{"id":36858,"date":"2022-12-31T08:51:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T08:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibias-national-capital-bans-individual-use-of-fireworks-to-usher-in-new-year"},"modified":"2022-12-31T08:51:44","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T08:51:44","slug":"namibias-national-capital-bans-individual-use-of-fireworks-to-usher-in-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibias-national-capital-bans-individual-use-of-fireworks-to-usher-in-new-year","title":{"rendered":"Namibia\u2019s national capital bans individual use of fireworks to usher in new year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, has cautioned the public not to display or discharge fireworks or firecrackers ahead of the upcoming New Year\u2019s Eve celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>The above acts are prohibited, the City of Windhoek said in an announcement Thursday, adding that the use of fireworks can cause annoyance, loss, injury, or danger to any person, animal, or traffic during the upcoming celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the municipal authority has a permit to discharge fireworks in a controlled manner during the New Year\u2019s Eve celebrations Saturday, according to the City of Windhoek.<\/p>\n<p>New Year\u2019s celebration is marked by a variety of activities in Windhoek.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, has cautioned the public not to display or discharge fireworks or firecrackers ahead of the upcoming New Year\u2019s Eve celebrations. The above acts are prohibited, the City of Windhoek said in an announcement Thursday, adding that the use of fireworks can cause annoyance, loss, injury, or danger [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":36857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-36858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Namibia\u2019s national capital bans individual use of fireworks to usher in new year - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibias-national-capital-bans-individual-use-of-fireworks-to-usher-in-new-year\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Namibia\u2019s national capital bans individual use of fireworks to usher in new year\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. 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