14 November - 20 November 2013
Road to the South... rugged and beautiful
INFORMANTÉ |3
Diamond Festival 2013 bigger and better
“Celebrating our Diamonds, Our People, Our Environment”
THE third Oranjemund Diamond Festival,
bigger and better than in previous years, is
to take place from the 28th to the 30th of this
month.
However, the Miss Diamond Pageant will already be held on 23 November and the guest
of honour will be Miss Namibia 2013, Paulina
Malulu.
Miss Diamond 2013 is a community event
and the winner will serve as a role model for
young women. She will engage young women
in her community on social issues, particularly
the increasing cases of baby dumping.
Miss Diamond 2013 will also use her title to
mobilise resources by soliciting sponsorships
and hosting fundraisers to reach out to neighbouring vulnerable areas in the //Kharas Region.
This annual event started in 2011 under the
banner of the now defunct Oranjemund Town
Management Company which had to prepare
the town for proclamation.
The following year the event was held under
the auspices of the newly-elected Town Council
and people started to have a bigger say in activities for the festival.
A committee was set up under the chairman-
ship of Francis Milomo, with specific objectives
in mind. “These include the marketing of Oranjemund, celebrating the diversity at the town
and unleashing of the business potential at the
town by inviting other companies to participate
in the event. The business potential at Oranjemund has not been fully developed yet,” said
Milomo.
He described the town as a jewel, citing as
reasons for it, the close proximity to South
Africa as the biggest business partner of
Namibia, the Orange River to the South of the
town, the Atlantic Ocean in the West and the
Namib Desert bordering the town in the South.
“Therefore, Oranjemund is situated ideally to
host the Diamond Festival and this year for the
first time cut and polished diamonds will also be
for sale at the event,” Milomo announced.
The theme of this year’s event is “Celebrating
our Diamonds, Our People, Our Environment”
and will be filled with music and business and
food stalls.
The Town Council will host a gala dinner on
28 November, while companies will start exhibiting their products and services the next day.
“Our annual Christmas lights will also be
switched on that evening and the Southern
Youth Choir will entertain the people with carols,” said Milomo.
The activities on 30 November will start with
a business breakfast hosted by the local NCCI
and guest speaker will be Mr David Nuyoma,
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