Gammams tragedy: ‘We loved Lucky so dearly’

Family members of a man whose body was found at a wastewater treatment plant in Windhoek on Sunday have described him as a quiet, hard-working man who largely kept to himself.

The deceased, known as 'Lucky', was identified as 47-year-old Euhudt Timbo.

“Lucky was a very quiet person. He was an introvert. He liked his own space and was not someone who would mingle in other people’s stuff,” his niece, Junessia Beukes, told Namibian Sun on Wednesday.

“He was a very hard-working person. He loved Tupac’s music a lot, and he also loved going to the gym.”

Beukes said both his parents predeceased him, and he leaves behind a daughter, as well as relatives who helped raise him.

She said the family last saw him on Sunday, 10 May, after he joined a group of young men sitting in the street in the Grysblok area.

“He went through an opening, and that’s the last we know of Lucky, and he never returned home,” she said.

She said the family was informed of his death on Monday morning.

“The police officer who called my father identified Lucky because they were going together to the gym. My father, grandmother, and family had to go to the mortuary to identify Lucky, and then they confirmed that it was him,” she said.

“We loved Lucky so dearly, and we will miss him so much," Beukes said.

Safe water

The discovery sparked concerns among residents about the safety of Windhoek’s drinking water supply.

City of Windhoek spokesperson Lydia Amutenya, however, said the remains were discovered during the initial stages of wastewater screening and would not affect the safety of potable water supplied to residents.