WALVIS BAY – A Walvis Bay family, who recently lost a loved one to Covid-19, says there is absolutely no dignity – even in death – for those who lost their lives due to the virulent pandemic. According to the family, they are deeply saddened by events that played out at the coastal town this past...
Author: Eveline de Klerk (Eveline de Klerk )
Coastal towns’ back-to-school plan on hold
WALVIS BAY – Education authorities late yesterday announced that grade 11 and 12 learners at Walvis Bay, Swakopmund and Arandis will no longer resume face-to-face classes today as earlier scheduled. Covid-19 cases have particularly skyrocketed at Walvis Bay over the last few weeks, with more than 1 000 positive cases recorded at the harbour town....
Tsaseb family to be escorted to mother’s funeral
SWAKOPMUND – The Tsaseb family from Swakopmund will be allowed to attend their mother’s funeral this weekend in Otjiwarongo but they will be tested for Covid-19 and be placed in isolation if they test positive after the funeral. The family, led by Daniel Tsaseb, in an emotional protest last Friday, asked for intervention from the...
Foreign sailor with Covid isolated on vessel
WALVIS BAY – A Russian man, who is part of 126 foreign crew that arrived via a chartered plane in Windhoek last Friday, tested positive for Covid-19. The fishing sector, according to Erongo health director Anna Jonas, is being allowed to quarantine foreign crew on vessels as long as they receive prior approval from the...
Crew allowed to be quarantined on ships
WALVIS BAY – Erongo health director Anna Jonas says they will allow the fishing sector to quarantine foreign crew on vessels, as long as they receive prior approval from the relevant authorities and is tested for Covid.Jonas responded to the issue raised on Friday by unions and seafarers, who were concerned after 127 foreign crewmembers...
Pandemic cases at Walvis Bay out of control …panic grips Erongo after Covid death
WALVIS BAY – Walvis Bay residents say Covid-19 is out of control and that it is high time government dispatch health experts to the coastal town to help deal with the situation before more deaths are recorded. This clarion call was made after Namibia recorded its first death of a 45-year-old man who died on...
‘I had big dreams for my son’
WALVIS BAY – Family and loved ones bade farewell to the 20-month-old toddler Fillipus Nafimane who was the only casualty in the devastating Twaloloka fire at Walvis Bay on Sunday. Several residents attended the burial at the Kuisebmond cemetery yesterday morning. His father Mandla Nafimane had earlier told New Era that his son died while...




