Oranjemund in the AZ, interview with Michael Alexander

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

http://www.az.com.na/lokales/-and-die-stadt-ist-totenstill-and.85449.php

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

Our Michael had an interview....
Now if only I could understand it. 

[Barbara Eia (Brownless)]

Well done Mike

Dont know if it translated properly....Did try though..LOL


The city is dead quiet " Way course from Oranjemund: Does mine place become the spirit city? The workers' housing estate Oranjemund threatens to become the spirit city: Over 200 families left the mining industry place, stand hundred houses empty, some small businesses closed or this shortly will do. But there is a glimmer of hope. Windhoek/Oranjemund - ,,it does not see at all well out ", said Mike Alexander, market leader of Oranjemund saves, yesterday in the AZ-discussion. Its conversions sank since at the beginning of of April by 50 per cent - only 40 its originally 72 employees would have kept their job. Also some further enterprises suffer from the production stop of the diamond company Namdeb. This had sent all mine workers on 1 April for three months in obligation vacation, in order to save costs (AZ reported). Approximately 1400 miners would have left, said the locality Toivo Nambala of the Karas Regionalrat. Among them also the commercial world would suffer. ,,The city is further dead quiet ", explained Alexander. According to it at present five business is offered for the sale - it gives however no buyers. ,,Several small businesses made already close or announced to close shortly. The conversion is drastically pleases. "Also the Oranjemund save fights around surviving: ,,I cannot pay my rent for May. "The owner of a restaurant made, continued to say a conversion of six Namibia dollar in one week Alexander. The owner of an Franchise enterprise cannot pay its employees any longer. Also the company Sodexho Catering quit the personnel to reduce to have and to approximately 60 employees. According to Alexander hundred houses stand empty - and daily further families the place were left. ,,Oranjemund will never again like that be like in former times. "It prevails a depressive tendency. The roads are as empty-swept: ,,Many leave Oranjemund, in order to look elsewhere for better possibilities. It is really depressing. I am recently with my family walk gone and thereby only another person, one Bakkie and nine Oryxantilopen saw. One sees meanwhile more game than humans in Oranjemund ", thus Alexander. But the manager sees a glow of hope: ,,The vacations are soon to end and I have the feeling, in the business it again will then upward go. "Besides give it some citizens, who see still potential. The situation at the Oranje river guarantees nevertheless sufficiently water. Besides some students of the University of place bosch would have started a farm project. Alexander wants to remain further and hopes for the best: ,,Hopefully the business goes starting from May again upward, otherwise... I do not want to remember at all, how it continues to go otherwise. " Councillor Toivo Nambala sees the situation differently: ,,The whole world was met by this crisis and we to suffer like others. "According to it Oranjemund will not transform nevertheless to a spirit city. ,,The whole city belongs to Namdeb. The company must sell the houses and loosen the entrance regulations. Then come more people here ", said he and added: ,,The citizens want to create property. I live since here 1968 and must rent my dwelling still. "

[georg ruf jr.]

Our Michael had an interview....
Now if only I could understand it.

You only have to read it sweetheart!!