“We need to be more innovative’’
The media launch for the 9th annual Namport Business and Tourism Expo 2015 was held at the Namport offices on Friday. Namport invested over N$1 million dollars in this event. Erongo Red has also pledged its contribution in the form of electricity for the duration of the Expo. Mr Bisey Uirab, CEO of the Namibia […]
Usakos inwoner loof polisie vir puik optrede
‘n Inwoner van Usakos, wat verlede week die slagoffer was van diefstal uit haar voertuig, het die koerant gekontak en haar lof en dank aan polisiebeamptes van Usakos, Arandis en Swakopmund uitgespreek, vir hul flinke optrede om haar besittings te red. Volgens haar het sy op die betrokke dag voor ‘n be- kende besigheid in […]
Maier murder suspect still on the run
More than a week since a tour guide was murdered and robbed at the Lianshulu village, the police in the Zambezi Region are yet to recover the stolen cash and arrest a fourth suspect in the matter. The suspect, whose name has not yet been made public by the Namibian Police Force (NamPol), forms part […]
Alleged drug dealer arrested
The Swakopmund Neighbourhood Watch, in collaboration with the First Response Reaction Unit and the Special Reserve Force, managed to sucessfully bring down an alleged drug dealer on Saturday night in Swakopmund after noticing a suspicious-looking vehicle that ultimately ended in a car chase and an arrest. According to a member of the Swakopmund Neighbourhood watch, […]
AR welcomes Geingob’s willingness to negotiate as deadline looms
The land issue in Namibia is approaching boiling point, with the Affirmative Repositioning (AR) Movement’s 30 July – deadline to get land, less than two weeks away. The AR yesterday welcomed President Hage Geingob’s press statement which surfaced on Friday, in which he expressed his wil- lingness to engage in dialogue with AR leaders. The […]
Teen-Korrupsie-eenheid takel Karibib
Hoogs betroubare inligting tot die koerant se beskikking dui daarop dat die Teen-Korrupsie-kommissie besig is met ondersoeke in Karibib, nadat ongerymdhede met die verkoop van erwe blykbaar daar ontstaan het. Ons bron dui aan dat beskikbare erwe deur die Karibibse Dorpsraad geadverteer is en van die voornemende kopers skynbaar deposito’s op erwe, wat glad nie Ministeriële- of die […]
“Slow moving aquaculture states face numerous challenges”
The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Bernhard Esau, has recently highlighted the issue of the growing hitches of fisheries management, and identified it as an issue of international concern, at the annual gathering of ACP (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific countries) ministers of Fisheries in Belgium. Esau singled out the problem of Biological science […]
Pedestrian run over
A pedestrian was run over by a truck Wednesday morning in the vicinity of Pupkewitz, Walvis Bay after he accidentally slipped and landed under the truck. According to a Walvis Bay traffic officer who was at the scene, the pedestrian sustained minor injuries when the incident ocurred at approximately 07:30. “The man was running […]
Police still investigating armed robbery
The armed robbery that ocurred next to Kleinest Nest in Walvis Bay on Sunday night, is still under investigation and the suspects remain at large. A Korean man was injured after five men broke into his house and escaped with his belongings. The newspaper spoke to the victim himself who said “I unfortunately cannot comment […]
Demonstration at Memorial statue
The organiser of “Operation Back 2 Germany”, Mr Laidlaw Peringanda, this week informed the Swakopmund Municipality of a peaceful gathering at the Marine Denkmal statue near the Statehouse, as part of their appeal to remove this historical monument. The statue in memorial of fallen German marine soldiers supposedly reminds a group of Swakopmund residents of […]