Langstrand Beach Clean-up
The Beach Clean-up, organised by Eric’s Cove and Autohaus Swakopmund, made this day a huge success. Langstrand residents and a team of Autohaus Swakopmund joined in a fun packed day filled with cleaning up while enjoying a relaxing walk on the beach. Residents were invited for drinks afterwards at Eric’s Cove. Eric’s Cove and Auto-haus […]
Swakopmund Mayor’s Christmas message
First and foremost, on behalf of the Swakopmund Council and my own behalf, I hereby wish all the residents and visitors of our town, a blessed and jovial festive season. We can all attest that this year has been an extreme challenge for most of us with the surfacing of the COVID-19 pandemic. This took […]
Mayor of Hentiesbay Christmas message
Dear Residents and Visitors Christmas is upon us and we prepare to celebrate this special time of the year with our friends and family. We persevered through a very tough, uncertain and unusual year. But here we are, nearing the end of 2020 and we are thankful for every healthy person, for every good gift […]
“Ruling coalitions” take charge of coastal towns
All three the central west coast towns of Walvis Bay, Swakopmund and Henties Bay are now governed by ruling coalitions in their respective town councils. This unprecedented political development comes with compliments of opposition voters who turned out in numbers at the polls during the Regional Council and Local Authority Elections on 25 November this […]
Erongo Regional Council sworn in – historic moment
The Erongo Regional Council was inaugurated at its headquarters in Swakopmund on Wednesday, ushering in a new political dispensation. Swapo Party of Namibia, which dominated the regional council since 1992 has lost two seats, leaving the party in the minority with the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) with three seats and the United Democratic Front […]
The people have spoken
The Governor of Erongo, Cllr Neville Andre, in his keynote address at the swearing in of the Erongo Regional Council on Wednesday praised voters for peaceful and orderly conduct at the polls on 25 November. The Governor also called for cooperation beyond party political pickets. “Namibians have spoken”, added Governor Andre. Referring to the election […]
Gendev Fishing announces 30 % salary cut
One of Walvis Bay’s main investors and job creators in the fishing industry, Gendev Fishing Group, announced this week that a salary cut of 30 % is to become effective across the business at the end of December. The Company informed workers accordingly in the presence of representatives of the Namibia Food and Allied Workers […]
Swakopmund Town Council sworn in – new mayor vows to work for “a better Swakopmund”
Sharlien Tjambari A ruling coalition took charge of the Swakopmund Town Council on Monday, following the local authority election on 25 November during which several opposition parties cancelled the political significance of the Swapo Party of Namibia on the local political front. Councillor Louisa Kativa (Independent Patriots for Change (IPC)) was elected as mayor and […]
Henties Bay Town Council takes office – former Walvis Bay’ite Lewis Vermaak elected as Mayor
Councillor Lewies Vermaak (RP) is the newly elected mayor of Henties Bay and the Deputy Mayor is Councillor Michael Skini (UDF). Councillors Peet Swart (RP); Siegfried !!Garoëb (IPC) and Nimrod Hara-seb (PDM) are members of the Management Committee (Swart – Chairman of the Management Committee). Mr. Paulus Imbamba (SWAPO) was elected as additional member to […]
Walvis Bay Town Council sworn in
Walvis Bay’s new town council was sworn in on Monday. The town council is now controlled by a ruling coalition comprising the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) with four seats, the Joint Walvis Bay Residents Association (JWRA) with one seat, Landless People Movement (LPM) with one seat, the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) one seat and […]