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Walvis Bay to get municipal police

The Walvis Bay Town Council resolved that the establishment of a municipal police force should be reinvestigated. Being committed to the community and its needs, the Council wishes to obtain the opinions of the people of Walvis Bay in this regard. The expression of views by the public is crucial, seeing that the considerable costs of establishing and sustaining a municipal police force will have to be borne by the community of Walvis Bay. A series of civic meetings will be scheduled soon to gauge public views and ideas, and to determine the level of support for the establishment of a municipal police force. Councillors and officials would therefore welcome the opportunity to hear residents express themselves on the topic at these gatherings, which will consist of both cluster and public meetings. The dates for these meetings will be announced in the local media.

For more information in the meantime, the public can contact Piet van Niekerk at 064-2013264, or e-mail to pvanniekerk@walvisbaycc.org.na.

40 Houses constructed at Okakarara

The deputy minister of local, regional government and housing, Kazenambo Kazenambo will officially hand over 40 new houses to their owners at Okakarara this Saturday morning. The houses were built by members of the Shack Dwellers Federation. The event will take place at 10h00 at the Okakarara community hall.

New NCCI Branch at Lüderitz

A new branch of the NCCI was launched at Lüderitzbucht last week. The launching of the branch also saw the election of its Executive Committee, which will be chaired by David Shoombe, a local business personality of Lüderitz. Up to 30 businesses in the harbour town signed up for membership to the Chamber during August, just before the launching of the branch. The Chamber requires at least 15 registered businesses to constitute a branch. Lüderitz is fast becoming an important economic centre, which handles exports and imports worth billions of dollars, in fishing, offshore diamond mining, and the export of zinc metal from the Skorpion Zinc Mine. Following the launching of the NCCI branch in the town of Lüderitz, for the first time, the business community in the Karas region plans to hold a Karas Business Forum later this month. The forum aims at bringing together all the branch offices of the Chamber in various towns of the region in order to form a Karas Regional Chamber.

Pohamba visits Cuba

ak. The XIV summit meeting of the "Movement of Non-Aligned Countries" started on Monday, 11 September in Havanna, Cuba. At the meeting, lasting until 16 September, the future politics of the movement is discussed. Hifikepunye Pohamba, President of Namibia will also take part at the meeting. According to Fidel Castro, leader of the revolution in Cuba, the movement should become stronger, especially with support of third-world-countries, and take a stand against US unilateral politics.

Armed hold-up at Brakwater

ak. According to the police record Philip Ford and his wife were held-up by armed robbers in their house in Brakwater on Tuesday, 12 September 2006. Goods with a combined value of N$290000 were stolen, including three computers, a shotgun, a .22 revolver, some jewellery, a Frontier station wagon and a Kia sedan car.