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Archive for July, 2009
23rd July

The Last Word

By Kai Williams
I’m not one to complain. After all, I am British, I come from a land where it is preferred to suffer than to ruffle feathers and where every problem is faced with a stiff upper lip. Regardless of this fact, I warn you that I am about to lodge a couple of complaints [...]

23rd July

Roaring Applause For The Lion King

Let me begin by saying that, prior to living in LĂźderitz, I have never so much as taught a drama lesson before so when I decided to put on a production of The Lion King with a group of students from LĂźderitz Secondary School I had my work cut out for me.
After just under two [...]

23rd July

Drink Of The Month: Jagermeister

From the shape and packaging of the bottle and the colour of the liquid within, at first glance one might believe that Jägermeister is actually a very expensive medicine. The thick-glassed curved bottle with its slightly alarming orange and black stag logo suggests that it may contain an assortment of pills powerful enough to cure [...]

23rd July

Barrels Bar- A Favorite Place

For the past year visiting Barrels Bar has been a fairly integral part of my weekly routine. Friday night is reserved for a drink and a meal (and perhaps another few drinks) in this cosy establishment and many an hour has been spent sipping a Windhoek, listening to live music, reading the eccentric quotes and [...]

23rd July

Sexy And Sorted

Ever had an embarrassing question and not known who to ask? You can’t quiz your friends in case they laugh at you, you’re too embarrassed to ask you teacher anything and you don’t want to talk to your parents anything because well…they’re your parents, so where do you turn?
In the past all those slightly-too- personal [...]

23rd July

Thank God For My Shoes

By Ndafa Alpheus
I woke up one day and I realised that there were many things about my life I was not satisfied with or better still, there were challenges that were threatening my soul. And I said to myself, “Why should anyone envy me and want to be in my shoes.” No one knows how [...]

23rd July

Religion And Economics

By Reverend Jan Scholtz
For most people the proverbial war between science and religion ended long ago, either in a stalemate or a truce. But the conflict between religion and economics go on; apparently for good reasons, after all, didn’t Jesus through the money-changers out of the temple?
Economics isn’t called ‘the dismal science’ for nothing; what [...]

23rd July

SPCA July

DOG GROOMING
Dog grooming is an important time for both you and your dog and you should both enjoy the experience. You have a chance to increase the bond between you and it is a necessary part of maintaining the good health of your faithful companion. Pets need their human to care for them and they [...]

23rd July

Break The Silence

By Gregory De Vries
People living with HIV should avoid unplanned pregnancies: If you still want to have a baby, these are some things you should consider:
¡ To become pregnant you will have to have unprotected sex. In this way, you and/or your partner could get infected or re-infected with HIV.
¡ There is a risk that [...]

23rd July

Formation Of The Luderitz Ministers Fellowship

If there’s one thing that isn’t in short supply in Lüderitz it’s churches- this small desert town boasts a church to fill the needs of almost every Christian denomination, from Catholic to Lutheran and Evangelical to Pentecostal. So it’s about time a link was created between all of them- welcome to the Lüderitz Ministers Fellowship, [...]