LATEST CONTENDER FOR LUDERITZ’S SPEED CHALLENGE?

 
Windsurfing has been seen along the South African shorelines for many years and in recent times Kitesurfing has come along, and now our beaches are constantly in an array of colours and full of action thanks to these sports! Especially here in Lüderitz when the speed challenge comes around!
Our talented sailors have not often headed [...]

World Environment Day

 This month 395 students from 9 coastal schools participated in this year’s International Coastal Clean-Up. Students from Diaz Primary and Luderitz Secondary School cleaned up our beaches as part of  the campaign to keep Namibia’s coastline clean. The students went to the beach and the lagoon with their handmade rubbish collectors and enthusiasm. Thank you [...]

LEARN TOWRITE IN THE SAND

A story tells that two friends were walking through the

desert. At a specific point of the journey, they had an argument and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one, who got slapped, was hurt, but without anything to say, he wrote in the sand: “TO-DAY, MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN [...]

Council Employees Demand Payrise

The Council Employees strike is a recent development in Luderitz and caused many problems in the town. The employees decided to stop working due to salary issues, so there was overflowing sewage, rubbish scattered all around the town and bad smells permeating into shops and houses. They also took away all the equipment used to [...]

High Flyers

On a sunny Sunday afternoon, the high performing students from Luderitz Secondary school, and their proud parents and teachers gathered in the Youth Centre hall to celebrate their successes. The afternoon was enlightening to say the least. We discovered that the students at the school have many hidden talents, in and out of the classroom.
The [...]

BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE

If you had happened to have walked past The Nest Hotel on Friday the 11th of September you might have thought there was an Oscars in town; what with the red carpet, glamorous dresses,
smart suits and camera flashes. In fact, it was the Matric’ Ball for Lüderitz Secondary School where the students were having a [...]

FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF LUDERITZ

To see the sea after eight hours of dry, desolate desert and scrubland was such a relief. As we wound our way down the tarmac road into Luderitz our eyes feasted upon the vast blue, hungering for it as a starving man would for a simple meal of hot soup and bread. Before we entered [...]

Silence Breaker

WHY VOTE?

By Gregory de Vries

“WE SHOULD BE DRAWING OUR CROSSES.”
We have the power to affect change, to impact positively on our society and create the kind of lives we have always dreamt of living. I believe we are standing at the precipice of the most dramatic elections we have ever had in the history of [...]

LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS

Bogenfels Restaurant re-opened recently under new ownership. The new owners have made a variety

of changes, the first being the restaurant now has a pool table and a television, which are in the expanded bar area. The menu has been improved, as everything has been made more affordable, they have also introduced side orders and added [...]

SWINE FLU- DON’T TAKE THE RISK

Swine flu is now a serious problem throughout the world, much like many other diseases and viruses but there are simple ways to prevent catching swine flu. It is a contagious virus, much like normal flu and has caused deaths in many countries. When immunity is low, swine flu is contracted easier which is why [...]