As an old time Oranjemunder I am tired of repeating myself.... Whilst there are large sections of the town that have improved, parks looking greener and a few play apparatus been repaired,the Golf course is starting to look grand again....the mind still boggles that on the MAIN ROAD into our town, the road which all visitors use to gain access to our streets.... the powers that be have made no efforts over the last two years to rectify the following spots....
I am not knocking the effort as I can see hosepipes being moved to areas where sprinklers cannot reach, but the areas below are main road areas and in dire need of attention.....
For what it's worth, the new idea of the circles on 5th, where the grass has been removed and planted in certain "peoples" areas.... well I foresee these circles becoming a dustbowl with a candle of a palmtree stuck in the middle.... hope I am proved wrong....
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... traffic circle....
This town is slowly starting to resemble the North of Namibia. Thouse in charge of maintaining and beautify our town doesn't now any better. If you age use to living in a dust bowl and harvesting your water out of a "GORRA", then how the hell are you going to know how to manage a town........ madashell
It saddens one to see how something that was neat and tidy falls apart . But As it happens – things grow , and run for a time , and eventually come to a end - sadly Oranjemund is also on the downward side of the hill . Allow me to give a short history of CDM : Years ago 18 small screening plants were constructed . most ran for 15 or more years before being closed down. The ground from these plants were transported by rail to the central washing plant [now no 4 plant] During 1953 , grease belts were installed to treat the concentrate . As the material from the screening plants increased , a new grease belt recovery section was commissioned in late 1959.
In 1964 a new heavy media separation plant was commissioned at no 4 plant . after testwork on the payability of conglomorate , the policy of treating at large plants became a fact . Eventually during 1968 , no 1 plant was constructed at 10H in the north . The screening plants were slowly phased out , and the last four closed down in 1978.
X ray sorters slowly replaced the grease belts , and this section treated its last gravel in 1975 after 16 years operation . No 2 plant was the third big plant with a capacity of 320 000 tons / month , was built at a cost of R14 million . and commissioned late 1975
Next was no 3 plant , being able to treat 280,000 tons / month was commissioned end 1977 at a cost of nearly R25 million . [ how’s that for escalation in cost vs 2 plant cost]
The next was 50G sampling plant . The decision to construct a plant that can treat the clay deposits were taken in 1974 , but construction was postponed to 1977 . The plant had a water reclaim dam.
The operating budget / costs for the plants during 1980 were roughly R15milion per month
After the plants were in service for about 25 - 30 years things began to decline – and what you see today is the result of the downscaling of operations. Hopefully Namdeb will find ways / & new deposits to remain in the Oranjemund area