Injured Kitesurfer Recovering Slowly
A kitesurfing com¬petitor, French man, Jerome Bila, injured his back during the Speed Challenge 2009.
The accident oc¬curred once he’d finished his run on the speed strip, when his kite lines got tangled with another competitor’s. Fortunately the other person involved was not injured. He went to hospital in Johannes¬burg for an operation on one [...]
Economy and the Struggle for Justice
By Revd. Jan. Scholtz
Southern Africa has undergone a lot of challenges which have included political instability, increased poverty levels and general spiritual malaise in the communities that we serve.
In the following sentences I would like to raise some of the challenges and concerns that confront the people we serve, which we have to address [...]
My Oops Moment With Love
There’s a funny thing about love, it will find you in the most unusual circum¬stances, at the most unlikely times. Love will come upon you, throw its arms around you and transform your entire existence. Unfortunately, most of us won’t recognise the experience or understand the impact when it’s happening.
Life is all about love; love [...]
Luderitz Receives It’s Fire Wagon In Time For Christmas
During May 2008 Karl Gertler who worked as consultant for Luderitz Town Council and Gerd Kessler (Voluntary Fireman and Rotarian for over 25 years) discussed the need of a fire wagon to serve the Luderitz community, as the old 1957 Chevy and the old 1970 model Mercedes desperately needed to be replaced.
The fire brigade in [...]
Stepps Inn Events
The Pink Palace club has been busy throughout January hosting all sorts of events to increase their custom and attract a wider audience; the events so far have been successful. The manager of the club has de¬cided that it’s time activities took place at the club rather than just the usual weekend drinking and dancing.
They [...]
Christmas Concert
On the 25th of No¬vember 2009 the Felsen¬kirche was lit up with bright lights and filled with the sound of music. The reason? Retha Calitz and her talented piano students. The church had been beautifully decorat¬ed with festive white, red and gold and the aisle featured a photograph of each child that performed in [...]
Unfair Housing Distribution
A housing ‘problem’ in Luderitz has recently been brought to our attention, concerning housing distribu¬tion to long term residents. An example we heard of was a couple who have been Lud-eritz residents since 1978 and still live here. They began their time here sharing single quarters with another family until they moved out because of [...]
P.P.R.C’s Plan of Action
On the 20th of January, the Police and Public Relations Committee convened for their first meeting of the New Year. There was a large turnout from the community with people representing many different organisations such as security companies, Immigration Control, Ministry of Youth, the Waterfront, Prison Services, Chamber of Commerce and Industry and many more. [...]
Editorial
Dear Readers,
We hope you’ve enjoyed your Christmas holidays and we’d like to wish you a very Happy NewYear! It seems strange that it’s 2010 already; we can both remember ringing in the new Millennium ten years ago. Our editor’s photos from this month were taken during our Christmas holiday – Sarah is about to bungee [...]
Tragic Losses Over Christmas
Over the Christmas period there have sadly been four deaths in Luderitz, some of which are classed as un-natural. The first of which was Rocco Fourie who was found in his bed on the 1st December 2009, at his Namdeb flat. Rocco was a South African citizen who had come to work in Luderitz a [...]
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