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, […]
Ryan Gordon sworn in as Councillor
Rudi Bowe The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) representative, Mr Ryan Gordon was sworn in as Town Councillor of Walvis Bay on Tuesday evening. Councillor Gordon hails from Narraville and is also known as a founding member of the Narraville Community Against Crime (NCAC). He replaces the late LPM Town Councillor Stanley Bikeur who died last […]
The B2 coastal road remains dangerous
Eileen van der Schyff The B2 coastal road remains dangerous, and only proper and safe driving will change this. This became evident once more on Saturday night when two accidents occurred on this stretch of road linking Walvis Bay and Swakopmund. Dangerous driving in the form of speeding, overtaking on a blind crests and generally […]
Democratic Republic of Congo of opinion Namibian horse mackerel “too expensive”
One of the Namibian fishing industry’s main horse mackerel trade partner in Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), says Namibian horse mackerel landed in that country is too expensive, because there are too many agents involved in the supply chain. That is according to the Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Derek Klazen. The […]
Cash-in-transit guard who disappeared with N$300k arrested in Swakopmund
A cash-in-transit security official who disappeared with N$300 000 in cash in Swakopmund last Friday, has been arrested in Swakopmund’s DRC settlement yesterday morning. Ricardo Oxurub (35) (pictured left) was part of a three-man team who had to replenish Bank Windhoek’s ATM’s with cash last Friday. After booking out cash at Bank Windhoek Swakopmund, the […]
Hershel “Woody” Williams calls at port of Walvis Bay
The United States naval ship, Hershel “Woody” Williams, is on a two days call to the port of Walvis Bay. The ship finds itself in this part of the Atlantic as part of the United States Sixth Fleet’s area of operations. The US Sixth Fleet’s area of operations includes the Arctic Ocean, half of the […]
Electricity price hike not that significant
Regional electricity distributor, Erongo RED, said this week it remains committed to supply electricity to its customers at the lowest possible rate, given the prevailing negative economic cli-mate. The rate hike was formally announced on Wednesday. Erongo RED has not increased its tariffs for the past two consecutive years (19/20 and 20/21) and the increase […]
Swakopmund mayor angered by theft of prepaid water stand
Eileen van der Schyff The Mayor of Swakopmund, Cllr Louisa Kativa, expressed her shock and dismay this week at the theft of the newly-installed prepaid water stand in the Democratic Resettlement Community (DRC). The water stand is the source of clean and accessible water supply to the residents of the DRC. “It is unbelievable that […]
Namdeb eagerly awaits delivery of its new marine diamond mining ship
Eileen van der Schyff The largest diamond recovery vessel on the planet, now still only referred to as AMV3, is expected to arrive in Cape Town by next week, where the vessel will undergo final preparations before being commissioned by Debmarine in Namibia’s offshore diamond mining industry early in 2022. ANV3 was constructed in Romania […]