Walvis Bay’s water supply not in any danger at the moment
Kuiseb’s flow level dropped significantly in the last 48 hours. No danger to water infrastructure. The Kuiseb River’s flow has significantly dropped in the last 48-hours, thereby eliminating any immediate threat to Walvis Bay’s water supply. Namibia’s water utility, NamWater, confirmed yesterday that the river’s level was at 30cm deep at the Gobabeb Desert Research […]
Schools open
Schools across Namibia started the 2021 academic year in full-swing on Tuesday. Erongo Region is no exception. Thousands of learners were happy to be back at school after the Covid-19 pandemic turned the 2020 academic year upside down. Although social distancing and masks are compulsory to ensure learners are protected against the spread of the […]
Wanted
The Namibian Police in Erongo has launched a manhunt for two armed robbers, Simon Fillipus Shapaka and Tobias Iyambo (also known as Gabes). They overpowered a foreign national in Walvis Bay’s Theo-Ben Gurirab Street last Friday, threatened him with a knife, and robbed him of N$30 000 in cash, a bank card and a passport. […]
Samaritans turn out in numbers for hungry horses
Eileen van der Schyff It started as a trip out to Rooibank to view the Kuiseb River flowing. It ended in a spectacular mission of mercy in which people opened their hearts to save seven horses severely weakened by months of drought. A group of people recently traveled to the Rooibank area on Saturday (23 […]
Walvis Bay boasts its first Brick-paving intersection
The blacktop surface of the intersection between Nangol Mbumba Drive and 5th Road in Walvis Bay has been replaced by heavy-duty brick paving. This is to minimise the impact of salt trucks and other heavy vehicles on the road surface of this particular intersection. A total of 55 000 brick pavers were used to complete […]
Several drug arrests across Erongo
The Namibian Police made several cannabis-related drug arrests at several towns in the Erongo Region in recent days, sending a strong message that cannabis remains an illegal substance and that the possession, growing and processing of cannabis will not be tolerated. Two suspects were arrested in Swakopmund’s Kramersdorp suburb on Saturday, as they were dealing […]
Concealment of birth
A 29-year-old woman has been arrested at Karibib for alleged concealment of birth. Ndeshihafela Paulus gave birth in recent days, but she was never seen with the child. Community members, including her boyfriend, became suspicious and notified the Police. A medical doctor also confirmed the pregnancy. Paulus could also not give a satisfactory explanation and […]
Man dies running from Police
A man died at Henties Bay on Monday, presumably from an injury he sustained as he was fleeing from the Namibian Police. Gerson Gawaseb (31) assaulted his ex-girlfriend and her sister on Monday, prompting the victims to call the Police. Upon the arrival of police officers, at the house where the assaults took place, Gawaseb […]
School closes after only two days – Covid-case
Sharlien Tjambari The Westside High School in Swakopmund had to close its doors on Wednesday, only two days after the opening of the school year. that is after a staff member tested positive for the Coronavirus. Activities at the school will resume on Monday (1 February).
IPC-President Panduleni Ithula visits fire-ravaged Twaloloka
The leader of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), Dr Panduleni Itula, paid a visit to Walvis Bay yesterday, to assess first hand the devastation where a fire destroyed 27 shacks in Kuisebmond’s Twaloloka quarter. This same quarter was ravaged by a fire on 27 July last year, when approximately 200 shacks were destroyed and […]