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Must be removed from waterfront company The Walvis Bay town council wants two former mayors and two suspended senior municipal officials removed from the board of directors as well as the shareholders committee of Walvis Bay Waterfront Properties (Pty) ltd. Walvis Bay Waterfront Properties is a joint venture company between Afrikuumba Construction (80 % shareholding) […]
Basterkapteinsverkiesing vind plaas op 24 April
Rudi Bowe Namibië se Rehoboth bastergemeenskap gaan op 24 April na die stembus vir die verkiesing van ‘n nuwe Basterkaptein. Lede van die bastergemeenskap wat op Walvisbaai en Swakopmund woon kan nog vannaand en môreaand registreer om aan die verkiesing deel te neem. Die bastervolk het ‘n ryk tradisie en kultuur wat oor die 150 […]
Illegal rubbish dump
Eileen van der Schyff Walvis Bay residents are increasingly concerned over an illegal dumping area that is growing by the day on an open space between the Walvis Bay Golf Club and Meersig. Some residents use the area to dump garden refuse, but it is now a dumping place for household waste and building rubble.“How […]
All drones must be registered at NCAA
Contributed Regardless of whether a drone takes off from a Windhoek backyard to catch the last glimpses of Namibia’s spectacular sunsets or if it is being used to take high-definition images of a construction site, flying any drone in the country means it is subject to the laws of Namibian airspace. In fact, the Namibia […]
Dog-owners’ attitudes has to change…
A resident of Walvis Bay frequenting the Walvis Bay lagoon says she is increasingly concerned and frustrated with dog-owners who don’t clean up after their dogs. Many dog-owners prefer to turn a blind eye when their dogs relieve themselves, much to the disgust of others. The resident wrote the following letter:“If you walk your dog […]
Eine Gemeinsame Stimme: „Forum Deutschsprachiger Namibier“
Im Juli und im August 2019 fanden unabhängig voneinander öffentliche Veranstaltungen in Swakopmund sowie in Windhoek statt mit dem Ziel, die Gründung deutschsprachiger Interessengruppen zu erwägen. Beide Initiativen genossen groβes Interesse. In Windhoek wurde durch eine Initiative der Namibisch-deut-schen Stiftung (NaDS) ein ‚Len-kungsausschuss’ nominiert, der sich mit der Bildung einer Vereinigung sowie deren Ziel-setzungen und […]
Tot die jakkalse soek koelte
Mnr Koos Liebenberg van Walvisbaai, en sy kleinseun Kianu Etzholdt, het hierdie besonderse foto’s onlangs geneem van jakkalse wat in die koel water van die Walvisbaai strandmeer lafenis soek. Baie warm bergwindtoestande heers al die afgelope paar dae aan die grootste dele van die Namibiese kus. Niemand word gespaar nie, insluitende die diere. Die goeie […]
U.S. Donates Laboratory Equipment to Test for Covid-19
U.S. Government has donated laboratory equipment to support the Ministry of Health and Social Services in its ongoing efforts to curb the Covid-19 pandemic. The high-tech equipment, valued at N$6.2mil, consists of 30 centrifuges, 15 vortex mixers, 12 biosafety cabinets, 10 refrigerators and 10 freezers. The equipment will be distributed throughout Namibia and will strengthen […]
Another state hospital horror unfolding at Swakop state hospital
Eileen van der Schyff At the time of going to press yesterday afternoon a woman remained hospitalised at the Swakopmund state hospital, waiting for days already for a medical-induced still birth to take place of her child that died in her womb early on Monday morning. To make the matter even more horrifying is the […]
Municipality of Walvis Bay’s “questionable” waterfront deal
Floris Steenkamp Original agreement changed at Deeds Office – land does not have to be returned to municipality after Afrikuumba Joint Venture expires in 50 years………………….. By the single strike of a pen, the municipality of Walvis Bay in 2018 lost 80 % of its ownership in two plots (4939 and 4941) in the lagoon […]