The 34th Penguin Angling Club Angling Bonanza
The 34th Angling Bonanza hosted by Swakopmund-based Penguin Angling Club at the Henties Bay Sports Club in Hentiesbay on 26 December was once again a big success. The biggest angling festival in Namibia attracted many anglers at the coast to catch the Bonanza fish worth N$20 000 in cash with the big-gest kabeljou. Steenbras each […]
Bogey Plus at WBGC
Contributed The original plan was to only open the course on 15 January 2022 with the commit-tee against the members for the CHAIRMANS CUP. We note that a few members (might) need some practice so this Saturday there will be a club competition, Bogey Plus just to ensure that there can be no squealing afterwards […]
Philanthropic Muller gives back
The philanthropic Delano Muller recently donate a wheel-chair, a walker, soccer balls, goalkeeper equipment and soccer attire to Ricardo Haeseb, a disabled 14-year-old boy in Khorixas. Muller said he received a letter from Haeseb who lost his legs in an accident in early childhood, asking him for assistance of a wheelchair or prosthetic legs. Muller […]
Betts and Smalley crowned new Swakopmund Jetty Mile Champs
Max Betts and Molina Smalley are the new Pupkewitz Jetty Mile champions in the male and female categories respectively. Approximately 200 participants competed in the 15th edition of the Pupkewitz Jetty Mile that started at Tiger Reef, past the Jetty into a wide berth around the Mole and into the bay towards the Main Beach […]
CCTV cameras on B2 now operational
Sharlien Tjambari The interim phase of the Arandis Emergency Response and Traffic Management Centre (AERTMC) which controls the monitoring devices between Swakopmund and Usakos has kicked-off, the centre is now operational, and the CCTV cameras are working. The centre is located on a 4-hectare piece of land at the entrance of Arandis. AERTMC will […]
Arandis Emergency Response and Traffic Management Centre inaugurated
Sharlien Tjambari In her capacity as the road safety patron, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Relations and Co-operation, Nandi-Ndaitwah Netumbu inaugurated the Interim Arandis Emergency Response and Traffic Management Centre on Monday this week. Nandi-Ndaitwah said Namibia’s road safety performance has been of concern for both government and the road users through the […]
Follow road rules to arrive alive
Sharlien Tjambari The festive season public education campaign was launched on Friday, 3 December at the Swakopmund roadblock. The campaign aims to create awareness on road safety on the B2 Highway for the festive season. The public education campaign runs until 15 January 2022. According to Ambrosius Tierspoor, the Head of Communications at the National […]
NovaNam invests N$320 million in deep-sea trawlers
NovaNam, the community of Lüderitz and its stakeholders celebrated another milestone as they inaugurated two brand new deep-sea trawlers. The trawlers were acquired at the cost of N$ 320 million. MFV NovaNam One and MFV NovaNam Two are the second and third brand-new deep-sea fishing trawlers inaugurated at the Port of Lüderitz since Independence. The […]
Mayor of Swakopmund officially opens extended beach walkway
Sharlien Tjambari The Mayor of Swakopmund, Her Worship Cllr Louisa Kativa on behalf of the Swakopmund Town Council officially opened the extended beach walkway at the northern beach area across the Wurstbude restaurant in Vineta, to the public on Wednesday, 1 December. The now four meter wide, 8 km walkway was extended by one kilometer […]
Groundbreaking ceremony and launch of Park Management Plans
Rudi Bowe The Namibia National Parks Program co-financed by the Federal Republic of Germany through the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) via KfW Development Bank had a groundbreaking ceremony and launch of Park Management plans in the Cape Cross Seal Reserve, Erongo region on Thursday 2 December. The ceremony also covered the […]