Outapi Constituency News Today

05 August 2021 | Accidents NEW BEGINNING: DRC fire victims show off their identity documents alongside home affairs minister Albert Kawana, Erongo regional governor Neville Andre and Swakopmund mayor, Louisa Kativa. Photo: Contributed Adolf Kaure SWAKOPMUND Home affairs minister Albert Kawana recently handed over 33 identity documents (IDs) and birth certificates to the victims of a recent fire in the DRC informal settlement in Swakopmund. A fire gutted a number of shacks on 16 July and destroy...

Staff Reporter A 49-year-old man died in an accident on the C-34 road yesterday. According to the Namibian police’s Erongo commander of community affairs, Inspector Ileni Shapumba, the accident took place on the outskirts of Henties Bay. A car collided with a truck that was attempting to make a U-turn, ending under its trailer. “It is alleged that a 23-year-old Zimbabwean national, the driver of a Freightliner truck with trailer, took a wrong route from Walvis Bay en-route to Zimbabwe.” W...