Two cash-in-transit robbers still on the run
Sarlien Tjambari & Eileen van der Schyff The three suspects who allegedly pulled a cash-in-transit heist in Swakopmund a week ago made a first appearance in the Swakopmund magistrate’s court on Monday. Lineeekela Haiduwa (27), Gabriel Cornelius Tuhafeni (26) and Kandjimi Tangeni Elifas (23) were charged with robbery with aggravating circumstances. They were apprehended by […]
A sun has set at De Duine
Rudi Bowe The community in and around Walvis Bay are saddened by the passing of Ms Yolande Freygang Koning (50) who passed away on the morning of 8 August 2021 in Walvis Bay’s Welwitschia Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Koning was a passionate teacher at De Duine Secondary School in Narravile. Ms Koning lived for […]
Covid-19 vaccination point at Jan Wilken Stadium
Rudi Bowe Walvis Bay’s first Drive-Through Covid-19 vaccination point, at the Jan Wilken stadium, is performing well. The number of people visiting this vaccination point is growing and adds momentum in the drive to have all inhabitants of Erongo vaccinated against Covid-19. This vaccination point will be in operation from 10:00 to 18:00 every day […]
Erongo ready to tackle fourth wave if it comes
Sharlien Tjambari The Erongo Region has sufficient health infrastructure in place to meet a possible fourth wave of Covid-19 head-on. In addition, three private facilities are also currently established and will even further add more bed capacity. The Coordinator of the Covid-19 Vaccine Campaign in Erongo, Dr Leonard Kabongo, confirmed the coming into being of […]
Let’s take hands and help mournful people
Rudi Bowe Let’s take hands and help mournful people is a platform for people that lost a loved one due to the Covid-19 pandemic or any other illness. With no help coming, and mournful people are left alone to struggle on their own and with broken hearts Ms Lovina Plato who is still grieving the […]
Cash-in-transit heist rocks Swakomund
Sharlien Tjambari Swift action by the Namibian Police led to the arrest of two of the four armed robbers who targeted a security company during a cash-in-transit heist at the branch of Woermann Brock in Swakopmund at around 07:20 yesterday morning. They were arrested at Walvis Bay. A third suspect, who has been identified as […]
Walvis Bay town Councillor Stanley Bikeur dies of Covid-19
Delays Council’s discussion of “housing forensic report” The Walvis Bay Town Council rescheduled a meeting to next Wednesday to discuss the audit report on possible housing irregularities, following the death of Landless People Movement Councillor, Stanley Bikeur on 4 August of Covid-19. Councillors decided to isolate for fourteen days, after being in contact with Councillor […]
Humpback whale strands near “Paaltjies”
Rudi Bowe The Namibian Dolphin Project (NDP) reports it found the carcass of a humpback whale on Monday (9 August 2021) on the beach north of the border with Sandwich Harbour, also referred to by locals as “Paaltjies”. Judging from the condition of the carcass the mammal has been dead for at least a few […]
Governor satisfied with stepped up vaccination drive in Erongo
Sharlien Tjambari The Erongo Region is dramatically stepping up its Covid-19 vaccination drive, according to the Governor of the Region, Neville Andre. The Governor on Wednesday at the handing over of N$70 00 by Walvis Bay Salt towards the Covid-19 vaccination campaign said where some 400 people were vaccinated in the Region daily, this has […]
Eurowings Discover only airline to link Namibia with Europe now
Namibia ushered in a new post-Covid era for tourism, with maiden flight of Eurowings Discover (a filial of Lufthansa) that touched down at the Hosea Kutako International Airport at Windhoek on Wednesday. Piloted by the CEO of Eurowings Discover in person, Captain Wolfgang Raebiger, this is officially the only European airline that currently has flights […]