New Street Renaming Committee for Walvis Bay
Fifteen Walvis Bay residents were elected to serve on the harbour town’s Suburb- and Street Naming Committee. These residents, along with town councillors and the two regional councillors for Walvis Bay, will be deciding on the names of both existing and future suburbs and streets. Council approved the proposal of these fifteen residents at its […]
Jerome Mouton and Alf Kathindi on Namport Board of Directors
The Ministry of Public Enterprises announced Namport’s new Board of Directors this week. Two new appointments that are of particular interest is that of Mr Jerome Mouton, a former senior official at Namport who was closely involved with the commercial development of Namport for many years as well as Mr Alfeus Kathindi who for many […]
Governor urges truck operators to use new double way behind the dunes
Governor Andre also made use of the opportunity to urged heavy trucks operators to divert to use the newly completed MR44 road behind the dunes, 7 in order to further decongest the B2 coastal road.The dual carriage way is almost complete, with an estimated seven kilometers to be constructed to the connecting point on the […]
Street name for First Lady
The Municipality of Swakopmund honoured Namibia’s First Lady Mrs. Monica Geingos with a street name yesterday.The street is in Mondesa’s Extention 10, behind Mondesa Clinic, intersecting with Waterberg street, leading to the Tamariskia residential area.
Food parcels for the disadvantaged
Rudi Bowe The Walvis Bay Urban Constituency Office recently donated 20 food parcels that consist of maize meal, macaroni, rice, sugar, two juices, coffee, oil, soya mince, frozen chicken and tomato sauce to De Duine Secondary School. The Walvis Bay Urban Constituency Councillor Deriou Benson said at the handover of the food parcels that Seaside […]
All new Agility Orthopaedic Centre in Walvis Bay
Agility Orthopaedic Centre had their official opening at the Multi-Disciplinary Centre in Walvis Bay yesterday morning. The centre offers functional rehabilitation treatment protocols as well as equipment for musculoskeletal conditions.The centre is equipped with professional doctors, physio-therapists, orthopaedic surgeons and biokiniticists. Agility promotes effective recovery, flexibility and mobility to patients.Read more about it in next […]
GIZ donates goods worth N$6 million
Rudi Bowe Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) donated goods worth N$6 million, which includes three fully furnished mobile containers clinics. Covid-19 hygiene material such as isolation tent, masks, disinfectants and other protective gear and a vehicle to the Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG) last Thursday at Walvis Bay. WBCG has been at the forefront […]
Mrs Anneliese Rust turns 100 today…
Mrs Anneliese Rust of Swakopmund is celebrating her 100th birthday today. Family from as far afield as South Africa will be celebrating this milestone with her today. Mrs Rust was born on 1 April 1921 in Germany. She married Mr. Konrad Rust, a Namibian. In the early 1950’s the couple returned to Namibia and settled […]
Walvis Bay residents owe municipality a staggering N$416m
The Walvis Bay municipality is one of a handful local authorities in Namibia with a clean bill at NamWater. That is despite the fact that municipal revenues dropping by 24 % as a result of the Covid-19 economic decline, and residents and businesses owing the local authority a staggering N$416 million in accounts in arrears. […]
Easter weekend influx of visitors
Please observe Covid-19 safety measures. Don’t put lives at risk “We are not out of the woods yet. We must all do our part to defeat Covid-19 and return our country to normal”. This was the message yesterday of the Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula, at the announcement of the new […]