Pre-Primary, Grade 1 and 8 open for 2022 enrollment
Parents in Walvis Bay and Swakopmund can enroll their pre-primary, grade 1 and grade 8 learners for the 2021 academic year in Government schools. The Erongo Regional Council, Directorate of Education, Arts and Culture announced that application for the enrolment can be done on Tuesday, 10 August 2021 for grade 1 learners, Wednesday, 11 August […]
Namibian diamonds ensure N$26 million contribution TO the fight against Covid-19
De Beers Group, Namdeb, Debmarine Namibia and Namibia Diamond Trading Company (NDTC) (Namibia De Beers partnership) pledged a combined N$26 million to support the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Namibia. The pledge consists of a financial donation and in-kind support to assist with the rollout of the Namibia vaccination campaign. The support will be funded through […]
Behind the scenes of Covid-19
Contributed While many people know what it is like to be tested for COVID-19, only a few people know what happens to the samples once the swab has been taken. Due to the recent surge in cases in Namibia, staff from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Namibia have been volunteering to […]
Probe commences into Magic Discounters fire
The Walvis Bay fire brigade leads an investigation into the possible cause of the fire which totally destroyed the Magic Discounters complex in the town’s central business district early on Monday morning. Meanwhile, the management of Magic Discounters cautioned the public against rumours that the store manager, Mr. Martin Cordier was arrested for arson. There […]
O&L Group takes rescue measures
“The devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the tourism industry in particular, and the commensurate mitigating measures taken by governments around the world whereby industry revenues collapsed, can be described as worse than the worst-case scenarios anticipated locally and globally”, says Norbert Wurm, Managing Director of O&L Leisure. In a statement issued on Wednesday, […]
Swakopmund traffic officer nabbed for soliciting bribe
A traffic officer of the Swakopmund municipality applied for bail in the town’s magistrate’s court yesterday, following his arrest earlier this month for soliciting a bribe from an unlicensed taxi driver. The owner of a taxi in Swakopmund allegedly on 2 July this year requested officer Namiseb to confiscate a taxi from a taxi driver, […]
Erongo’s mayors got the jab
The mayors of all of Erongo’s towns congregated at the Walvis Bay Covid-19 vaccination point of the Ministry of Health and Social Services recently to get their Covid-19 injections. The mayors called upon all eligible Namibians to get vaccinated, as this is the only way to achieve herd immunity and to free Namibia from the […]
Seaflower Pelagic Processing answers calls for blood donations
Namibia grapples with a serious blood shortage. This prompted the Namibia Blood Transfusion Service (NAMBTS) to call for existing and prospective blood donors to donate blood as a matter of urgency. In Walvis Bay the call did not fall on deaf ears. On Wednesday, a blood donation point was set up at Seaflower Pelagic Processing. […]
Meersig residents irked by their “filthy” neighbourhood
Eileen van der Schyff Discarded office equipment, building rubble, household trash and scraps of discarded food scavenged by vagrants are turning many parts of Walvis Bay’s once posh Meersig suburb into an unsightly place. That is according to residents who says action is needed in order to save this suburb’s image. Despite by-laws and pleas […]
Zoom meeting saves couple’s lives
The three men that allegedly attacked two senior citizens in their Ocean View home in Swakopmund on Tuesday morning made a first appearance in the Swakopmund magistrate’s court yesterday (Thursday) on charges of housebreaking and robbery with aggravating circumstances. They were identified as 36-year-old Andreas Kaushi (36), Stephanus Ivula (25) and Dorien Iyambo (21). The […]