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29th January

NEW OPENING…

It was an exciting day for people in town when Bistro d‘ Café slid open its doors to the public. Liza and Jan officially opened their Bistro on the 10th of December 2011. Their menu has dishes that all will recognize but served with a little individuality.
Every six weeks we can expect the menu to [...]

29th January

VISION 2012, FROM THE MAYOR

We caught up with her worship the Mayor who we are delighted to here will be taking her second year at looking after Luderitz as Mayor.
Many investors have shown interest in the town. Infrastructural development is due to take place this year at the port. The Council has mentioned that it wants to encourage [...]

29th January

GREAT PERFORMANCE, CHRISTMAS CONCERT

On the 30th of November was the yearly Christmas concert in the AFM Betesda church.
All the performers were students of Retha Calitz and practised a whole year to produce a great Christmas concert. The youngest one was 5 years old and the oldest was 19 year old so there was a lot variety. The music [...]

29th January

HANDING OVER BURSARY

The Regional Council acquired a bursary for Mary Ann Fredericks. Mrs Bester approached the Regional Council about a request for her daughter. The bursary is from Coastway Tours, contributing the full amount of N$1,100 and covers one of her study years. Mary Ann study’s tourism at the University of Management and will work at [...]

28th November

TEACHERS GRADUATE WITH ECD

On the 19th of November it was ECD’s(Early Child Development), turn to have a Graduation Ceremony. This took place in the old Helen van Rhijn school. The Early Child Development is a 12 week course for people to specialise in teaching children between ages 0 – 6. Now they have a diploma to work with [...]

28th November

CUP FOR CANCER 2011 – SOMETHING YOU SHOULDN’T MISS

The Cup for Cancer was held on the 29th of October. A great opportunity for a lot of people to give their views on cancer. Looking at the large turnout in the conference room at the Nest hotel, you could see that the community of Luderitz unquestionably wants to contribute and help make a difference [...]

28th November

BRIGHTSTART CALENDER UPDATE

The Brightstart Calendar 2012 is still going, selling and available. The calendar was made using local women as models. It was made as a fundraising project for the Cancer Association and selling well.
There are still a few of calendars available at Brightstart, but most of the calendars are obtainable from Cancer Association.
Others in South Africa [...]

28th November

SWEETS BRING SMILES TO VOLOMBOLA

The Kite Surfers weren’t only here for the Kiting. On the 8th of November, a couple of the Kite Surfers came to Valombola crèche to check out the area and meet the children. They were really surprised to see the conditions of the school and loved to see how
Valombola is becoming more and more like [...]

28th November

ART GALLERY AT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

On the 15th of November Acacia Art & Picture Framing, a father and son company, was here in Luderitz to exhibit and sell paintings and rugs. The venue was in the Christian School at which they have been displaying for the past few years. The corridors and one of the larger classrooms were full of [...]

28th November

COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER AT GALA DINNER

Over N$200,000 was raised at the Gala Dinner, held in the German Hall on Saturday the 12th of November. All of the contributions were made in support of the establishment of the Shelter House in Luderitz. The night was a very successful one, to say the least. Catering for over two hundred people! Donations were [...]