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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6997 FRIDAY 6 JANUARY 2023 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
21 Christmas and New Year's Rudi Bowe babies Doctors and nursing staff at three state hospitals in the Erongo region were very busy over the holiday as they welcomed twenty-one bundles of joy into the world on Christmas and New Year's Day. Nurses were delighted to welcome five boys and five girls at the Swakopmund, Walvis Bay and Omaruru State hospitals into the world on December 25. No babies were born at the Welwitschia Private Hospital, Swakopmund Mediclinic, Henties Bay, Usakos or Karibib state hospitals on Christmas Day. New Year's Day was slightly more eventful for the midwives at the hospital, who delivered nine girls and two boys at the Swakopmund and Walvis Bay State hospitals. The first baby that was welcomed in 2023 was a boy weighing a whopping 4.36kg. The boy was born at 2:54 at the Swakopmund state hospital. Second was a 1.95kg baby girl, born at 5:27 at the Walvis Bay state hospital. The rest of the New Year's babies were born between 5:45 and 23:51 and weighed between 3.4 kg and 4.27kg. All the babies that came into the world on Christmas Day and New Year's Day are healthy.
Swakopmund Mayor greets visitors at roadblock
inside 2023 a Year of Revival Mother of Rudi Bowe
Namibians are urged to welcome 2023 as Year of Revival and look forward in anticipation to new beginnings and with renewed hope and optimism. them to shape the future towards shared This was said by the Namibian President Hage Geingob in his annual New Year's message. Geingob said as the Namibian people were saying goodbye to 2022, a year which focused on reimaging the local economy, they should also welcome 2023 with reignited strength in order for
prosperity. Geingob said “we have navigated through heavy storms, headwinds and rough waters but we have done so with patience, poise and a collective sense of purpose, ensuring that no matter how difficult things seemed, we kept the ship intact, keeping it on course towards the shores of progress and prosperity. Although we are rejoicing the fact that we over-came what seemed like an absolute catastrophe during the Covid-19 outbreak in 2021 and 2022, a sense of melancholy still lingers as we remind ourselves of those who did not make it through the difficult days of the disease.” Continues on page 2
Three-month-old dies at Swakopmund day-care Eileen van der Schyff centre Swakopmund Mayor, Cllr Dina Namubes, together with Swakopmund Special Reserve Force thanked and greeted the coast's visitors at the roadblock outside the town on Monday this week. “I am joined here today at the Swakopmund roadblocks by the Special Reserve Force to bid farewell to our precious visitors. I want to give them special thanks on behalf of the Council and the entire community for their support to our businesses. No other platform would have allowed me to accomplish this, “the mayor said and extended well wishes to all the residents and visitors. “I would also like to wish our visitors a happy new year and safe travels.”
The mother of a three-month-old baby found her baby lifeless in a bed at a Swakopmund day-care centre after leaving her child in the centre’s care before going to work on Monday, 2 January. According to a caregiver, three-month-old Nettesia Popyeni was dropped of at the centre by her mother at around 7:00 on Monday morning. Unit Commander of Community Affairs of the Erongo police said it is alleged the caregiver fed her at around midday and laid her to sleep on a mattress. When the baby's mother arrived at the centre to fetch Popyeni at 18:00, she immediately realised something was wrong when she picked her baby up and she was not moving. Paramedics from the Swakopmund state hospital and the police were called to the scene. Police investigations continue.
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