2020-02-21Eveline de Klerk WALVIS BAY – Captain of the Resplendent hake trawler Carlo Gordon that sunk on Tuesday afternoon off the Namibian coast was hailed as a selfless hero by his crew members, family and friends yesterday. View more
2020-02-20Eveline de Klerk WALVIS BAY – Two taxation officers at the Ministry of Finance, Inland Revenue at Walvis Bay were denied bail yesterday morning following their arrest on Monday afternoon for allegedly soliciting bribe of N$100 000 from a taxpayer. View more
2020-02-20Eveline de Klerk WALVIS BAY – Visibly traumatised crew members of the Hangana Seafood-owned Resplendent yesterday struggled to hold back tears as they recalled the final moments of the hake trawler, which sank off the Namibian coast on Tuesday. View more
2020-02-19Eveline de Klerk WALVIS BAY – All possible resources had to be deployed yesterday to launch an emergency evacuation in order to rescue crew members of a fishing vessel that has sunk off the Namibian coast yesterday. View more
2020-02-19Eveline de Klerk SWAKOPMUND – Double murder accused Ernst Lichtenstrasser has pleaded not guilty on all charges when he appeared in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court on Monday. View more
2020-02-18Eveline de Klerk SWAKOMUND – A senior employment officer at the labour ministry says employers who do not comply with all aspects of the Employment Service Act and the Namibia Integrated Employment Information System (NIEIS) could be fined up to N$20 000 in the near future. View more
2020-02-10Staff Reporter PowerCom Pty Ltd has commenced with the planned tower construction in Walvis Bay Extension 17. A recent ground-breaking ceremony confirmed the tower’s commencement as well as the company’s infrastructure CAPEX investment rollout for 2019/2020, which seeks to increase the company’s footprint and asset base to best service ICT players and offer last mile connectivity. View more
2020-02-10Eveline de Klerk WALVIS BAY - The authorities have once again seized horse mackerel trawler Heinaste just days after a court ordered for its release. View more
2020-02-07Eveline de Klerk WALVIS BAY – Two workers died at the Walvis Bay sewerage works yesterday after drowning inside the sewer pump station. View more
2020-02-06Eveline de Klerk WALVIS BAY – The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) said it would table a motion to summon Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) director general Paulus Noa to explain why Namibians implicated in the Fishrot saga had their assets frozen, while foreigners allegedly involved have free range. View more
2020-02-06Eveline de Klerk WALVIS BAY - Arngrímur Brynjólfsson, the captain of Heinaste, a factory trawler owned by Samherji, was yesterday fined N$950 000 in the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court for fishing in a restricted zone. View more
2020-02-04Eveline de Klerk WALVIS BAY – A second vessel linked to the controversial Icelandic fishing company, Samherji, which is implicated in the unfolding Fishrot scandal, has left the country, leaving fishermen hanging. View more
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