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03/03/2017

JOB OPENING

CIVIL ENGINEER

Job Duties
Civil engineers typically do the following:
• Analyze survey reports, maps, and other data to plan projects
• Consider construction costs, government regulations, potential environmental hazards, and other factors in planning stages
• Test soils to determine the adequacy and strength of foundations
• Test building materials, such as concrete, asphalt, or steel, for use in particular projects
• Provide cost estimates for materials, equipment, or labor to determine a project’s economic feasibility
• Use design software to plan and design transportation systems, hydraulic systems, and structures in line with industry and government standards
• Oversee, or participate in, surveying to establish reference points, grades, and elevations to guide construction
• Present their findings to the public on topics such as bid proposals, environmental impact statements, or property descriptions
Career Overview
Civil engineers design, construct, supervise, operate, and maintain large construction projects and systems, including roads, buildings, airports, tunnels, dams, bridges, and systems for water supply and sewage treatment. Many civil engineers work in design, construction, research, and education.

DUTIES
Civil engineers typically do the following:
• Analyze survey reports, maps, and other data to plan projects
• Consider construction costs, government regulations, potential environmental hazards, and other factors in planning stages and risk analysis
• Compile and submit permit applications to local, state, and federal agencies verifying that projects comply with various regulations
• Perform or oversee soil testing to determine the adequacy and strength of foundations
• Test building materials, such as concrete, asphalt, or steel, for use in particular projects
• Provide cost estimates for materials, equipment, or labor to determine a project’s economic feasibility
• Use design software to plan and design transportation systems, hydraulic systems, and structures in line with industry and government standards
• Perform or oversee, surveying operations to establish reference points, grades, and elevations to guide construction
• Present their findings to the public on topics such as bid proposals, environmental impact statements, or property descriptions
• Manage the repair, maintenance, and replacement of public and private infrastructure
Many civil engineers hold supervisory or administrative positions ranging from supervisor of a construction site to city engineer. Others work in design, construction, research, and teaching. Civil engineers work with others on projects and may be assisted by civil engineering technicians.
Education and Training
Civil engineers need a bachelor’s degree.

EDUCATION
Civil engineers must first complete a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or one of its specialties.

IMPORTANT QUALITIES
Decision-making skills. Civil engineers often balance multiple and frequently conflicting objectives, such as determining the feasibility of plans with regard to financial costs and safety concerns. Urban and regional planners often look to civil engineers for advice on these issues.
Leadership skills. Civil engineers take ultimate responsibility for the projects or research that they perform. Therefore, they must be able to lead surveyors, construction managers, civil engineering technicians, and others to implement their project plan.
Math skills. Civil engineers use the principals of calculus, trigonometry, and other advanced topics in mathematics for analysis, design, and troubleshooting in their work.
Organizational skills. Only licensed civil engineers can sign the design documents for infrastructure projects. This makes it imperative that civil engineers be able to monitor and evaluate the work at the job site as a project progresses to assure compliance with design documents.
Problem-solving skills. Civil engineers work at the highest level of planning, design, construction, and operation of multi-faceted projects or research with many variables that require the ability to evaluate and resolve complex problems.
Writing skills. Civil engineers must be able to communicate with other professionals, such as architects, landscape architects, and urban and regional planners. This means that civil engineers must be able to write reports clearly so that people without an engineering background can follow.

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19/09/2016

23/06/2016

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06/06/2016

Mayor of Ondangwa Paavo Amwele allowed evicted street vendors to return to prohibited areas after a council meeting had decided to evict them. Last week Tuesday Ondangwa Town Council representatives gave street vendors selling at prohibited areas alongside the main road a 24-hour ultimatum to vacate...

02/06/2016

The Katima Mulilo Town Council yesterday issued stern warnings to squatters who refuse to demolish illegal clay huts. The council’s chief executive officer, Charles Nawa, told Namibian Sun that the illegal huts cannot be tolerated anymore as they are harming the town’s image. Nawa said most of the h...

31/05/2016

Green fingers for profit
Submitted by NamibianSun on Mon, 2016-05-30 01:00

Hendrik Joseph Morosi has been at the helm of the Otjiveg garden project since 2013 through sheer grit and determination.
Although the journey from when he first conceived the idea four years ago, to the present, has at times been strewn with obstacles, he says it has been worth it.
“When I first started, I didn’t really know how to do it. It was very difficult. But I had a deep desire and by doing it, I got a lot of experience and training, so at least I learned a lot.”
Morosi says he loves working in the garden, a job that requires patience, amongst other characteristics, and it’s a rare day when he does not have something to do.
“Plants are like children, you always have to check if they are hungry, do they need water?” he explained. He lives on the property, away from his family, in order to supervise the garden and equipment on a daily basis.
Morosi’s passion is not only for the garden and, the Otjiveg project, but also for the community.
“I want to show the community, especially the young ones, that you can do something on your own. Don’t just look for a job. You can do it on your own.”
Morosi hails from the fertile shores of the Okavango River, and when he moved to Otjiwarongo, looking for a job, the idea of a fresh produce project came to him.
“I saw people were selling vegetables, but they were not producing them, rather buying them from Tsumeb,” he explained.
Now, close to three years after establishing the garden on a small plot on the outskirts of Otjiwarongo, which was made available to him by the municipality of Otjiwarongo through a tender process, Morosi and members of the Otjiveg garden project are producing a large variety of vegetables and some fruit. Their seasonal produce includes sweet potatoes, onions, maize, green peppers and beets, sugar cane, cabbage, tomatoes, spinach, water melon and paw-paw.
A variety of chilies are their “best sellers”. But the Otjiveg garden project continues to invest in new products of which the young grape plants and “village” chickens are just the first steps.
The garden project, which Morosi runs alongside several members, hopes to continue to spark the interest of the community, to join them or become regular customers.
It has not always been smooth sailing for the Otjiveg project however and many challenges remain.
Morosi and 13 co-members started the project in 2013. By mid-2015, he was the only one left, as many left due to a variety of frustrations linked to lack of income, crops destroyed to weather and other ailments, establishing a reliable market, and production and transport costs among other things.
The first order of business, in September 2013, was to clear the plot, which required a daily 7-kilometer walk, in the height of summer, to the plot, which also lacked a water connection. The grueling work took four months to complete.
Despite the struggles, Morosi tried to share his vision. “It’s not one day, or one year, you have to look at the bigger picture,” adding “I had a very clear picture. There was a lot of potential,” he said.
He agreed that it was tough in the first years, as they had to knock on a lot of doors for support, including equipment, water, seeds, and most importantly, the knowledge.
Eventually, the doors did start opening. Training and fencing was provided through the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Otjiwarongo municipality stepped in to provide water connections.
The first year was a steep learning curve for the group, but ultimately Morosi believes the year was a good one as “everyone picked up knowledge”.
In March 2014, with seeds donated through the Otjozondjupa regional constituency, the Otjiveg garden project produced its first fresh produce.
Morosi can list the numbers by memory, and they included 8 000 heads of maize, 2 500 spinach, 1 800 green peppers and 5 000 tomatoes.
Despite members leaving one by one, Morosi refused to give up.
Since mid-2015, 11 members have joined the project again.
Together with Morosi, they have developed the garden to include several large vegetable patches under shade cover, trees have been planted, a chicken coup has been added and one of the members makes furniture and baskets from the near-by growing reeds.
The group meets weekly to discuss issues and share information and plan the next steps. Everyone gets a cut of the profits after produce is sold, through one of the street vendors or at a monthly farmer’s market or regular customers

30/05/2016

Drought refugees invade Otjiwarongo
Submitted by NamibianSun on Mon, 2016-05-30 01:00


The Otjiwarongo Town Council is gearing up to take drastic action against 100 illegal drought-stricken farmers and their families, who have been settling on town land since April, along with at least 2 000 cattle and hundreds of small stock.
Municipality CEO Ismael /Howoseb, confirmed that the increasing illegal presence of drought-afflicted farmers and their families, “has gotten out of control”.
He added that the unsupervised livestock poses serious health risks to residents, while also endangering motorists.
The presence of the livestock also flouts laws that prohibit animals from roaming in the town.
In addition, complaints have streamed in from residents, who question the presence and impact of these people.
He said as of next week, farmers will be issued with written warnings to remove their livestock and to sensitise them about the town’s existing laws.
In addition, the municipality plans to issue steep fines for water usage, among other things.
It will also move to impound the animals if no action is forthcoming.
“It is non-negotiable. The people who are illegally here should go back from where they came.
“It is prohibited to accommodate livestock in towns, so we cannot tolerate this situation anymore,”
/Howoseb said.
In response to questions about where the farmers would have to go to, he said: “It is not the responsibility of the municipality to take care of someone’s livestock and to resettle people. That is not part of our mandate.”
Dozens of makeshift tent homes dot the fringes of the town, adjacent to thorn bush cattle kraals.
And more people are on their way, he warned.
According to reports, the drought refugees had held a meeting of several villages, which had identified Otjiwarongo as a prime grazing spot.
“It’s now a problem for us,” he said.
/Howoseb said none of the farmers have applied for the necessary permits and have not approached the town council to discuss settling on the town land.
One of the farmers, who asked that his name be withheld, told Namibian Sun he has been grazing his animals near Otjiwarongo for close to a month.
The farmer said he trekked his family and cattle on foot from Ovihitua, situated in the Omaruru area, over a number of days.
“I left because of the drought, my cows were dying,” he said.
In response to the possible threat of eviction, he said he did not know where to go.
“It’s a bad situation,” he said.
He admitted that he had attended meetings during which farmers agreed to head towards the outskirts of Otjiwarongo, and that several other farmers were set to follow suit.
Newman Ozuuko, a 20-year-old herder whose entire family has settled outside Otjiwarongo, said his family walked for five days from Omaruru to reach the town.
He said the drought at his home has been “really bad for three years now”, and said his family was relieved when they found grazing in their new, temporary home

30/05/2016

26/05/2016

26/05/2016

Mutorwa calls for Meat Industry Act proposals
Submitted by NamibianSun on Mon, 2016-05-23 01:00

Agriculture Water and Forestry Minister John Mutorwa has requested stakeholders in the meat industry to submit written proposals for amendments to the Meat Industry Act by 17 June.
In a directive that was sent to among others the Meat Board of Namibia, Meatco, the Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU), the Agro-Marketing Trading Agency (AMTA) and the Namibia National Farmers Union (NNFU), Mutorwa said that these organisations had to study the current Act and submit their proposals directly to his office for consideration.
Mutorwa said the proposals should be geared towards strengthening and updating the current legislation.
He said that the Meat Industry Act 1981 was gazetted on 4 August 1981, and 35 years down the line, it urgently requires revision, updating and the appropriate amendments.
“The issue of creating a viable and vibrant domestic market for Namibian agricultural products, inclusive of meat products, is one that requires serious and urgent attention, as well as inclusion in the proposed Amendment Bill.”
He further pointed out that the required amendments must, however, be practically relevant, and ensure that the government’s policy objectives in its policy documents, such as Vision 2030, the Namibia Agricultural Policy and others, are properly accommodated in the Meat Industry Amendment Bill.
After being considered by Mutorwa, the proposals will be sent to the Cabinet Committee on Legislation and then to the legal drafters, before eventually being presented to Parliament during the last quarter of this year or early next year