Pupkewitz Megatech wins Corporate Bowles League
Rudi Bowe Pupkewitz Megatech is the Shield winners after they beat SUN Electrical Contractors in the final of the Sentrum Pharmacy Summer Bowls Corporate League, last Friday 12 November 2021 at Namib Park Club in Walvis Bay. Fouche’s end third and ARYSTEQ SPURS fourth in the Shield section. The Wooden Spoon in the Shield […]
FEI Jumping World Challenge
The Namibian Equestrian Federation held the first and second legs of the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) Jumping World Challenge from 5 to 7 November 2021 at the Reiterverein Swakopmund. A record number of Category A entries, had six athletes competing in the highest level this year with a further seven entries competed in Category B […]
Rough seas foil the brave “Amphibian Namibian”
Rudi Bowe The former Namibian Paralympics swimmer Gideon ‘The Amphibian Namibian’ Nasilowski in the longest and most difficult challenge he has ever faced, braved the icy weather and water in Cape Town as part of his ongoing awareness campaign for disability not only in Namibia, but internationally. After 16-month of perpetration, The Amphibian Namibian on […]
Namibian National Rugby Jersey sold for N$200 000
Rudi Bowe The Namibian rugby jersey of local rugby player, Chad Plato that he wore at the 2019 Rugby World Cup was sold for N$200 000 at fundraising gala dinner held by the Board of Trustees of the Narraville Elderly Home on Friday, 12 November in Narraville Walvis Bay. The rugby jersey was bought by […]
“Overpaid” municipal employees bleeding Walvis Bay Municipality to death …
The Joint Walvis Bay Residents Association’s municipal councillor, Buddy Bramwell, is calling for municipal employees’ salaries to be cut by 20 % for the period 1 December 2021 to 30 June 2022. A motion to this effect was tabled by Councillor Bramwell at the monthly Council meeting on Tuesday night. Councillor Bramwell motivated his motion […]
Strong winds rips off sun shade at library
Exceptionally strong Southwesterly winds ripped off the sun shades of the Walvis Bay municipal library at the Civic Centre on Tuesday. Similar strong winds will prevail for the biggest part of November and even into December, playing havoc with structures that are not stable.
Swakopmund residents aim to strengthen food security
Sharlien Tjambari The Community Skills Development Foundation (COSDEF) Agricultural Project was launched last week Friday, 5 November. The project aims to promote agriculture, strengthen food security, and stimulate economic growth in Swakopmund through the establishment of an agricultural training and production centre. The COSDEF Agricultural Project which is situated at the Community Skills Development Centre […]
Senior Santa Shoe Box Project
Eileen van der Schyff Santa Shoe Box Project for the elderly is creating a little Christmas cheer for those in their twilight years, who has very little. The project calls for the Walvis Bay community to get involved towards this special gesture towards the so often forgotten elderly. This year’s Santa Shoe Box will especially […]
Erongo’s low vaccination rate a source of concern – Governer
Sharlien Tjambari Only 19 % of inhabitants of the Erongo Region have received their second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and a total of 27 % received the first dose. The Governor of Erongo, Neville Andre, during his weekly address to the media said these percentages are “unfortunate,” and that people need to make it […]
Loggerhead turtle rescued after washing ashore during spring tide
Eileen van der Schyff Seal scientists of France’s Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Mathilde Martin and Isabelle Charrier, contacted Ocean Conservation Namibia (OCN) after receiving information of a washed-out loggerhead turtle on the Pelican Point peninsula earlier this week. Antoine Amory and Naude Dryer of OCN responded and rescued the stricken marine mammal […]