Queuing for fish at Oshakati

THE popular Snoek has run out in Oshakati causing long queues to be formed at the main suppliers’ premises, Oshakati Cold Storage (OCS).

Consumers in Oshakati had to stand in long queues at Oshakati Cold Storage on Monday to buy the little Snoek that the company had in stock. Others, however, had to go back home empty-handed because the fish run out before noon.”I have been here from six in the morning, to have a box of Snoek, but up to now I haven’t got one,” Magdalena Paulus said at about 09h00 on Monday.OCS manager, Anna Botha, said they had ordered 8 800 boxes of Snoek from Walvis bay in August but most of it had been sold and they were only a few left.She blamed the shortage on the company’s suppliers, NAMSOV Fishing Enterprises (PTY) Limited, at Walvis Bay who announced that they did not have enough Snoek in stock.She said the community in the north, especially in Oshakati liked Snoek more than the Horse Mackerels.”They like Snoek, because, they say Snoek has a good taste and is cheap, especially for those street vendors who buy it for both own use and selling,” said Botha.She said she also made good money from selling the fish to people in her community of Oneshila.”We are also selling it at the Pension pay points during the paying out of old people in their respective regions, constituencies and villages,” she said.Others, however, had to go back home empty-handed because the fish run out before noon.”I have been here from six in the morning, to have a box of Snoek, but up to now I haven’t got one,” Magdalena Paulus said at about 09h00 on Monday.OCS manager, Anna Botha, said they had ordered 8 800 boxes of Snoek from Walvis bay in August but most of it had been sold and they were only a few left.She blamed the shortage on the company’s suppliers, NAMSOV Fishing Enterprises (PTY) Limited, at Walvis Bay who announced that they did not have enough Snoek in stock.She said the community in the north, especially in Oshakati liked Snoek more than the Horse Mackerels.”They like Snoek, because, they say Snoek has a good taste and is cheap, especially for those street vendors who buy it for both own use and selling,” said Botha.She said she also made good money from selling the fish to people in her community of Oneshila.”We are also selling it at the Pension pay points during the paying out of old people in their respective regions, constituencies and villages,” she said.