Prison Alcohol Awareness Workshop

In early June the YACC hosted a three day Alcohol Awareness Workshop for inmates at Lüderitz Prison following requests from prisoners to receive information about drug and alcohol abuse.
Organised by Superintendent K. Goliath and supervised by Deputy A. Tjiueza, the workshop was aimed at tackling the issues surrounding alcohol, including addiction, health risks, safe usage [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Music With A Message

Popular Namibian Band VM6 are touring the country the spread the AIDS awareness message through talks and music. Our roving reporter went along to check out their Lüderitz gig.
Let me first say that the view from the German hall in the YACC is undoubtedly one of my favourites in Lüderitz and as the sun [...]

IT Classes At The YACC Already Deemed A Success

On Tuesday the 20th January the Youth Art and Culture Centre opened its gates to allow the public to register for its brand new ICT classes.
‘IT and using computers is a really good skill to have nowadays’, said one applicant, ‘in almost every job you apply for you’re asked for IT comprehension so I’m [...]

Swedish Officials Visit Youth Centre

Swedish officials from Höör visited the Lüderitz Youth Centre on Tuesday the 18th November, to discuss ways in which Höör and Lüderitz can help each other.
The meeting got off to a slow start as, due to delays, it begins half an hour late. The room was filled with the excited Lüderitz youth. A lot [...]

Youth Centre Gets A Bit Of Space

By Padraic Gerety
Earlier in November two large metal containers were transported to the Luderitz Youth Art and Culture Centre to be used as additional office and storage space in the future.
The containers were donated to the Ministry of Youth several years ago but have been sitting unused next to the Luderitz Hospital as the [...]