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 […]
Domestic Tourism Campaign out of the starting blocks
Sharlien Tjambari Affordable domestic tourism is regarded as the main driver to bring economic recovery to Namibia’s tourism industry. This was the message recently by tourism minister Pohamba Shifeta at the launch of the Domestic Tourism Campaign, which is a joint-initiative between the Namibia Tourism Board (NTB) and the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC). The Covid-19 […]
Old Mutual celebrates re-launch of its new Swakopmund branch
Old Mutual celebrated the re-launch of its new branch office in Swakopmund yesterday afternoon. This new branch office is situated in the town’s cbd in Sam Nujoma Avenue. Old Mutual’s Chief Executive, Mr Lionel Kannemeyer, delivered the keynote address and expressed his confidence in the coastal market. He also assured the community of continued service […]