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Queen's Baton comes to Walvis Bay
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
 
The Queens Baton Relay is one of the greatest traditions of the Commonwealth Games. It has always been the curtain-raiser to every Games since Cardiff 1958.
This Sunday 31 January 2010, the baton will travel from Windhoek to Walvis Bay, where a delegation and athletes of the Commonwealth Games will pay a courtesy call on the mayor.
The baton relay symbolises the gathering of people from across the Commonwealth at the four-yearly festival of sport and culture.
Over the years it has evolved into a powerful symbol of the unity and diversity of the Commonwealth of Nations. With each Games, the tradition grows in scale and significance – including more nations, involving more participants and generating more excitement than ever before.This year the games will take place in India and it is expected that the Delhi 2010 Baton’s journey will be the biggest yet.
It is also set to be the longest and most technologically advanced of the Baton Relays to date. The baton has been designed to capture sights and sounds of the different commonwealth countries through built-in video and audio sensors, giving people a taste of the diversity of the cultures and landscapes of the baton’s journey.
The Delhi 2010 Baton Relay was launched on 29th October 2009 at Buckingham Palace in London, with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II handing the baton to the President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil. The first Baton bearer, Abhinav Bindra, the Olympic air rifle champion, began the baton's journey with a relay around the Queen Victoria Monument.
The first team of Baton bearers included: Lord Sebastian Coe, Kapil Dev, Sania Mirza, Milka Singh, Dame Kelly Holmes, Vijender Kumar and Susan Gilroy to name just a few. The Queen’s Baton will travel through all the Commonwealth countries until it lands in India. From Walvis Bay the Baton will board a boat on its way to St Helena.
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An Eventful
Year Ahead
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
During the first Council session for 2010, the
Mayor of Walvis Bay, Uilka Nambahu urged municipal staff members
and residents to approach the year ahead with energy and
enthusiasm for hard work. "We must improve our resolve to do
better, (and) to become effective and efficient in all that we
do."
Despite the "unpredictable waters of a year that lays ahead" it
is likely to be an eventful year for everyone, she said. She
noted that 2010 carries a special form of inspiration due to the
special focus the world is placing on the continent with the
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Swedes enjoy
the Namibian lifestyle
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
"Many of the students were surprised to see the living conditions
in Namibia. In a way it does not feel like we are in Africa, yet
our visit to the north of the country made us realize how
uniquely diverse Namibia is in terms of its cultures, people and
life-styles," said Magnus Olofsson, one of the teachers
accompanying a group of students of the Nösnäsgymnasiet
(high school) in Stenungsund, Sweden. The students visited Walvis
Bay as part of a school exchange programme.
The group have been tasked to compile projects of their
experiences in Namibia and topics being covered include HIV/AIDS,
Tourism, the welfare work done at the Sunshine centre, women's
issues and different living conditions in the Namibian society...
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Postmortem:
Recreational Activities were generally under control
Friday, 15 January 2010
According to Rod Braby, the Project Coordinator of the Namibian
Coastal Management programme, NACOMA, the general impact of the
festive season's recreational activities on the environment has
been more positive than previous years.
"Although the activities between Walvis Bay and Swakopmund were
kept well under control, the biggest problem areas were between
Mile 7 and Henties Bay. Quad bike riders and four-wheel-drive
vehicles were found on the eastern side of the road in the Lichen
fields and vegetated areas, while cabling and poles in fenced off
areas were simply removed..."
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Mayoral
Christmas Message
Monday, 21 December 2009
The Christmas Season is a very special time of the
year for all of us and it’s important that we all enjoy the
festive period in a happy, safe and peaceful manner. Christmas is
a time of giving and receiving, of caring and sharing and with
one another. It is a time for reaching out the hand of friendship
and reconciliation.
I am conscious of how Walvis Bay is continually changing and
evolving for the better as a result of hard work, trust and the
need to create a model city.....
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Fanus Hansen January 26, 2010 at 07:32:19am 196.47. none http://noneThanx for a wonderful December at Langstrand caravan park! The guards were friendly and efficient, the people at the gate brilliant. I think something should be done to the standard of the bathrooms in the year to come.
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Langstrand January 05, 2010 at 02:37:32pm 196.47. none http://noneThank you to the municipality of Walvis Bay for maintaining Langstrand resort. The officials were very helpful and responded quickly.
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Paul Eck December 14, 2009 at 10:44:28pm 41.182. none http://noneWe had friends from Germany visiting. They love Namibia and Walvis Bay, except for the smell of the fish factory. Walvis Bay has grown into a nice friendly town, so please do something about that ugly stinking smell.
lyli November 03, 2009 at 09:49:17pm 196.31. none http://nonei love Walvis Bay but Municipality must improve traffic lights
Stevo October 09, 2009 at 10:18:20am 196.14. none http://noneWhen do we get our Waterfront? I believe there was talk of a waterfront development in Walvis Bay.
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