{"id":299209,"date":"2020-12-15T09:52:19","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T07:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=299209"},"modified":"2020-12-15T10:59:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T08:59:50","slug":"nwr-runs-the-risk-of-losing-privileges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=299209","title":{"rendered":"NWR runs the risk of losing privileges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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NAMIBIA Wildlife Resorts (NWR), the state-owned company that has been given custodianship of some of the country\u2019s best tourist attractions is running a serious risk of losing that privilege.<\/p>\n

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An infuriated Pohamba Shifeta, the Minister of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism, reacted to the sad state of affairs at the Namutoni Fort as well as the situation at other resorts where piles of rubbish threaten to overrun operations.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe old fort at Namutoni is a National heritage site and should never have been allowed to fall into such a state of dilapidation. Somebody must be held responsible for the chaos at some of these resorts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Shifeta said the situation at some of the resorts in the custodianship of the NWR is unacceptable.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are doing our level best at government level to ensure that the tourism revival initiative will help to kick-start the national economy while employees and officials have done nothing to assist with the effort. During the time that our borders were closed and we had no international visitors, the people responsible had months to clean up, repair, and prepare but nothing happened. We cannot allow this status quo to continue indefinitely,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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