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The Tsumeb Copper Festival ]]

For those of as that are familiar to the Windhoek Show the Tsumeb Copper Festival is the idea place to be. Buzzing with entertainment and showcases for both young and elderly individuals. This annual event that similar to the Windhoek show gives the towns people the ability to showcase their talent and business skills to the visitor’s from and to follow Namibians as well.

The following event program demonstration what the festival signified in the past Program of Events
24 Sep 2005 20h00 Mr. and Ms. Copper at the Tsumeb Country Club 29 Sep 2005 16h00 Official Opening by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Namibia - President Pohamba at the United Nations Park 20:00 Performance by: PHURA at Opawa Junior Secondary School 30 Sep 2005 10h30 Tsumeb Country Club Ongopolo Stakeholder Briefing 12h00 Stalls opening & trading commences in the UN Park 16h00 Procession of Floats down Main Street with the Namibian Defence Force Brass Band 17h00 Official Welcome by the Mayor of Tsumeb 17h00 Cultural Dancing at the United Nations Park 18h00 Slide Show by the Tsumeb Museum German Church Hall 19h00 Supper at the Main Tent in the park 19h00 Battle of the DJ's DJ Hermand and DJ Hango Main Stage United Nations Park - until very late 01 Oct 2005 07h00 Lion's Bicycle Race in the park 08h00 Breakfast at the Main Tent in the park 09h30 Bicycle race for under 10s around the park 09h30 Tricycle race for under 6 years in the park 10h00 Slide Show by the Tsumeb Museum German Church Hall 10:00 Live Performances in the park hosted by NBC Radio 11h00 Lion's Bosses Run in Main Street 12h00 Announcement of the stall winners by the Festival Committee at the Copper Festival Tent 13h00 Lunch at the Main Tent in the park 14h00 "Karmesse" Race around the Park 14h30 Slide Show by the Tsumeb Museum German Church Hall 17h00 Major evening performance- JP Ratledge Stadion Gates open for Live performances by - Irene Van Wyk- "The Voice" Jan Veerman - member of BZN 66 Reunion Band Maribelle - Music Performer from Netherland Dennis East - SA Music Performer 20h00 DJ Hango Live Performance in the park 20h00 Jazz Masters Live Performance in the park 02 Oct 2005 09h00 Church Service in the park

As you see this event accommodates everyone. Overtime the events have has become better generating more exposures to the town for potential business investor and the town makes good profit.

For information regarding this year’s festival contact
TSUMEB COPPER FESTIVAL Mr. Julius Gaeseb Tel: 067 221056/0811460166 Email: jgaeseb@tsumebmun.org.na Tsumeb 31 Oct-3 Nov 2012 • MTI Support SMEs with stand rental • MTI stand rental for information dissemination Mr. Nicky Iitula Tel: 061 2837283 • To sponsor SMEs participation in the local trade fair • To showcase their products/services and form business linkages

Different view regarding the festival
Written by Dan Kirchner Being in Tsumeb for the Copper Festival after all, so we decided to partake in the festivities. The central park was used for the venue and all kinds of tents and exhibits were set up while tunes were pumping. Arts and crafts, a demo put on by the mine and various vendors were set up for display. Some live music, dancing, soft ice-cream and cotton candy were all part of the merriment. His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Namibia, Hifikepunye Pohamba, was also giving a speech. Turns out the president spent a good part of his life in Tsumeb and even worked at the mine, many years ago.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE RECORDS HEALTHY RETURNS Author: Augetto Graig - Windhoek Tsumeb’s annual Copper Festival at the end of October and beginning of November last year helped restore the town’s image, and saw the corporate community lending a hand to add to the success. A recent chartered examination of the Tsumeb Copper Festival accounts shows that the organisers, led by Julius Gaeseb, were able to pocket the mining town a pretty penny late last year bringing home a neat N$68 000 clean profit on top of their modest opening balance of a little more than N$5 000. The balance brought forward to November 2011 for the town’s Copper Festival account with FNB was a healthy N$73 821.