Tax Haven Oranjemund!

[Michael Alexander]

From another good source, there are two fairly wealthy people, one from the republic and the other from Dubai, a Sheik (some prince or other) that are in the process of presenting the Namibian government a proposal to develop/proclaim Oranjemund a Tax Haven....

This sounds far fetched, but the Sheik flew into Namibia about 4 weeks back, and is due to return in the next two weeks,

This is gonna be an interesting story.... I'll keep you updated......

Oh... the minister of Justice was in town this weekend, had the pleasure of sitting with her in the office at Spar today, discussed training of her workers in the North, She has a butchery and abattoir up there.... she also was one of the big ladies that actually fought with an AK47 in the bushwar.... nice lady to meet, good sense of humour....

just thought I'd share a part of my day.,.....

[Mike Stenson (RIP)]

time to dump your good source michael

[Dalene Steenkamp (Coetzee)]

On a light note then:  seems this minister is truly able to "justify" the current undoings of the wrong done things in the past by way of handeling things:  Methods applicabe:

take up your AK47
load it
take aim
pull the trigger

Outcome:

bullets will come flying out
people will scatter and fall down (some dead, some wounded, some totally missed)
the wrongs will be right
and even if not  -
you will have the attention of most about how you would like things done your way


Should that bit not read  -

I am the Sheik Abdullah and thanks heaven, I have found a place like Oranjemund where I can make millions more .....\



Hoooooohraaahhhh

[Michael Alexander]

..... and the circus might come to town... I saw the papers concerning this tax haven adventure, there is a few highly qualified international people on them..... I cannot see it happening, but some do.....

[Patricia Lotte]

Mike, do you know the name of the Sheikh who's shown interest in Oranjemund? I haven't heard anything about this, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least. I hope for everyone's sake that it doesn't go ahead, coz that would be the end of Oranjemund for non UAE nationals. They will transform it into a paradise destination for the elite.

Check out the attached article. It says a lot about their priorities in life.

[Michael Alexander]

Patricia, I'll give you the SHeiks name later today... and yes, what you say is true... my Source said the exact thing... A tax Haven for the Super Rich, The Arabs also want to build a Yacht harbour along the coast..... this all sounds very far fetched, but I've seen some papers and know for a fact that a presentation is going to be made to parliament in the next few weeks......

[Patricia Lotte]

The mentality here is that nothing is impossible. Anything's possible if you have the money and cheap labour. Go online and check out the different projects in Dubai, man-made islands such as The Palm, The World, and soon The Universe, indoor ski slope (that one I enjoy). The motto here is 'we do bigger, better and higher than anywhere esle'.

[Michael Alexander]

I saw the licence plate story on CNN..... what a waste of money... I also saw a lot on the discovery channel about the Palms project, I would'nt buy there....don't trust the man-made land on the water....

[Patricia Lotte]

I agree with you. I wouldn't buy either. The main Palm Islands is just opposite my office window and yes, it looks great. But we all know that it will sink one day. Hope I'm very far away when that does happen!

[Michael Alexander]

@Patricia ... here is the name.... Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed al - Nahayan

Is he somebody?

[Patricia Lotte]

Oooooooooh yes ... he is one of the many sons of the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nayhan, the ex-president of the UAE who passed away about 2 years ago. He was a great and very humble man who did a lot for this country. The Al Nayhan family rules in Abu Dhabi, and only an Al Nayhan can be president of the UAE (the Maktoums rule in Dubai and get second place as Vice-President of the UAE). So it is an Abu Dhabi sheikh who's looking at ruling in Namibia then! Not that it makes any difference really.

[Michael Alexander]

Is he anything like his father, morals, humble man... I see he is a millitary background...I found a link:

http://www.adfd.ae/sheikh-mohammad-en.htm

[Patricia Lotte]

Can't say really. The 'younger' generation doesn't have the same values as their elders.

[Michael Alexander]

Kinda like Georgswa and Georg Jnr.....?   :emot19:

[georg ruf jr.]

Carefull Mikey! you're even younger than me....