{"id":262712,"date":"2019-04-04T17:30:08","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T15:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=262712"},"modified":"2019-04-04T17:39:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T15:39:00","slug":"man-dies-after-buried-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=262712","title":{"rendered":"Man dies after buried alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marthina Mutanga<br \/>\nA 37-yar-old man on Wednesday died after he was buried alive while sand mining at Koblens in the Okakarara district.<br \/>\nThe man, Tjombao Tjiuru, was digging sand for the purpose of building when the sand gave in and he fell into the trench.<br \/>\nPolice spokesperson for the Otjozondjupa Region, Maureen Mbeha, confirmed the incidents, adding that the next of kin have been informed.<br \/>\n\u201cHe was buried alive under the sand,\u201d explained Mbeha.<br \/>\nThe Ministry of Environment and Tourism Chief Public Relation\u2019s Officer, Romeo Muyunda, said while the matter is sensitive as someone died while sand mining, it is equally important that rules be adhered to during sand mining activities.<br \/>\nMuyunda said sand is extracted on a daily basis to meet the demand of the sector but that is mostly uncoordinated.<br \/>\nAccording to Muyunda, to protect the environment and achieve sustainable development, all projects deemed to have adverse impacts on the environment require an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), as per the country\u2019s Environmental Management Act No 7 of 2007.<br \/>\n\u201cSand mining is one of such activities that require an EIA before it can be undertaken. Unfortunately, this legal requirement seems not to be understood by some communities in our country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_262715\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 1000px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262715\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/357374.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/357374.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/357374-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/357374-768x471.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picture: Sand mining for illustrative purposes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marthina Mutanga A 37-yar-old man on Wednesday died after he was buried alive while sand mining at Koblens in the Okakarara district. The man, Tjombao Tjiuru, was digging sand for the purpose of building when the sand gave in and he fell into the trench. Police spokesperson for the Otjozondjupa Region, Maureen Mbeha, confirmed the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":262715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Man dies after buried alive - Informant\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A 37-yar-old man on Wednesday died after he was buried alive while sand mining atKoblens in the Okakarara district.The man, Tjombao Tjiuru, was digging sand for the purpose of building when the sandgave in and he fell into the trench.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=262712\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Man dies after buried alive - 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