Hard Work Pays Off
On Wednesday 11th November Helen Van Rhijn Primary school held their end of year diploma ceremony. The head girl who is leaving the primary school before Christmas welcomed everyone and thanked the sponsors, teachers and parents for their assistance and guidance.
Within the opening speeches the school’s ups and downs were reported on. The learner [...]
Election Tension
All of Luderitz couldn’t help but be aware that the Presidential elections are upon us, what with all the posters, heated discussions and recent rallies in the town, it is something that cannot be avoided. Rightly so, as the elections are a very important event and everyone who can, should vote.
On the 15th of November [...]
Gospel Singers Visit
On Saturday the 14th of November at 7pm there was a gospel concert in the youth centre hall, featuring a very talented group of musicians who thoroughly entertained the ever growing audience.
The entrance fee was N$20 per person, which didn’t dissuade people from attending as there were over a hundred people there, from babies to [...]
So You Want To Start A Business?
A workshop was held at Luderitz Youth Centre for members of the community who are interested in starting a business. It was a two day work shop run by visiting youth volunteers from Mariental, Lindsay McAuley, a Peace Corp volunteer and Beata Negumbo,who is the rural development officer from the Ministry of Youth, and Padraic [...]
Potential Murderer Caught
Kodife E. Ndeulito has been charged with the tragic murders that took place in Luderitz in 2005 and 2009. It is also rumoured that he is responsible for a third murder in Keetmanshoop. His court date is the 3/12/09 and will probably be held in Windhoek High Court.•
Star Struck
Luderitz had another exciting visitor this month, in the form of an astronomy volunteer visiting from America named Brandon Horn. Brandon is travelling to various countries around the world for a year teaching astronomy to primary school children. He is six months into his tour already and has so far visited China, Mongolia, and now [...]
Teenagers Under Lock And Key
On Friday the 23rd of October there was a lock in at the Youth Centre, for young males from Luderitz. It was run by four American Peace Corp volunteers, and funded by Luderitz Secondary School. There were about 30 boys there, who took part in various organised activities such as video gaming, a HIV discussion, [...]
Local Coastodians Do Us Proud
We are proud to announce that two of our local schools won the two top prizes for the International Coastal Clean up Day and Art Competition. Luderitz Secondary school was one of them, along with Diaz Primary. The judging was completed in Windhoek by independent artists/teachers, and the grand prize of a trip to the [...]
Diaz Diplomas Awarded
On the 5th of November, Diaz Primary held their Diploma Ceremony for 2009. It began at 6.30pm and was conducted through English and Afrikaans.
The ceremony was opened beautifully by the school choir. For such young children I was really impressed by the strength and depth of their voices. Mr. Johannes, their conductor, [...]
Two Days
If you spend all your time looking back at yesterday, you are destined to trip over tomorrow.
There are two days in every week about which we should not worry, two days, which should be kept from fear and apprehension. One of these days is yesterday, with it`s mistakes and cares, it’s faults and blunders, it’s [...]
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