WALVIS BAY – Walvis Bay based Seaflower Pelagic Processing was thrown a temporary lifeline on Friday when the Erongo governor, Neville Andre, on Friday during his weekly media briefing announced the government awarded the horse mackerel holder an additional quota to save 655 jobs. The temporary measure will last until the end of the current...
WALVIS BAY – Public primary schools in Swakopmund and Walvis Bay are under pressure as they have to find alternative ways to accommodate new enrolments for grades zero and one. The lack of classrooms at the two coastal towns has been a growing problem, however, with the uncertainty around school resumption, how new learners in...
WALVIS BAY – Three more people have died of Covid-19, bringing the total number of deaths related to the pandemic in the country to 15. Two deaths were reported at Walvis Bay and one at Swakopmund. Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula yesterday said the first death was that of a 70-year-old man who was admitted...
WALVIS BAY – Frontline workers and ordinary residents from Walvis Bay, which became the flashpoint of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, have warned Windhoek inhabitants not to take the virus lightly. Nine people died of the virus at Walvis Bay, while more than 1 700 tested positive. More than 60% of those who tested...
WALVIS BAY – Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula has warned Windhoek residents to refrain from large gatherings as Covid-19 cases surge in the capital city, escalating community transmission fears. Shangula urged citizens to adhere to basic steps of prevention, including avoiding large gatherings such as weddings, funerals and church events. Shangula, who announced a substantial...
WALVIS BAY – A resident of Uis is expected to appear in the Omaruru Magistrate’s Court today for allegedly sodomising a 35-year-old man at the settlement on Monday evening. Erongo police crime investigations coordinator Deputy Commissioner Erastus Iikuyu yesterday said the suspect and the victim were drinking together at a local residence when the former...
SWAKOPMUND – Eighteen of the 20 people arrested for allegedly attacking police officers and vandalising the Mondesa police station at Swakopmund last weekend were denied bail. Two of the accused were granted bail when the group appeared for the first time in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court on Monday. The two suspects released on bail –...
Two Windhoek-based teachers who are working at the same school have tested positive for coronavirus, health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula announced yesterday. Shangula announced 64 new positive cases and 24 recoveries. Walvis Bay recorded 44 cases, while Windhoek reported 15. Five cases were reported at Swakopmund. The country’s tally of confirmed cases now stands at...
SWAKOPMUND – The DRC community at Swakopmund was left devastated on Sunday evening after a mother, her daughter and grandchild died in a house fire. The heroic mother was, in fact, trying to rescue the two from the fire when the incident, which was allegedly caused by a burning candle left unattended, occurred. The incident...
WALVIS BAY – The Walvis Bay municipality says they are exploring the possibility of using a piece of land, belonging to the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) and which was earlier identified for temporary decongestion, to permanently resettle the residents of Twaloloka. CEO of the Walvis Bay municipality Muronga Haingura yesterday said discussions are currently underway...