Swakopmund water disconnections for unpaid accounts to commence
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), A. Benjamin through the Swakopmund Council urges all Businesses, Government Institutions and Developers with high and/or long outstanding unpaid municipal accounts to pay their accounts, or/and make necessary down payments arrangements before 1 March 2022. Residential and all other account holders are advised to settle their municipal accounts as soon as […]
Fire leaves family of eleven homeless
Eleven family members of the Henties Bay’s Omdel location have been left homeless after four backyard shacks were destroyed by a fire on New Year’s Day. The fire left Louisie Xamgoases together with her three teenage sons, her nephew, Lionel Xamgoaseb, Ms Paulina Gamises with her two young daughters, Ellis Gamibeb, George Gamibeb and a […]
Culpable Homicide after hitting pedestrian
Eileen van der Schyff A 56-year-old man faces a charge of Culpable Homicide after hitting a 46-year-old pedestrian with his car when the pedestrian attempted to cross Tom Swemmer Street at Walvis Bay on Saturday, 1 January 2022. The pedestrian succumbed to the seriousness of his head injuries just after his arrival at the hospital. […]
On the run Matutura robbers behind bars
Sharlien Tjambari After being on the run for three months, the two Maturura robbers made their first court appearance at the Swakopmund Magistrates Court before Magistrate Nelao Brown and State Prosecutor Johannes Shangadi earlier this week. Kephas Jonas (25) and Andreas Daniel (24) were arrested for aggravated robbery and theft of a motor vehicle in […]
Swakopmund Night Market
Piquet Jacobs The Swakopmund Night Market at Tiger Reef on Wednesday, 22 December made a great platform for established and start-up businesses to exhibit their goods and services. Holiday makers enjoyed a friendly atmosphere with a variety of stalls and good food. The event was a huge success with live entertainment by Savanna Collins, Riaan […]
Covid-19 testing at Hosea Kataku International Airport
NAC recently handed over the COVID-19 testing facility at Hosea Kataku International Airport (HKIA) to the partnership of Profile Technology and Trinity Health and they got the licence on 17 Dec 2021 and the service provision started, Monday 20 Dec 2021. The Covid 19 pandemic, now entering the 3rd year since it first emerged in […]
Solo kayaker passes through Walvis Bay
Piquet Jacobs While enroute from Cape Town to Brazil on a surfski, adventurer and professional yachtsman Richard Kohler (52), was forced to change course and dock in Walvis Bay on Monday, 3 January 2022. Once back on track, Kohler will be the first person to paddle the 7000 km journey alone. Kohler left Cape Town […]
Arandis Emergency Response and Traffic Management Centre inaugurated
Sharlien Tjambari In her capacity as the road safety patron, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Relations and Co-operation, Nandi-Ndaitwah Netumbu inaugurated the Interim Arandis Emergency Response and Traffic Management Centre on Monday this week. Nandi-Ndaitwah said Namibia’s road safety performance has been of concern for both government and the road users through the […]
Follow road rules to arrive alive
Sharlien Tjambari The festive season public education campaign was launched on Friday, 3 December at the Swakopmund roadblock. The campaign aims to create awareness on road safety on the B2 Highway for the festive season. The public education campaign runs until 15 January 2022. According to Ambrosius Tierspoor, the Head of Communications at the National […]
NovaNam invests N$320 million in deep-sea trawlers
NovaNam, the community of Lüderitz and its stakeholders celebrated another milestone as they inaugurated two brand new deep-sea trawlers. The trawlers were acquired at the cost of N$ 320 million. MFV NovaNam One and MFV NovaNam Two are the second and third brand-new deep-sea fishing trawlers inaugurated at the Port of Lüderitz since Independence. The […]