Probe commences into Magic Discounters fire
The Walvis Bay fire brigade leads an investigation into the possible cause of the fire which totally destroyed the Magic Discounters complex in the town’s central business district early on Monday morning. Meanwhile, the management of Magic Discounters cautioned the public against rumours that the store manager, Mr. Martin Cordier was arrested for arson. There […]
O&L Group takes rescue measures
“The devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the tourism industry in particular, and the commensurate mitigating measures taken by governments around the world whereby industry revenues collapsed, can be described as worse than the worst-case scenarios anticipated locally and globally”, says Norbert Wurm, Managing Director of O&L Leisure. In a statement issued on Wednesday, […]
Swakopmund traffic officer nabbed for soliciting bribe
A traffic officer of the Swakopmund municipality applied for bail in the town’s magistrate’s court yesterday, following his arrest earlier this month for soliciting a bribe from an unlicensed taxi driver. The owner of a taxi in Swakopmund allegedly on 2 July this year requested officer Namiseb to confiscate a taxi from a taxi driver, […]
Erongo’s mayors got the jab
The mayors of all of Erongo’s towns congregated at the Walvis Bay Covid-19 vaccination point of the Ministry of Health and Social Services recently to get their Covid-19 injections. The mayors called upon all eligible Namibians to get vaccinated, as this is the only way to achieve herd immunity and to free Namibia from the […]
Seaflower Pelagic Processing answers calls for blood donations
Namibia grapples with a serious blood shortage. This prompted the Namibia Blood Transfusion Service (NAMBTS) to call for existing and prospective blood donors to donate blood as a matter of urgency. In Walvis Bay the call did not fall on deaf ears. On Wednesday, a blood donation point was set up at Seaflower Pelagic Processing. […]
Meersig residents irked by their “filthy” neighbourhood
Eileen van der Schyff Discarded office equipment, building rubble, household trash and scraps of discarded food scavenged by vagrants are turning many parts of Walvis Bay’s once posh Meersig suburb into an unsightly place. That is according to residents who says action is needed in order to save this suburb’s image. Despite by-laws and pleas […]
Community greets its much beloved pharmacist – Adam Stutzer (1948 -2021)
Eileen van der Schyff Walvis Bay recently lost one of its pharmacists, Mr Adam Stutzer. Stutzer died on 4 July. He was the proprietor of the ABC Pharmacy at the Welwitschia MediPark and member of Walvis Bay’s highly respected medical- and pharmaceutical fraternity. The late Mr Stutzer’s spouse, Mrs Tirzah, gave a short overview of […]
Zoom meeting saves couple’s lives
The three men that allegedly attacked two senior citizens in their Ocean View home in Swakopmund on Tuesday morning made a first appearance in the Swakopmund magistrate’s court yesterday (Thursday) on charges of housebreaking and robbery with aggravating circumstances. They were identified as 36-year-old Andreas Kaushi (36), Stephanus Ivula (25) and Dorien Iyambo (21). The […]
Swakopmund Municipality to restore the DRC Fire Station
The Swakopmund Municipality, during the recent council meeting approved a request for the upgrading of the DRC Fire Brigade Station. The DRC Fire Station which was constructed in 2003 now has an operating toilet, DSTV Dish installed and one bedroom. This request follows the implementation of a 24/7 shift system on 1 September last year, […]
DRC Clinic receives immune boosters
Sharlien Tjambari The DRC Clinic received immune boosters worth N$13 000 on Monday this week. The medicine was donated by anonymous individuals through the office of the Governor for the community members in DRC, Swakopmund. During the handover of the medicine the Governor of Erongo Region Neville Andre Itope said, while addressing challenges such as […]