Walvis Bay Port Users Association – the voice of an industry
Walvis Bay Corridor Group Established in 1994, with the idea to create a unified body to encourage and facilitate trade through the port, the Walvis Bay Port Users Association (WBPUA) has since become one of the major associations in logistics and supply chain. WBPUA forms the operational part of WBCG as it represents all entities […]
Chinese New Year also celebrated in Namibia
The Chinese New Year was celebrated on Tuesday (5 February). Chinese Namibians and expatriates also joined the celebrations and will continue with festivities into the weekend when it all ends with a colourful lantern festival. The New Year announced the beginning of the year of the pig. Celebrations include colourful street parades across the globe. […]
More learners at Flamingo Primary
Rudi Bowe With the influx of people to the urban areas learner enrollment increases annually a need for adequate educational infrastructure is needed to create a conductive learning and teaching environment. Flamingo Primary School (FPS) felt the influx in 2016 as there was a shortage of classrooms at the school and forced the school to […]
Shock over arrest of Corporate Services Manager, Andre Plaatjie
Cover-up of Evidence: Floris Steenkamp Not suspended at time of going to press…… “He is still at the office. The matter is dealt with internally”. These were the words by which Swakopmund municipal spokesperson Ailie Gebhard yesterday described the employment status of Andre Plaatjie in the wake of his arrest and first appearance in court […]
Swakopmund Residents Association’s newsletter
Swakopmund’s smartly paved pavements and streets add such a charm to our town, but when a repair is done, or an alteration made, then pavers are neatly stacked up on one side, and the work is done, but very rarely are the pavers replaced. Our town’s appearance is spoilt with these little piles of pavers […]
Moratorium On The Issuance Of Spectrum And Broadcasting Service Licenses
The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) is an independent regulator established in terms of Section 4 of the Commu-nications Act (No. 8 of 2009) (herein after referred to as the Act). CRAN is mandated to regulate telecommunication services and net-works, broad-casting services, postal services and the use and allocation of radio spectrum. In November […]
Cruise liner Musica ends her cruise on a “different note”
Floris Steenkamp Passengers on the MSC Musica, one of the passenger liners that were alongside in Walvis Bay on 16 January this year, saw their trip of a dream ending on a rather “different note” in Cape Town over the weekend. Strong winds prevented the ship from docking in Cape Town and it had to […]
Accident weekend
Eileen van der Schyff The driver of a Toyota Hilux lost his life after he lost control over his vehicle on the way from Swakopmund to Walvis Bay on Saturday night. The out of control car slammed head-on into an oncoming Range-Rover. A third car (Run-X), also traveling from Swakopmund to Walvis Bay slammed into […]
Tourist dies in car accident
Isaak Chikosi An American national is dead with three other foreign nationals severely injured after the vehicle they were travelling in overturned on Sunday. According to Erongo Regional Crime Investigations Coordinator, Deputy Commissioner Erastus Ikuyu, the 35-year-old driver lost control of the vehicle while driving from Omaruru to Swakopmund on the B-2 main road about […]
Not to be missed…..
The important role of microbes in the ecology of the Namib Desert will be under discussion in a presentation on 31 January this year at the Museum Swakopmund. The public is invited to attend this most informative presentation that is presented by Robert Logan, currently a PhD Candidate in Dr Sarah Evans’s Lab at Michigan […]