all,” said Groenewald during an
information sharing meeting held in
Swakopmund about the water supply to the coast.
The mayor of Arandis, Daniel
Muhuura, said that as part of an
agreement with NamWater, all the
money the town generates through
water goes directly to NamWater.
“We are now also required to pay
an increased rate to NamWater and
on top of that we were slapped with
a bill of N$11 million for making use
of the pipeline. There was no prior consultation or communication
from NamWater. They sit comfortably there, just dishing out bills and
we as local authorities have to explain to our residents why they have
to pay more for water,” said Muhuura.
He appealed to the minister of agriculture, water and forestry, John
Mutorwa, who was present at the
information sharing session, to ask
the Namibian government to subsidise the additional costs.
“We cannot perform miracles,
where are we supposed to get this
money from? We are not happy that
NamWater did not consult us, but is
now expecting us to pay,” he said.
NamWater’s CEO, Dr Vaino Shivute, admitted that NamWater did
house] waiting to be disposed of
in line with treasury instruction on
how government properties should
be disposed of,” said Shaanika last
week. She did not say how the
contamination occurred and who,
either the South African or Namibian government, handled the bags
of maize meal.
The deputy head of the South African High Commission, Eli Bitzer,
last Friday also could not respond
to questions regarding the consignment of maize meal because he was
travelling. He, however, said the
high commission was not informed
that the maize meal was contaminated. Shaanika said the South African government made a drought
relief donation to its Namibian
counterpart between December
last year and January.
She said the value of all donated
items, which include borehole
rehabilitation and cowpeas in addition to the maize meal, was estimated at N$100 million.
Bitzer said the programme for
the rehabilitation of boreholes accounted for about N$50 million
while the rest accounted for the
remaining N$50 million.
Brakwater was hit by a white Jetta
on Friday evening while crossing
the road. The 31-year-old Thomas
Kondjeni died on the spot.
The driver of the vehicle, a
27-year-old man, has been arrested
and charged with culpable homicide.
He was reportedly also not driving with a valid driver’s licence.
In a separate incident, a sevenyear-old girl was allegedly hit by a
red Volkswagen Polo vehicle when
she running to her mother on the
opposite side of the road. The girl
who was identiied as Etuhole Asser died on the spot.
According to the police, the
driver, a 32-year-old man led the
scene, but later reported himself at
the Wanaheda Police Station.
A 24-year-old Markus Mark also
died instantly after he was hit by a
vehicle on near Noordoewer border post.
His next of kin has been informed and police is requesting
anyone with more information to
contact the Noordoewer police station.
At Ondangwa, a one-year-old
toddler, identiied as Amukwaya
London Loose, died after a motorist reversed his car over him.
The toddler was reportedly lying
under the vehicle.
No arrest has been made and police investigations continue.
thing and accused them of
employing temporal workers to
save costs.
He pointed out that a country
such as Morocco employs over
800 000 people and process 170
000 metric tons of ish annually.
Namibia is catching half this
amount of ish and the industry
employs just over 10 000 people.
“The Harambee Prosperity
Plan promises jobs while we are
losing over 2 000 jobs in reality.
Government is well aware of the
fact that there are approximately
4 000 Spanish nationals working
in the ishing sector while
Namibians are sitting without
work.
“These foreigners are earning
salaries at the expense of
Namibians,” he said.
The ishermen said they are
ailiated to various political
parties and welcomed Venaani in
his capacity as a leader.
They also vowed to continue and
not give in until their demands
for improved working conditions
and better salaries are met.
Mathews Lungameni, a striking
isherman, who has been joining
others at the open plain near the
Kuisebmond soccer stadium daily
since the inception of the strike
last year, said it was worrisome
that government opted to remain
mum on the issue after 11 months.
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NO CONSULTATION: NamWater CEO Vaino Shivute. PHOTO: NAMPA
not consult with or inform local authorities about the payment for the
use of its pipeline. He, however, said
it was necessary for NamWater to recover the costs of building the pipeline from its clients because the government’s subsidy was not enough.
“When the decision was taken
to build the pipeline which cost us
about N$500 million, the government said it would pay a certain
amount and NamWater would cover
the remaining amount. Government
could, however, not pay the money
they promised they would pay and
that is why we asked the mines and
local authorities to pay the outstanding amount,” he said.
According to Shivute, the amount
charged to its clients for the use of
the pipeline is calculated on the percentage of desalinated water each
client uses. He, however, denied that
the rationing of the towns’ water
supply is being used to force local
authorities to pay their outstanding
bills.
“Towns are currently being supplied with cheap underground
water. NamWater extracts about
ten million cubic metres from the
Kuiseb River aquifer and the Omdel
aquifer each year to supply towns in
the Erongo region with water.”
Mutorwa said NamWater must recover its costs from the consumer for
building infrastructure and that subsidising local authorities for its water supply, is not a priority for government.
SPYL
weighs in
on Strauss’
remarks
ment of Namibia, despite government embracing the private sector.
“It is therefore our call to government not to provide any future
work to Strauss’s company.
He can as well immigrate to countries where there are only white
people,” the statement noted. The
statement demanded that Strauss
apologises publicly for his alleged
racist remarks that was recorded
during a telephone conversation
between him and Ndakukamo.
“In addition we urge the Engineering Council of Namibia to investigate this issue and to ensure
that Ndakukama is given the opportunity to be supervised so that
she can be registered,” SPYL said.
“We call upon the Ministry of
Works and Transport and the Employment Equity Commission to
investigate racial discrimination at
the engineering council.
Furthermore we advise the government to establish an engineering board that will comprise of
government and private sector
representatives to deal with applications of engineers to be registered.”
When contacted for comment
the president of the Engineering Council of Namibia Marcus
von Jeney said he was not going
to comment on issues that do not
have anything to do with him.
JEMIMA BEUKES
The Swapo Party Youth League
(SPYL) has condemned a local
engineer Alwyn Strauss for refusing to supervise an engineering trainee because she is black.
According a local daily, Strauss
told the trainee Ankita Ndakukamo that he was not willing to
share his intellectual property as
the government “does not want to
give jobs to white people”. Strauss
is a registered civil engineer specialising in geotechnical engineering.
The matter sparked outrage last
week, with the SPYL saying it will
not allow this kind of treatment
of young professionals by what it
terms “self-centred racists”.
Youth league spokesperson Neville Andre Itope also pointed out
that it was clear Strauss does not
want to contribute to the develop“Venaani is a political leader and
we welcome any help.
“We are not striking illegally but
staying away due to hazardous
conditions, which persist on
vessels.
“Our families are starving and our
children sufer because we do not
have an income. Some of us lost
our houses,” he said.
Serious issues
According to Lungameni, things
are not proper in the industry and
they are forced to work non-stop
like slaves for days, deprived of
sleep and earning meagre salaries.
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died on a trip to Gabon and was
buried there, due to a lack of
funds to repatriate his body in
2008. The family apparently
received a paltry N$3 000 as
compensation.
He also accused the labour court
of being biased and assuming the
duties of a criminal court and
questioned why allegations of
intimidation and assault levelled
against striking ishermen were
not reported to the police for
investigation.
Many striking ishermen have
apparently been dismissed
without hearings and received
notiication of their dismissal via
SMS.
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