Re: [meteorite-list] Namibia: So Much Potential But Not Enough Funds (Hoba Meteorite)
Sounds like a great tourist destination, a big rock, alcoholics and drug addicts, crime, town in debt up to their ears, danger of electricity amd water being turned off, high unemployment, and a large military presence. Well pack my bags! Poorly thought out release by Mr. Kangueehi, maybe the spoof and phish people will move to Namibia for the new center of commerce. Dave F. Ron Baalke wrote: http://allafrica.com/stories/200701170803.html Namibia: So Much Potential But Not Enough Funds Kuvee Kangueehi January 17, 2007 The Deputy Mayor of Grootfontein, Paulus Hangula, has revealed that the residents of his town owe the Town Council over N$26 million in water and electricity debts. Speaking to New Era over the weekend, Hangula said the Town Council is fighting a losing battle trying to recover the money, as many of the residents are unemployed and struggling with accumulated debts. The deputy mayor said that, apart from the high unemployment rate which is the primary factor behind the debts, alcohol and drug abuse is also rife. He noted that there are very few employment opportunities at the town, and most of the employed residents are members of the Namibia Defence Force (NDF) and are stationed at the military base. Hangula said other residents employed are civil servants, people working at the local shops and farm workers employed on the surrounding farms. Since the mining operations at Kombat and Tsumeb were scaled down, this has affected the town's cash flow. He complained that most of the commercial farmers in the area invest little money in the town and spend their money instead at privately-owned businesses, resulting in the majority of the town's residents not benefiting from it. He noted, however, that everything is not all doom and gloom, as town has the great potential of becoming a big tourist attraction. Hangula said Grootfontein lies on the main roads, which connects Windhoek to the north-eastern part of Namibia including the Okavango and Caprivi regions. He stressed that, like Otavi and Tsumeb, Grootfontein is very green and during spring provides spectacular viewing. Grootfontein is really an ideal overnight stop if you are travelling to the Caprivi and Tsumkwe. Hangula pointed out that a special tourist attraction is the meteorite, which can be found on the farm Hoba, some 24 kilometres outside the town. One of the world's largest meteorites ever found, it is 3 metres long and one metre wide, weighs 50 tons, has a volume of 9 cubic metres, and hit the ground here some 8 years ago. The meteorite in Hoba consists of 82% iron, 16% nickel, 1% cobalt and various trace elements. With the passing of the years, the Hoba Meteorite has been somewhat reduced in size by visitors breaking off pieces to take home as souvenirs. The deputy mayor revealed that, despite the fact that many organizations educate people on HIV/Aids, the disease is still very rife at the town. He called on these organizations to intensify their campaigns and to apply different strategies in order to make them more effective. He said that although the rate of violent crimes is not very high at the town, vandalism is rife especially at schools, churches and other public places. Grootfontein has a population of approximately 1 people. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Namibia: So Much Potential But Not Enough Funds (Hoba Meteorite)
Hi, Dave, List, Somebody's doing some good PR for Namibia. Take the name Namibia. If you look at the nice Wikipedia article on Namibia, the facts are all there: one of the lowest population densities in the world, one of the most rain-deprived countries in the world (like none), one of the least blessed by economic resources, a sad history, and so forth. But nowhere in the article will you find the name that Namibia went by for centuries: THE SKELETON COAST. Getting people to stop calling you The Skeleton Coast is a good job of PR. There's just something about the name The Skeleton Coast that puts people off, don't you think? Sterling K. Webb --- - Original Message - From: Dave Freeman mjwy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Namibia: So Much Potential But Not Enough Funds (Hoba Meteorite) Sounds like a great tourist destination, a big rock, alcoholics and drug addicts, crime, town in debt up to their ears, danger of electricity amd water being turned off, high unemployment, and a large military presence. Well pack my bags! Poorly thought out release by Mr. Kangueehi, maybe the spoof and phish people will move to Namibia for the new center of commerce. Dave F. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Namibia: So Much Potential But Not Enough Funds (Hoba Meteorite)
--- Dave Freeman mjwy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds like a great tourist destination, a big rock, alcoholics and drug addicts, crime, town in debt up to their ears, danger of electricity and water being turned off, high unemployment, and a large military presence. Funny thing is, apart from the crime, if a big rock fell on the Isle of Lewis, that's very similar to how I'd describe it here. Maybe I'm the man to go!! Rob McC Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by Green Rating at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Namibia: So Much Potential But Not Enough Funds (Hoba Meteorite)
Just a little. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 4:28 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Namibia: So Much Potential But Not Enough Funds (Hoba Meteorite) Hi, Dave, List, Somebody's doing some good PR for Namibia. Take the name Namibia. If you look at the nice Wikipedia article on Namibia, the facts are all there: one of the lowest population densities in the world, one of the most rain-deprived countries in the world (like none), one of the least blessed by economic resources, a sad history, and so forth. But nowhere in the article will you find the name that Namibia went by for centuries: THE SKELETON COAST. Getting people to stop calling you The Skeleton Coast is a good job of PR. There's just something about the name The Skeleton Coast that puts people off, don't you think? Sterling K. Webb --- - Original Message - From: Dave Freeman mjwy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Namibia: So Much Potential But Not Enough Funds (Hoba Meteorite) Sounds like a great tourist destination, a big rock, alcoholics and drug addicts, crime, town in debt up to their ears, danger of electricity amd water being turned off, high unemployment, and a large military presence. Well pack my bags! Poorly thought out release by Mr. Kangueehi, maybe the spoof and phish people will move to Namibia for the new center of commerce. Dave F. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Namibia: So Much Potential But Not Enough Funds (Hoba Meteorite)
Sounds similar to the first met-list take on Park Forest, if you replace the word military with police, lol. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:53:43 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Namibia: So Much Potential But Not Enough Funds (Hoba Meteorite) Sounds like a great tourist destination, a big rock, alcoholics and drug addicts, crime, town in debt up to their ears, danger of electricity amd water being turned off, high unemployment, and a large military presence. Well pack my bags! Poorly thought out release by Mr. Kangueehi, maybe the spoof and phish people will move to Namibia for the new center of commerce. Dave F. Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list KEEP SPYWARE OFF YOUR COMPUTER - Protect your computer with Spyware Terminator! Visit http://www.spywareterminator.com/install and find out more! __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
