Community structures, police reservists and police to strengthen working relationship
Sharlien Tjambari The Swakopmund Community Structures, Police Reservists and the Police gathered on Tuesday this week to discuss matters pertaining to crime, crime statistics and how to strengthen their working relationship and communication to successfully fight crime and protect the community. Addressing the community structures, the incoming Swakopmund Police Station Commander, Inspector Ruben Shapumba said […]
Mayor Forbes pays visit to sewer line project…..
Council recently appointed CSV Production Namibia for the upgrading of sewer lines in Pelican Road, Narraville. The contractor has started with upsizing components of the sewer pipes the use of conventional or the open trench method. Heavy earthmoving equipment, such as excavators, loaders, and Tractor-Loader-Backhoe are presently on-site. The project concludes in April 2022. Walvis […]
New rubbish bins installed
Residents of Walvis Bay will soon see brightly coloured concrete rubbish bins being installed across town. Workers of the municipality is seen here in Sam Nujoma Avenue offloading one of the bins. Once offloaded, the bins will receive a concrete floor inside. These concrete bins are replacing the traditional plastic bins mounted on metal poles. […]
Commercial explosives produced at Walvis Bay
Floris Steenkamp Namibia has taken yet another step forward towards self-reliance with the commissioning recently of an Ammonium Nitrate Emulsion Plant at Walvis Bay. The plant produces commercial explosives from ammonium nitrate, also known as ammonium nitrate emulsion. The mining- and construction industries are the biggest consumers of ammonium nitrate emulsion for blasting purposes. The […]
Entries open for Swakopmund Jazz Up Festival
Sharlien Tjambari The Swakopmund Municipality in collaboration with various sponsors invites all brass and big band musicians to become part of the first ever Swakopmund Jazz Up Festival, a workshop which will be held in Swakopmund from 12 to 20 November this year. According to Anette Kötting the goal of the Swakopmund Jazz Up Festival […]
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, […]