Where does this body of water come from?

Eileen van der Schyff

Residents of Fairways in Walvis Bay are wondering what all this water is doing on an undeveloped piece of land flanked by Tecomaria Street and Nangolo Mbumba Drive.

“It is unclear as to how the water got there. It looks like someone has been digging or trying to contain the water as heaps of sand are laying all along the water line”. The origin of the water is yet unknown and could either be underground water, as Walvis Bay is largely constructed on reclaimed land and the water table……

To read more: pick up your copy of the Namib Times at any retail outlet in Walvis Bay and Swakopmund. Available in Windhoek at selected stores, at Arandis (Shoprite and Arandis Service Station); Usakos; Henties Bay (Spar; Woermann Brock) and Windhoek (Windhoek: Shoprite Maerua Mall; Shoprite Katutura; Shoprite Ind. Av; Shoprite Lafrenz Industrial; Shoprite Okurayangava; Shoprite U-Save; Fountain OK Foods (Baines); Maerua Superspar).