An excellent Namibian swimming season reaches its climax this weekend when the Bank Windhoek Nasfed Namibian National Long Course Swimming Championships take place at the Olympia Municipal Pool in Windhoek. Namibia’s top swimmers have recently put their country on the map with some impressive performances at various international events and with a host of talented...
Namibia’s national swimming championships, which were due to start today, have been postponed yet again due to the funeral of former president Hage Geingob this weekend. The national championships, which is normally held over four days, was originally supposed to take place this coming weekend from Thursday, 22 February to Sunday, 25 February. With the...
Keila de Oliveira, an aspiring para-athletics swimmer, is set to make a triumphant return to the swimming gala scene after securing sponsorship from Windhoek Gymnasium. Last year, Keila made her debut at the Pupkewitz Interschool Swimming Gala, representing Orban Primary School as their sole participant. This year, she courageously embraces the challenge once more, ready...
Grootfontein Mayor Talitha Garises has warned parents to always ensure that they know the whereabouts of their children, as many are said to be flocking to the town’s sewer ponds to swim. Garises cautioned that the children risk contracting waterborne diseases such as typhoid and cholera from swimming in the ponds. There have been cases...
As Namibians dive into ‘is fkkl is festive’, many of them are doing so under a dark cloud of debt owed to loan sharks who charge interest as high as 40%. In the heart of Katutura, *Iyaloo /Naris (39), a single mother of two, relies on a monthly income of a meagre N$2 400 working...
Keila de Oliviera, a talented young para-athlete, recently made her debut in the swimming world by participating in her very first swimming competition, the Pupkewitz Interschool Swimming Gala. Representing Orban Primary School, Keila showcased her determination and pride as she swam alongside other participants. In an interview with nbc sport, Keila expressed her excitement about...
In a tragic incident at the Katutura Municipal Swimming Pool in Windhoek, a 14-year-old boy drowned on Monday afternoon. According to the Namibian Police, the young boy had been swimming with his friends when he informed them that he wanted to go deep in the water like his father and stay underwater for 20 minutes....
The City of Windhoek has announced the temporary closure of the municipal swimming pool situated between Khomasdal and Katutura. According to a statement released on the city’s social media channels, the closure is for essential maintenance and repairs and comes into effect immediately, with no specified reopening date for the swimming pool. The city also...
A man (32), identified as Alfeus Saltiel, drowned while swimming in the sea at Independence Beach at Walvis Bay on Saturday. According to police spokesperson Kauna Shikwambi, Saltiel’s friends tried to rescue him immediately, and paramedics were summoned to the scene. Saltiel was then transported to the Walvis Bay State Hospital, where he was declared...