Walvis Bay Salt Refiners Junior Cricket Festival kicks off
Rudi Bowe The annual Walvis Bay Salt Refiners sponsored Junior Cricket Festival hosted by Cricket Namibia kicked off yesterday and will run until tomorrow 25 September at the harbour town. The three-day tournament kicks off on 23 September and will continue until 25 September and at various fields in Walvis Bay and Swakopmund. The schools […]
Blue Waters top on coastal league standing
The Coastal T20 cricket league defending champions Blue Waters 1 are on top of the 2021 Coastal T20 cricket league log standing with 6 points after four games with three wins and one losses. New kids on the block, Pro-Ed Old Boys Cricket Club (PEOBCC) 1 is second on the log with 4 points after […]
Young sport men and women off to World cup qualifiers
Cricket Namibian national under nineteen team the U19 Eagles and the under twenty women’s soccer team the Young Gladiators will represent the country at World cup qualifications. The U19 Eagles will participate in the 2022 ICC U19 World Cup Africa Qualifiers from 30 September to 7 October in Rwanda against Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, and host […]
The dream owning a house comes true
Rudi Bowe The dream owning a house has come true for the 121 families that have been living in tents after losing their homes in last year ‘s devastating Twolaloka fire in Kuisebmond Walvis Bay. The houses were constructed by the beneficiaries and the Namibia Shack dwellers Federation with government funds and through the Standard […]
Charcoal industry faces oversupply
The Namibia Charcoal Association (NCA) warned charcoal producers of a possible surplus situation developing in the market. The approaching surplus is mainly due to a lack of space on container ships bound for Europe. It is not a situation of charcoal overproduction, but the local stockpiles growing because it cannot be shipped fast enough. NCA […]
Carcass of juvenile Humpback whale washes ashore
The carcass of a juvenile Humpback whale washed ashore north of Langstrand earlier this week. According to information on the Facebook profile of the Namibian Dolphin Project, the migration route between the whale breeding area in the tropics, (Gabon-Congo-Angola) and the summer feeding grounds in the Antarctic, runs along the west coast of Southern Africa. […]
New Megabuild branch ready soon
The construction of the new branch of Pupkewitz Megabuild in Walvis Bay progresses well, and the grand opening is scheduled for the second week of December this year. This new branch will be more than 2 000 square metres in size (from the current 980 sqm). “We are immensely excited about our new branch taking […]
Old Mutual relaunches its Swakopmund branch
Floris Steenkamp Old Mutual Namibia’s life insurance business unit paid out N$1 billion in death claims since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the company’s short-term business unit, OMSIC, paid out N$35 million to insurable losses incurred by clients due to the Covid-19 lockdown. These figures were released last Thursday by Mr Lionel Kannemeyer, […]
Ryan Gordon sworn in as Councillor
Rudi Bowe The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) representative, Mr Ryan Gordon was sworn in as Town Councillor of Walvis Bay on Tuesday evening. Councillor Gordon hails from Narraville and is also known as a founding member of the Narraville Community Against Crime (NCAC). He replaces the late LPM Town Councillor Stanley Bikeur who died last […]
The B2 coastal road remains dangerous
Eileen van der Schyff The B2 coastal road remains dangerous, and only proper and safe driving will change this. This became evident once more on Saturday night when two accidents occurred on this stretch of road linking Walvis Bay and Swakopmund. Dangerous driving in the form of speeding, overtaking on a blind crests and generally […]