Brightstart’s Shining Stars
To end my year in Luderitz on a high I decided to produce a play (with a lot of help from Hannah), with Brightstart Montessori School’s lower elementary class. In the end three upper elementary students were involved too as they got promoted to the next grade mid-production.
The children came up with the set, characters [...]
Popular Man Passes Away
A well loved member of the Luderitz community unfortunately passed away on Sunday July 18th.
Fourty five year old Hosea Hangula was driving back from Keetmashoop after dropping one of his colleagues off in the town when he crashed his car. The incident occurred about 40km away from Keetmashoop.
The case is being handled by Keetmanshoop police [...]
Beware of Rabies
A positive case of rabies was identified in Luderitz at the end of June, causing people to worry. The State Veterinary Service offered free rabies injections at the SPCA office, Nautilus Natis Office and at the Bioscope Hall in Benguela for all animals in Luderitz. It is wise, if you haven’t already done so to [...]
NaTIS Branch for Luderitz Residents
A new building has been completed and is now in use for Namibia Traffic Information System (NaTIS). The large multi-purpose premises is situated on the road out of town. It will provide a place to register and license motor vehicles, put motor vehicles through roadworthiness testing, issue driving and learner’s licenses, test eye vision for [...]
National History Competition Hosted in Luderitz
Over the weekend of the 9th of July the School, Clubs and Museum Exhibition (SCAMX) competition took place here in Luderitz. It was a national competition, organised by the Museums Association of Namibia, where 28 schools and history clubs from all over Namibia researched an area of interest relevant to their town.
The teams then created [...]
Elderly Benefit from Bike Rally
The annual Kratzplatz Run started on Friday June 11th at Barrels, coinciding nicely with the first Fifa World Cup game. Barrels was busy all weekend with locals and visitors, mainly bikers from all over Namibia and South Africa. Their aim was to raise money for the elderly in two Luderitz age old homes, Helpende Hand [...]
Tailors Graduate
The 6month tailoring course at the Luderitz Youth Centre has just been
completed on June 18th, which has been offered between 18 Jan-18 June,2010.
They graduated with 17 students.
The following are the topics that were covered for the course:
-Drawing a pattern
-Taking Measurements
-Cutting materials
-Sewing a girl’s dress
-Adult women’s dress
-Man’s trousers
-Man’s shirts
-school uniforms
The next course will be offered between [...]
Malicious Robberies
In the past couple of months there have been a lot of housebreakings, and more worryingly, large scale business robberies.
Grillenbergers bottle store was the first to be targeted in town, where they broke into the owner’s house first and then the shop stealing money and stock. The amount of damage inflicted is still being determined.
Pep [...]
Namibian Police Surveyed
From May 29th to June 3rd there was a public survey of the Namibian Police Force in the Karas Region. These surveys are being conducted all over the country to determine efficiency and effectiveness, the process aims to develop the administrative and operational planning of the police. The survey aims to glean the public’s views [...]
LWDC Announce Festival a Success
To conclude the Crayfish Festival we interviewed Mr Fluksman Samuehl, chairman of the LWDC, to find out his views on the weekend.
Mr Samuehl said the festival was mainly a success as there was an increased number of SMEs and exhibitions, a lot more seafood available and a very festive atmosphere. He believes the future lies [...]
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