GOVERNMENT GAZETTE OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA N$3.54 WINDHOEK- 31 August 1998 No. 1940 CONTENTS Page PROCLAMATIONS No. 15 Change of boundaries of certain regions: Regional Councils Act, 1992 ......... No. 16 Re-division of certain regions into constituencies: Regional Councils Act, 1992 .......................................................................................................... 7 Proclamations by the PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA No. 15 1998 CHANGE OF BOUNDARIES OF CERTAIN REGIONS: REGIONAL COUNCILS ACT, 1992 In terms of section 5(3 )(b) of the Regional Councils Act 1992 (Act No. 22 of 1992) and pursuant to the report of The Second Delimitation Commission on Determination - of Regions and Constituencies, dated 3 August 1998, which has been accepted by me, I hereby make known that - .. 2 Government Gazette 31 August 1998 No. 1940 (a) the boundaries of the following Regions as described in Proclamation No.6 of 1992, have changed, namely, • Region No. 1: Kunene Region • Region No. 2: Omusati Region • Region No.3: Oshana Region • Region No. 5: Oshikoto Region • Region No. 6: Okavango Region • Region No.7: Caprivi Region; and (b) the name of the "Okavango Region" has changed to "Kavango Region". The definition of the new boundaries of the regions referred to in paragraph (a) above are as set out in the amendments effected to the First Schedule to Proclamation No. 6 of 1992 by the Schedule to this Proclamation. Given under my Hand and the Seal of the Republic of Namibia at Windhoek this 31st day of August, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-eight. SAMNUJOMA President BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT-IN-CABINET SCHEDULE The First Schedule to Proclamation No. 6 of 3 March 1992 is ameded as set out in this Schedule: 1. The following paragraph is substituted for the paragraph titled "REGION NO 1: KUNENE REGION" contained in that First Schedule : "REGION NO. 1 : KUNENE REGION comprising the area bounded as follows : Beginning in the middle of the mouth of the Kunene River upstream along the middle of the said river in a general easterly direction to a point with system 22115 approximate co-ordinate X -508 000, thence in grid direction 270°00'00" to the Ruacana Rest Camp at approximate co-ordinates Y +83 000 and X -508 000, excluding the rest camp from the region , thence in a southerly, south­ westerly, southerly, south-easterly, southerly and south-westerly direction along the middle of a road to the Ombarandu Border check point, at approximate co­ ordinates Y +90 600 and X -461 700, to include Ombarandu in the region, thence in a general south-easterly direction for approximately 33 kilometres along the middle of a road to the Ombombo Border check point at approximate co-ordinates Y + 76 000 and X -442 000, thence in a southerly direction along the middle of the Ruacana-Kamanjab main road to the north-eastern comer - beacon of the farm Kowares 276 to include the said farm in the region, thence in a general southerly, easterly, northerly, westerly, northerly, easterly, southerly and easterly direction along the western and southern boundaries of the Etosha National Park, to the north-eastern comer beacon of the farm Monty 329, thence in a general southerly direction along the boundaries of the following farms in succession so as to include these farms in the region; Monty 329, Spaatzhu ..• 761, Zhukov Oos 762, Michael347, Elf 361, Nissen 357 and Klein Huis 174, No. 1940 Government Gazette 31 August 1998 3 to the easternmost corner beacon of the last -mentioned farm; thence in a south­ westerly direction along the boundaries of the following farms in succession so as to exclude these farms from the region; Belvedere 198, Goedbegin 197, Fresnaye 196, Homestead 205, Wembley 203, Jobos 169, Summerdown 168, Arcadia 320, Naribis 166, Rusthof 353, Bobbejaankrans 350, Schartzenfels 33, Karolsbrunn 35, Garfield 36, Ohange 421, Groenboom 37, Otjitoroa 56, Otjitoroa West 57, Otjisauna 58, Omakend Nord 59, Elim 92, Farm 696, Elim 92 and Hagenhof 91, to the westernmost corner beacon of the last-mentioned farm, thence in a north-westerly direction along the boundaries of the following farms in succession so as to include these farms in the region; Kabussemjama 90, Madagascar 89, Ehorongue 85, Omburo Ost 81, Omburo West 82 and Farm 84, to a point on the southern boundary of the last-mentioned farm intersects with the U gab River, thence downstream along the middle of the said river, to the mouth of the said river; thence along the line of the coast in a general north-westerly direction to the point of beginning.". 2. The following paragraph is substituted for the paragraph titled "REGION · NO. 2: OMUSATI REGION" contained in that First Schedule : "REGION NO. 2 : OMUSATI REGION comprising the area bounded as follows: Beginning at Boundary Beacon 1 on the Namibia!Angola border, in a general easterly direction along the said border to a point where it intersects the middle of the Shakambebes Oshana; thence in a general southerly direction along the middle of the said Oshana to a point with system 22115 co-ordinates Y -69 500 and X -479 000, thence in a general south-westerly direction in a straight line to a point where the middle of the Etaka Oshana intersects the line of latitude 18°02'00" S, thence in a general south-easterly direction along the middle of the last-mentioned Oshana to a point where the line of latitude 18°09'00" S intersects with line oflongitude 1S030'00" E, thence in a southerly direction in straight line to a point where line of latitude 18°39'00" S intersects with line of longitude 15°34'00" Eon the northern boundary of the Etosha National Park, thence in a general westerly direction along the said boundary to a point in the middle of a road at approximate co-ordinates Y-57 000 and X-368 000; thence in a general south-westerly direction along middle of the said road to a T­ junction at approximate co-ordinate X-358 500; thence along the middle of the fork in a general south-easterly, southerly and south-westerly direction to a T-junction at approximate co-ordinate X-331 400; thence in a south-easterly direction along the middle at the Otjovasandu-Okaukuejo road to aT-junction at approximate co-ordinate Y-63 500; thence along the middle of the fork in a general westerly direction to aT-junction at approximate co-ordinate Y-33 500; thence in a general southerly direction along the middle of the fork to the north-eastern corner beacon of the farm Safari 663; thence in a westerly, southerly, easterly, southerly, westerly and northerly direction along the southern - and western boundaries of the Etosha National Park, thence in a general northerly direction along middle ofRuacana-Kamanjab main road to the north­ eastern corner beacon of the Kowares 276 to exclude the said farm from the region; thence along the middle of the said road to the Ombombo Border check point at approximate co-ordinates Y + 76 000 and X-442 000; thence in a general north-westerly direction along a road for approximately 33 kilometres to the .~ Ombarandu Border check point at approximate co-ordinates Y +90 600 and X- 4 Government Gazette 31 August 1998 No. 1940 46 1700; thence along the middle of a road in a north-easterly, northerly, north­ westerly, northerly, north-easterly and northerly direction to the Ruacana Rest Camp at approximate co-ordinates Y +83 000 and X-508 000; thence in grid direction 90°0'00" to a point in the middle of the Kunene River at co-ordinate X -508 000; thence in a northerly direction along the middle of the said river to the point of beginning.". 3. The ·following paragraph is substituted for the paragraph titled "REGION NO.3: OSHANA REGION" contained in that First Schedule: "REGION NO. 3 : OSHANA REGION comprising the area bounded as follows : Beginning at a point in the middle of the Shakambebe Oshana with system 22/ 15 co-ordinate Y -69.500 and X -479 000, thence in a general easterly direction in a straight line to a point where the line of latitude 17°41'20" S intersects the line of longitude 16°00'00" E; thence in a southerly direction in a straight line to the south-eastern comer beacon of the farm Ondangwa Town and Townlands 882; thence in a southerly direction in a straight line to a point where the line of latitude 18°0 1'00" S intersects the line of longitude 16°00'00" E in the middle of a road running in a south-western to north-eastern direction; thence in a general north-easterly direction along the middle of the said road for approximately 2 kilometres to a point where it intersects a road running in a northern to southern direction at the intersection of line of latitude 18°0 1'1 0" S and the line of longitude 16°00'45" E, thence in a general southerly direction along the middle of the last-mentioned road to the trigonometrical beacon Okaruku No. 156 at the intersection of line oflatitude 18°13'20" Sand the line of longitude 16°01'30" E; thence in a general south-westerly along the middle of the said road to a point where the line of latitude 18°18'30" S intersects the line of longitude 15°57'00"E; thence in a general southerly direction in the middle of the said road to a point where with co-ordinates Y -101 350 and X- 400 000, thence in a westerly direction along in a straight line to a point where with co-ordinate X -400 000 in the middle of the Ekuma Oshana; thence in a general southerly direction along the middle of the said Oshana to a point where it drains into the Etosha Pan with system 22117 at approximate co-ordinate Y + 102 500; thence in a south-westerly, southerly and south-easterly