Over two million raised for Narraville old age home
Rudi Bowe At a fundraising gala dinner held on Friday, 12 November by the Board of Trustees of the Narraville Elderly Home, an amount of well over 2 million was raised for the construction of the old age home in Narraville, Walvis Bay. Pioneers in the fishing industry, individuals and captains of industry showed their […]
Cgals Chamber Choir wins Gold
Rudi Bowe The Cgals Chamber Choir of Namibia won gold and became the category winners in the VP3 Pop, Jazz and Spiritual category, and silver in the VP2 Adult Choirs category at the virtual 11th World Choir Games that started on 30 October and ended on 7 November in Antwerp and Ghent, Flanders, Belgium. The […]
One million accident-free work hours for Namport
Namport has on 1 June 2021 recorded one million hours of no Lost Time Injury, meaning the number of list-time injuries within a given accounting period relative to the total number of hours worked in the same accounting period. The last reported injury of Namport at work was on 14 February 2021. This outstanding […]
Shock at the suicide of owner of pleasure flights
Sharlien Tjambari The coast’s aviation and tourism fraternities were left in shock on Sunday morning of the news of the apparent suicide of the owner of Pleasure Flights in Swakopmund, Mr. Erwin Goebel (51). Goebels‘ spouse, left the couple’s common home in the town’s Leutwein Street on 27 July, due to alleged domestic violence. […]
Olympic boxing champ now faces attempted murder charges….
Olympic boxer Jonas Junias Jonas (27) remains in custody in Swakopmund, following his first court appearance on Monday in the town’s magistrate’s court on a charge of attempted murder and the assault of a police officer. Jonas was arrested in Swakopmund last Friday (16 April 2021), following an early morning assault on a person in […]
Rössing employees graduate at Stellenbosch Business School
Twenty-five Rössing employees recently graduated with certificates after a six-month management development programme offered by the University of Stellenbosch Business School. The programme was aimed at developing and sharpen employees’ leadership competencies and capabilities. It equips them with tools to effectively manage people and drive quick-thinking innovation.Rössing Uranium’ corporate communications manager, Daylight Ekandjo, explained 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.
Kuisebmond-B2 intersection open for traffic – proves within hours to ease traffic burden
The newly constructed intersection connecting Khomas Hochland Street in Kuisebmond to the B2 coastal road was recently opened for traffic. In the first hours it proved to lessen the traffic burden on the Narraville-B2 intersection. The road that was constructed at a cost of approximately N$5.5 million which included the installation of streetlights and the […]
South African Covid-19 strain has firm foothold in Namibia
As many as 20 percent of Namibians who contracted Covid-19 could have been infected by the new South African strain, also known by the scientific name of 501Y.V2. The new strain was first detected in Namibia in October 2020 and February 2021. The same time the new strain was detected in the South African population, […]
Swakopmunder Museum awards winners
Happy faces were seen in the Swakopmund Museum at the prize-giving ceremony of the “Creative Competition” recently. This successful event was hosted by the Scientific Society of Swakopmund and the Arts Association Swakopmund over the festive season. “It was a success, and we will make this an annual event” said Nadine Phiri, assistant curator of […]