Beauty Strikes Again
On Friday 26th May Diaz Primary School opened its doors once again for its annual Mr and Mrs Diaz competition- a chance for the young and attractive to celebrate and judge each other in the name of glamour.
Music blared from loudspeakers, a long, white-clothed catwalk extended into the hall and the queue to get [...]
Shabeens: The New Brothels?
A recent report surveying the AIDS prevalence in Lüderitz has suggested that there is a concrete link between the location of shebeens and areas with a high density of HIV/AIDS sufferers.
Student Epidemiologist Brooke Nichols conducted research on the impact that alcohol consumption can have on the level of people with HIV/AIDS whilst visiting Lüderitz [...]
Preserve And Conserve
Namibia launches coastal protection scheme.
Thusrday 2nd July was an important and exciting day in many a nature conservationists calendar as it marked the official opening of Namibia’s first ever Marine Protected area- an area measuring just under 1 million hectares along the countries southern coastline aimed at conserving and protecting the abundant nature resources [...]
The End Of The Buchter?
The Buchter News is a legacy, it is a long standing, 22-year-old, ever developing pillar of the local community. It has been run by volunteers for the people of Lüderitz for over two decades, initially providing the only source of news to the town and adapting to fit the community following the introduction of television, [...]
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