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CONSTRUCTION on the railway line from Tsumeb to Oshikango via Ondangwa is forging ahead.

On Tuesday last week, Santam Insurance Company employees from Oshakati, led by Joko Tjiurutue, the Area Manager, took part in the construction work at Uushinga village near Oniingo village in the Oshikoto Region. Santam Oshakati also donated five 25-kg bags of maize meal, four boxes of canned fish and three 20-kg bags of sugar to 26 young employees working on the railway.They hail from the different northern regions and have been employed by NamPort to work on the railway for six months.Santam was told by members of the group that they needed a tent for the three females who, at present, had to sleep in the same tent as their 23 male counterparts.Vera Laurence, Santam’s Manager of Corporate Social Investment (Cape Town), responded that Santam would provide them with a tent for the female workers.Tjiurutue said that Santam was committed to playing a role in helping assist Government deliver in critical areas related to socio-economic development.For this reason, Santam Oshakati had responded to President Sam Nujoma’s call for people and businesses to participate in national projects.”We believe that in the near future Upington will be connected to Angola [and] that will help us to be more competitive …,” said Tjiurutue.Santam Oshakati also donated five 25-kg bags of maize meal, four boxes of canned fish and three 20-kg bags of sugar to 26 young employees working on the railway.They hail from the different northern regions and have been employed by NamPort to work on the railway for six months.Santam was told by members of the group that they needed a tent for the three females who, at present, had to sleep in the same tent as their 23 male counterparts.Vera Laurence, Santam’s Manager of Corporate Social Investment (Cape Town), responded that Santam would provide them with a tent for the female workers.Tjiurutue said that Santam was committed to playing a role in helping assist Government deliver in critical areas related to socio-economic development.For this reason, Santam Oshakati had responded to President Sam Nujoma’s call for people and businesses to participate in national projects.”We believe that in the near future Upington will be connected to Angola [and] that will help us to be more competitive …,” said Tjiurutue.

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