FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF LUDERITZ

To see the sea after eight hours of dry, desolate desert and scrubland was such a relief. As we wound our way down the tarmac road into Luderitz our eyes feasted upon the vast blue, hungering for it as a starving man would for a simple meal of hot soup and bread. Before we entered [...]

Silence Breaker

WHY VOTE?

By Gregory de Vries

“WE SHOULD BE DRAWING OUR CROSSES.”
We have the power to affect change, to impact positively on our society and create the kind of lives we have always dreamt of living. I believe we are standing at the precipice of the most dramatic elections we have ever had in the history of [...]

The Last Word

By Kai Williams
I’m not one to complain. After all, I am British, I come from a land where it is preferred to suffer than to ruffle feathers and where every problem is faced with a stiff upper lip. Regardless of this fact, I warn you that I am about to lodge a couple of complaints [...]

Penguin Rescue April 2009

On behalf of all the penguins which were oiled during April 2009, were rescued, rehabilitated and returned to the wild, I ( Jessica Kemper) would like to say a biiiig thank you to everbody in Lüderitz who helped in one way or another, by parting with a favourite toothbrush or towel, by donating money or [...]

Beauty Pageants: a celebration of visual attractiveness or a form of self exploitation?

Earlier this month Lüderitz High School held its annual Miss Lüderitz High competition (see page 15). Beauty pageants have been at the centre an energetic debate about the nature of feminism on an international level but what do you think?

Beauty contests have been around since the 1800’s when an American man created a [...]

What Do YOU Think Of Lüderitz?

February has seen a large number of Buchters voicing their opinions and standing up for what they think, be it asking for a swimming pool or demanding a change in land use. In the spirit of all this free thinking we asked the local people in Lüderitz what they liked about their town and what [...]

Sports? No Thank You

The Last Word
Never have I been gladder to live in Namibia that right now because it’s that time of year again; you’ve spent the last month enjoying the holiday season, ignoring the scales and the fact that you no longer fit into your favourite pants and relishing in the abundance of food and alcohol. Life [...]

My Story

Every month one member of the Luderitz community tells us a story about Luderitz that they feel captures the essence of what life here is all about.
“In 1986 I was invited to sit on the National Dias Festival Committee in Cape Town, having earlier been on the sidelines of discussions about getting a replica of [...]

Barack Obama, A New Age For Africa?

On the 4th of November Barack Obama won a decisive victory in the American Elections to cries of joy from across America and the rest of the world but nowhere are people more excited than in Africa.
Hailed by many as ‘the prodigal son’, Obama, who is officially the first ever African American president, is [...]