Body recovered from sewerage dam in North

THE Police at Oshakati have released the name of the man who drowned in a sewerage dam at the town last weekend.

He was 44-year-old Johannes Valentin from the Oshikango informal settlement in Oshakati West. Valentin’s body was recovered on Tuesday.He fell into the dam and drowned last week Saturday night while fishing there illegally.Residents told The Namibian that some people from Oshakati West sell the fish from the toxic sewerage dams to unsuspecting people in Oshakati or nearby villages.A spokesman for the Oshakati Municipality, Loth Nehemia, said this revelation had shocked the town council.He pointed out that it was very dangerous to eat fish from such polluted water.Nehemia said the council would put measures in place to stop the practice.Those who ignored the town’s health regulations would be dealt with harshly, as they were endangering the lives of others, he warned.Valentin’s body was recovered on Tuesday.He fell into the dam and drowned last week Saturday night while fishing there illegally.Residents told The Namibian that some people from Oshakati West sell the fish from the toxic sewerage dams to unsuspecting people in Oshakati or nearby villages.A spokesman for the Oshakati Municipality, Loth Nehemia, said this revelation had shocked the town council.He pointed out that it was very dangerous to eat fish from such polluted water.Nehemia said the council would put measures in place to stop the practice.Those who ignored the town’s health regulations would be dealt with harshly, as they were endangering the lives of others, he warned.