Combatting Crime
The second police and public relations committee (PPRC) meeting of this year was held on February 24th at the newly built police board room. These meetings are open to the public, so anyone can become a member and contribute to the important discussions that occur. The first discussion point on the agenda was the Luderitz [...]
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 [...]
World AIDS Day Awareness Week
There is a World AIDS Day Awareness Week being held in Lüderitz from the 1st to the 5th of December. It is organised by the Youth Centre in Luderitz. Lots of activities are taking place everyday and here is a timetable of some of the highlights:
Tuesday 1st December
Launching of World AIDS Day
∙ Venue – Benguela [...]
Children Count
This year’s conference hosted by U-Khai/Yelula
took off to a flying start as the audience were asked to shimmy, shake and sing before learning all about the project. The conference was mainly for stakeholders to learn how their money is spent, and also to assess how grants are awarded to orphans and vulnerable children. It was [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Film Commission Promotes Namibia On Location Trade Show in Los Angeles
For the first time Namibia was represented at the world’s biggest film location fair in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, this year. A delegation of the Namibia Film Commission (NFC) and local filmmakers promoted Namibia as an attractive destination to expert visitors from the movie business. The trade show featured almost 200 film commissions from 35 [...]
Lüderitz Wind Farm Not Yet Under Construction
Over the past twenty years Global Warming has become a worldwide buzz word; millions of dollars have been poured into research, prevention and, perhaps most importantly, renewable energy sources. However, it is only recently that global warming has fallen into the spotlight in Southern Africa which is why The Buchter News is proud to announce [...]
Namibia Celebrates Its Nineteenth Birthday
The 21st of March: 19 years ago today Sam Nujoma was sworn in as Namibia’s first president of the free state by UN Secretary-General Pérez de Cuellar. The new country was full of hope and the promise of reconciliation. It is now 2009 and Namibia is in its 19th year of freedom from colonisation. How [...]
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