Devastating car crash claims Namdock acting CEO
Piquet Jacobs Heritha Nankole Muyoba, acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Namibia Drydock and Ship Repair company (Namdock), perished along with 4 other family members in a horrific motor vehicle accident near the Kongola checkpoint at Omega-3 (Bwabwata National Park) in the Zambezi Region on Wednesday morning, 5 January 2022. According to reports, a rear […]
N$51 million for stationery and educational material
Contributed The education ministry has in March 2021 transferred N$51 million for schools across the country to procure stationery and educational material with about N$3.5 million ear-marked for the Erongo region. The executive director in the education ministry Sanet Steenkamp has set the record straight on the misconstrued stationery list issued to parents that have […]
Increasing Manganese Exports Through the Port of Lüderitz
Manganese exports have seen a significant increase for the first seven months of the current financial year (FY), April – October 2021. Around 468,869 metric tons (MT) of manganese has been shipped for this period, a 44 percent increase from the previous year. This resulted in a 33 percent increase in total exports from the […]
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 […]