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The Namibian
Mon 12 Aug 2013
SMS Of The Day * MINISTRY of Gender and Child Welfare, TEARS are rolling down as I write this SMS. The killing of women in Namibia is now like reciting a poem. Are we really getting the protection we deserve while women not being treated as part of this c Food For Thought * SO the Zimbabwe elections were free and peaceful and not free and fair? Bouquets And Brickbats * NURSES at Katutura Hospital must stop wearing those big plastic sandals at work because they are not the official working shoes. We want to see you looking smart and beautiful with your full uniform. SMS Of The Day * THIS nation is in dire need of a massive conference on housing. When we experienced a crisis in the education sector a crisis-control brain-storming conference was organised which resulted in the best deal ever for the Namibian child, nam Food For Thought * BOURGEOISIE has become a daily occupation if not the order of the day of the upper-echelons, President Hifikepunye Pohamba we urge you to revisit this unpatriotic geocentricism among your staff and the well-connected, for everybody to r Bouquets And Brickbats * COMMISSIONER of Prisons, can you please explain the strategies you use to appoint officers to certain positions? It is my observation that you are being fed with wrong information then you just promote individuals without making p SMS Of The Day * I THINK Paulus ‘The Rock’ Ambunda lost his belt because of this promoter and trainer. How can a world champion still be training at the Katutura Youth Complex where there is not enough equipment. I think they must follow the example of Ha Food For Thought * NAMIBIA Dairies are unable to match low prices of imported milk and this ultimately means the consumer will have to pay more for local milk. Look at the prices of the local chicken. All these profits are going in the pockets of a few in Bouquets And Brickbats * I AM pleased to hear that Cabinet has responded positively to the proposal of Namibia Dairies to support the industry. The restrictions which support the industry by reducing competition to ensure the survival of the industry is a SMS Of The Day * CEO’s golden handshakes. Somewhere on our statute books there must be a provision that if a board of directors suspends/dismisses a CEO without due regard to legal provision (substantive/procedural law) such board must carry the costs for Food For Thought * JACKY Asheeke was so right with her last column- why are the fathers of the dead children not being prosecuted? (Reference to the children who died in shack fires last week) Our justice system still protects men over women. In this cont Bouquets And Brickbats * ALEXACTUS Kaure, your column in Friday’s newspaper opened my eyes. One hardly finds impartial case study analysers in Namibia. Let’s not destroy the Polytechnic’s strong foundation (Tjivikua) as yet. At least wait until the transf
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| 2013-08-09
Rail rehabilitation between Krantzberg and Tsumeb progressing well
OTJIWARONGO – The rehabilitation and upgrading of the railway line between Kranzberg and Tsumeb by the D&M Rail Construction company is in top gear.
The Kranzberg railway station is situated between Usakos and Karibib in the Erongo Region, while Tsumeb is in the Oshikoto Region. D&M Rail Construction site agent Leon Steyn told Nampa on Thursday at the site about 12 kilometres south of Kalkfeld, that work on the railway line is progressing well.
When he spoke to this news agency in February this year when the work began, he said it is being conducted at three sites simultaneously the one at Kalkfeld, one near Otjiwarongo and one at Usakos (Kranzberg).
“We are moving pretty fast at our three sites, where we have dispatched groups of general workers,” he noted. Steyn’s company was sub-contracted by TransNamib last year to rehabilitate and upgrade the railway line between Kranzberg and Otjiwarongo.
He was, however, not willing to reveal the exact amount of money availed to his company for the completion of the job, and would only say that about N$95 million of this amount has been utilised so far.
D&M Rail Construction is also expected to start rehabilitating and upgrading the railway line between Otjiwarongo and Tsumeb.
He said to date, the company has rehabilitated over 80 kilometres of railway line between Usakos and Otjiwarongo, while about 24 kilometres was upgraded through the replacement of old rails with new material.
Some sections of the railway line at Kalkfeld were half-broken on the side, and need to be replaced with new materials.
The D&M Rail Construction workers were seen removing rails this week, and joining and replacing them with new materials.
D&M Rail Construction is employing over 300 general labourers from the areas of Otjiwarongo, Kalkfeld and Usakos for the rehabilitation and upgrading exercise.
The company is a Namibian chief specialist contractor of railway lines, and was founded in 1994.
It accepted an offer to partner with a group of previously-disadvantaged Namibians through a Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) deal, and was also involved in the construction of the railway line between Tsumeb, Ondangwa and Oshikango. – Nampa
The Kranzberg railway station is situated between Usakos and Karibib in the Erongo Region, while Tsumeb is in the Oshikoto Region. D&M Rail Construction site agent Leon Steyn told Nampa on Thursday at the site about 12 kilometres south of Kalkfeld, that work on the railway line is progressing well.
When he spoke to this news agency in February this year when the work began, he said it is being conducted at three sites simultaneously the one at Kalkfeld, one near Otjiwarongo and one at Usakos (Kranzberg).
“We are moving pretty fast at our three sites, where we have dispatched groups of general workers,” he noted. Steyn’s company was sub-contracted by TransNamib last year to rehabilitate and upgrade the railway line between Kranzberg and Otjiwarongo.
He was, however, not willing to reveal the exact amount of money availed to his company for the completion of the job, and would only say that about N$95 million of this amount has been utilised so far.
D&M Rail Construction is also expected to start rehabilitating and upgrading the railway line between Otjiwarongo and Tsumeb.
He said to date, the company has rehabilitated over 80 kilometres of railway line between Usakos and Otjiwarongo, while about 24 kilometres was upgraded through the replacement of old rails with new material.
Some sections of the railway line at Kalkfeld were half-broken on the side, and need to be replaced with new materials.
The D&M Rail Construction workers were seen removing rails this week, and joining and replacing them with new materials.
D&M Rail Construction is employing over 300 general labourers from the areas of Otjiwarongo, Kalkfeld and Usakos for the rehabilitation and upgrading exercise.
The company is a Namibian chief specialist contractor of railway lines, and was founded in 1994.
It accepted an offer to partner with a group of previously-disadvantaged Namibians through a Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) deal, and was also involved in the construction of the railway line between Tsumeb, Ondangwa and Oshikango. – Nampa
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