SWAKOPMUND – Fairytales and happy endings do not always come with a prince on a white horse. Sometimes they arrive quietly, through love, compassion and forgiveness. This Christmas holds new meaning for South African life coach Reneal Davids. Earlier this month, she met her biological father for the first time in Rehoboth, Namibia — nearly...
For Walvis Bay teenager Hailey van Wyk, who was recently crowned Miss Erongo Expo, beauty is more than a crown. It is an opportunity to reach out and serve the broader community, make an impact on the less fortunate, and speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves. Van Wyk (19) was crowned during...
SWAKOPMUND – A false insurance claim has landed a Swakopmund resident behind bars after he was allegedly caught for filing a fake housebreaking report in an attempt to defraud a furniture shop. The 23-year-old Namibian man was arrested on Saturday and is facing a charge of perjury. Police spokesperson inspector Serafine Kandjimi said the suspect...
WALVIS BAY – At a time when many families struggle to put food on their tables, Walvis Bay businessman Collin April continues to make a difference through his annual festive season feeding initiative. Through the Collin April Foundation and its partners, more than 200 people are reached every festive season through food distribution programmes aimed...
SWAKOPMUND – Residents of Henties Bay are demanding answers after trucks carrying decomposed seal carcasses were seen dumping and burying the seals at the town over the weekend. Fears are that the dead seals will not only contaminate underground water at the town, but that it could also result in a health risk. Public outrage...
WALVIS BAY – The National Housing Enterprise (NHE) says houses currently being constructed under the government’s National Informal Settlement Upgrading Project is progressing well, with several housing developments already at an advance stage. Officials from NHE visited the two sites in Swakopmund and Walvis Bay on Thursday, where construction of the houses is currently underway....
SWAKOPMUND – The community of Henties Bay and the wider Erongo region has hailed the death of paramedic Brian Low (60) as a great loss for the region’s emergency rescue services as well as for the Henties Bay community. Residents and emergency workers over the weekend paid tribute to Low, a well-known emergency responder and...
SWAKOPMUND – Erongo governor Natalia /Goagoses has called for a review of liquor licences that allow service stations to sell alcohol, saying easy access to liquor is contributing to the high number of road crashes in the country. /Goagoses was speaking during the launch of the 2025/2026 festive season safety campaign that also signals the...
SWAKOPMUND – NamWater and Swakop Uranium have signed an agreement to enterinto a joint venture that will see the construction of a second desalination plant in the Erongo region. The joint venture, named the Erongo Sunam Desalination Project, is a major step towards securing water for the mining sector and meeting the growing water demand...
SWAKOPMUND – Swakopmund resident Patrick Nashandi is on a mission to pull others out of the darkness he once knew too well.At 39, he runs a soup kitchen, mentors street children and offers free haircuts to restore dignity — a life far removed from the trauma, addiction and homelessness that once defined him as a...