Egg Painters Win Easter Prizes
At the waterfront on Saturday, March 27th the Cancer Association held an Easter egg hunt for children and also an egg painting competition from 10am- 12pm. It was $25 to take part and 110 children showed up, which the Cancer Association were very pleased with. Four children won the egg painting competition over all, and [...]
Raising Awareness
AIDs day awareness week kicked off on Tues¬day 1st of December with a parade from Benguela Com¬munity Centre which went through town and finished at the waterfront. Involved in the parade were members of the Navy, Ministry of Youth workers, the Southern Youth Choir from Keetmanshoop, Exodus brass band, and Diaz Cultural Group. The [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Dealing With Disability
Written by Gregory de Vries.
Grasp your new life and new goals firmly and move on.
Sudden or unexpected disability is an everyday reality in our society with accidents, current levels of violence or illnesses such as strokes.
Learn to accept.
The first step in dealing with a disability is accepting that it has happened and that your life [...]
Plans For Luderitz; Phase Two Begins
On Monday the 16th of November, the Luderitz Waterfront Development Committee held an important high-level business meeting in order to discuss the plans for Phase Two of their development scheme for Luderitz.
The meeting began at 8.30am sharp, with numerous speakers such as Her Worship the Mayor, Professor Katjavivi and representatives from Namport, Namdeb, and the [...]
Movember Campaign 2009
Have you heard of Movember? No????
Well let me tell you a little bit about it. The month formerly known as November has been changed. Movember is a moustache growing charity event, which supports awareness of men’s health issues, in particular prostate cancer.
At the start of the month clean shaven men register, and then have the [...]
Around The World Bazaar
On Friday the 2nd of October the Dutch Reformed Church held a fundraiser in the Turnhalle which celebrated many different cultures from all around the world. The countries represented were France, Holland, Germany, South Africa and of course, Namibia.
The Turnhalle was not only a feast for the eyes with artistically laid out stalls but also [...]
Luderitz Teenagers In Gang Fights
Recently I have become aware that there are gangs within Luderitz, surprised? I was too. These gangs generally consist of boys and young men from different areas of the town, mainly Nautilus, Location and NHE who fight viciously against each other at every given opportunity for what seems like very insignificant reasons. Fights over which [...]
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