Life, A Gift From God

By Ndafa Alpheus

I recently realized that God gave me this precious gift I call my life. He created me for His purpose, I have to get out and live. I try to live each day to the fullest and give it my best…as I appreciate every moment of it; I count and try to take [...]

Music Instructor Revealed As Con Artist

The leader of a recent music workshop held in the last week of February has turned out to be a fraud and has fled Lüderitz stealing money and food and leaving unpaid bills behind him.

Jan Mafud !Haubab ran the week long workshop from the YACC saying that he wanted to help educate the [...]

Drink Of The Month- Jameson Irish Whiskey

Jameson triple distilled whiskey is a middle-range Irish whiskey. The whiskey is best described as smooth with the slight sweet taste of the oak casks in which it was matured. Though not compatible with top-range whiskey this whiskey has secured a good spot in the upper mid-range and leaves a number of equally priced whiskeys [...]

Cancer Association Namibia (CAN)

It is with great sadness that we said farewell to our friend Mina van Wyk.
Our prayers go out to Tina Jonker and Hendrik van Zyl.  You are in our thoughts and your strength shines through.

On a lighter note, there is a fondue coming up on the 4th April.  The venue will be [...]

Break The Silence

TO QUESTION,TO EXPRESS,TO ACCEPT
By Gregory De Vries

What is a treatment supporter? A treatment supporter is a committed and trustworthy adult who helps someone living with HIV/AIDS to make their treatment a success.

Who can be treatment supporter? A treatment supporter can be a family member, partner or friend who:
· is older than 18 [...]

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 [...]

Beauty And The Brains

It’s been an impressive few months for students of Lüderitz High School who have not only received sterling exam results but also have held their annual Miss Lüderitz High contest for the young and beautiful Lüderitz youth.

On Friday the 6th of March the ever popular German Hostel at the YACC hosted the [...]

Anything That Floats

Saturday the 28th February marked the day of the annual ‘Anything That Floats’ competition. Held at Lüderitz Yacht Club the event was a chance for the nautically inclined members of the community to come together and show off their bizarre floating contraptions.

THE RULES
The premise behind the event was simple; contestants had to create [...]