WALVIS BAY – A Walvis Bay family is reeling in shock after their nine-year-old girl took her life on Wednesday evening by hanging herself with a nightgown belt. She was identified as Martha Ndapona Tobias. Crime investigations coordinator for the Erongo region, Deputy Commissioner Erastus Iikuyu yesterday said Tobias was found by her elder sister...
WALVIS BAY – A flamboyant pastor from Walvis Bay and his co-accused were denied bail yesterday during their first court appearance in the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court. The duo appeared in court after being arrested for allegedly swindling N$800 000 from five women through scams. Kaetanus Shilimela nicknamed ‘Atomic Bomb’ and Showa Lukas also known...
WALVIS BAY – Fisheries minister Albert Kawana says the fish quotas the government intends to auction off are not that significant and will not have an effect on the fishing industry. Kawana had earlier said that auctioning off quotas was the only means to speedily get foreign exchange to mitigate the costs of the effects...
WALVIS BAY – Erongo governor Neville Andre yesterday made a commitment to address the poor housing situation in the region, which has seen thousands languishing in shacks. “We have to take a brutally honest look around us, the shacks that the people are still living in – the land earmarked for development and have budgetary...
WALVIS BAY – The fish quotas auctioning modalities and conditions should be adequately thought through and consensus should be reached with all relevant stakeholders in order to maximise government’s income while protecting jobs in the sector. This is according to players in the local fishing industry who this week voiced their views following fisheries minister...
WALVIS BAY – Government is in the process of finalising several isolation facilities around the country. Health ministry executive director Ben Nangombe last week indicated that nine prefabricated isolation facilities are currently being constructed at Walvis Bay, Rundu, Okongo, Oshakati, Opuwo, Keetmanshoop and at the Windhoek central hospital. Plans are also in the pipeline to...
WALVIS BAY – The Covid-19 pandemic continues to pose a major public health threat as more workers tested positive for the virus in the country. Seven health workers tested positive in two days in Windhoek alone where Covid-19 cases are increasing at a rapid pace. Since the outbreak of the virus at least 50 health...
!GOMENǁGAMS – ǂHanub di ǂam skolgu hîa Tsoaxubams tsî !Gomenǁgams !nâ māgu ge ǀgaisa ǁgâib !naka hâ, ǁnāpa gu ǀgauna nî ôa mâtin ǀasa xoaǂgāde !gaoǁgui xrats tsî xrat 1’s hâra !aroma nî dīsa nî ôase. !Nubusib ǁkhāǁkhā!nā-omdi dib ge nē ǀgam huri-m !āra tawa kurigu ǁaeba ǁgoaǂuis ase ī tsî nēsi skolgu mâǁae nî...
WALVIS BAY – Namibia will auction off a chunk of horse mackerel, hake and monk quotas to the highest local and international bidders. This is to generate funds to buy equipment and urgently needed drugs for Covid-19. However, portions of the said species will be reserved to sustain local jobs. This is the first time...
WALVIS BAY – A Swakopmund businesswoman lost N$1 million during housebreaking while another woman from Walvis Bay lost a substantial sum of N$425 000 through fraud. According to the weekend crime report, Lorner Harmse (57), the office of the owner of Little Foot Garden in Swakopmund was broken into on Thursday morning at her house...