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THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: A
LOVING HEART IS THE TRUEST WISDOM – Charles Dickens
In
today’s newsletter:
·
Tribute to Tangeni
Erkana
·
Launch of the
Integrated Water Resources Management Plan for Namibia
·
FA and other news
Tribute to Tangeni Erkana
A previous regional
representative and member of the Executive Council of the Namibia Agricultural
Union (NAU), Mr Tangeni Erkana of the Farm Ovingi in the Gobabis district and
member of the Epukiro Farmers Association this week died of cancer at the age of
63 years.
Tangeni became a member of the NAU in 2003 and from 2008
to 2011 he was the representative of the Gobabis Regional Agricultural Union on
the Livestock Producers Organisation (LPO)
management and Executive Council of the NAU.
Tangeni’s contributions on the Executive Council were
valuable as Tangeni had the insight to look at a bigger picture. His
contributions were objective, open-minded and straight. He critisized where
necessary but also guided in sometimes delicate matters. As a so-called emerging
farmer he had the interests of the NAU and commercial farming at heart and even
his contributions at the 2012 NAU Congress gave evidence of his vision. During
this Congress he queried why only a certain sector of the commercial farmers
have to contribute with regard to land refrom whilst the other sections are
exempted from these obligation against the background that it actually should
be a national action.
On behalf of the president and the Executive Council we
would like to express our deepest condolences to his wife Zandile, the two
daughters and all family members. The NAU will definitely miss him in its
structures.
A memorial service will be held on Friday, November 23
2012 at 19:00 from the Lutheran Church in Khomasdal. The Lutheran Church is situated
in MU Greeff Str, directly on the western side of the Western Bypass and can be
reached from Windhoek through Florence Nightingale Str past the State Hospital.
Launch of the Integrated Water Resources Management
Plan for Namibia
The Manager: Research and Development, Wallie Roux,
attended the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry’s launch of the
Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Plan on Thursday, 22 November
2012.
The overall long-term goal of the IWRM is to
“achieve a sustainable water resource management regime contributing to social
equity, economic efficiency and environmental sustainability”. The IWRM Plan was approved by Cabinet on 19
June 2012 and will initially cover the next five years till 2018.
The development of the IWRM should be appreciated
against the background of Namibia’s erratic rainfall patterns and the
estimation that water demand would double by 2030. Furthermore, underground resources contribute
around 60% of total demand, with the agricultural sector as the largest
consumer of water in the country. These
are some of the realities emphasizing the need for a sustainable utilisation of
this important natural resource.
The IWRM Plan will be implemented as from the
beginning of 2013 involving all stakeholders through an inclusive participatory
process, including farmers’ organisations.
Regional stakeholder consultation workshops will be held in all 13
regions of the country from January to March 2013. Details of these workshops will be made
available as soon as the programme is finalised.
FA and other news
Dr Lichtenberg again offers a K.I.
course at the Sandveld Research Farm on 27, 28 and 29 November. For further
information please contact Gobabis Veearts Praktyk, Tel 062 563877, 062 563991,
gobavet@iwyay.na.
Bethanie FA is holding a meeting and year
end (bring and braai) on November 30 at 16:00 at the Bethanie Guesthouse. For
further details contact Ina de Klerk, Tel 063 683521, ina.deklerk@gmail.com.
Osire/Waterberg FA is holding its year end
function on December 1 at 17:00 at the FA hall. A shooting and jukskei
competition will be held and the day is concluded with a dance. Members do not
need to pay an entrance fee and non-members will have to pay N$50 to cover the
meals. For further details contact Dagmar Wilckens, Tel 067 306201, wilckens@iway.na.
The Scientific Society will hold a presentation about „Solar Photo
Voltaic (SPV) in the home use environment”. Mr W Schenk will talk about his own
experiences in electricity self-sufficiency through SPV and Mr H Schütt will
talk about ptions of net feeding with SPV. This presentation will be held on
December 5 at 19:30 at the Scientific Society, 110 Robert Mugabe Ave, Windhoek.
For further details contact Mrs Fritzsche, Tel 061 225372, nwg@iway.na.
Steinhausen
FA is holding
its Annual General Meeting and year end function on December 8 at 16:00 at the
FA hall at Farm Steinhausen. Further details from Mayke Rumpf, Tel 062 561422, combumbi@iway.na.
Witvlei FA is holding their General Meeting and year end function on
December 8 at 17:00 in the farmer house at Wtivlei. For further details contact
Monica Bouwer, Tel 062
570317, 081 2790301, gmbouwer@iway.na.
Hoërand FA is holding an Old Years dance on December 29 at 19:00 at the FA hall at
Farm Stubbenkamer, Maltahöhe district. Registration is N$100 per person for
adults, N$50 for children under 12 years and entrance for pre-school children
is free of charge. Dinner and dance is included in the registration fee and
further details can be obtained from Antoinette Burger, Tel 081 2842744, antoiburger@gmail.com or MarykaTruter, Tel 081 2624146, hardegat@iway.na.
Hochfeld FA is holding its New Year party
on December 31 at 19:00 at the Hochfeld Lodge. The costs are N$100 for adults,
N$50 for children from 12 – 18 years and free of charge for children under the
age of 12 years. Dinner and dance are included in the registration. For further
details contact Marina von Dewitz, Tel 062 549026, 081 2304100, marinavondewith@gmail.com or Deoné Schlechter, Tel 062
549108, 081 3084931, deone@iway.na.
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