Knockout for tourism

During the recession and drought, tourism was one of the last sectors that gave impetus to the economy of Namibia. Measures against the spread of COVID-19 are flooring this sector. When it will rise again is written in the stars. After the main flight connections to...

Headlines – 26 to 30 November

+++ 30/11 – Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) definitively unable to trace 300 million Namibia Dollar of disbursed loans and grants +++ 30/11 – Roads Authority sued for N$ 90 million compensation because of irregular contract for construction of new...

Headlines – 12 to 16 November

+++ 16/11 – Hurdle for accelerated expansion of International Airport: Contracts for architects, engineers and quantity surveyors must be withdrawn and tendered +++ 16/11 – Rhino poachers strike in Hardap region: One pachyderm killed and dehorned, one shot and wounded...

Tourist survives leopard attack

In the Kuiseb Canyon near the gravel road from Windhoek to Walvis Bay, a German motorhome traveler was attacked by a leopard at night. At the beginning of April, Hardy Specker (61) and his wife Petra Windmeisser (60) parked their camper van near the Kuiseb Bridge to...