Almost the whole of last week I had been out of the office doing site inspections at 13 schools in the Omusati and Oshana region which will receive new computer laboratories funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) soon. Two technicians from the head office, a technical administrator from the company who will supply the …
Around 70 of our 284 schools are closed since last week due to the impact of the rain the Omusati Region (west of Ogongo) received so far. The main reason for the closing is not that the school premises are flooded. The problem is that the schools are hard to reach for the learners which …
Back in the country since the 12th. After taking care of my Hilux (what else) I made it finally out of über-boring Windhoek the next day. The fastest way up to the North is the B1. As have seen that route by now too many times and it is always packed I decided to take …
I almost got stuck with a damaged wheel bearing on my way from Outapi to the airport in Windhoek somewhere between which would have left me with the choice of missing the plane the next morning or increased chances of having my Hilux exported to Angola. Luckily I made it and the Toyota is (hopefully) …
Male chauvinism might could come trough at first sight. I refer Outapi as the ‘place to work’. Some local businessman is obviously ahead of times and refers to it already as the famous ‘place to be’ on shirts he is selling obviously quite well in town. Literally, on top of this slogan he put outapi.com …
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Die gedruckte Version der OutapiTimes wird voraussichtlich erst Ende Januar in den Briefkästen der ‘Abonnenten’ landen. Für Ungeduldige gibt es sie daher schon jetzt als PDF. Die Redaktion wünscht viel Spass beim Lesen. Outapi Times, Issue Nr.3, December 2011 – print edition
Heavy rain without break since yesterday evening. The surroundings of Outapi look already like it was after weeks of constant rain during the ‘main’ flooding seasons eight months ago. Lets hope the forecast is right and it will stop by the end of the week.
Usually it’s Ethosa for the bigger animals apart from donkey, cattle and goat. For reptiles it seems I am living in a pretty good spot. At least two geckos are part of the house (cleaning) inventory for quite a while. Outside after the rain the small guys definitely have taken over. Unfortunately the same goes …
During the last two nights Outapi received quite some heavy showers. I’ve been talking to people and everyone says that it is quite unusual to have such intense rain during the ‘small rainy’ season. Hopefully the thing stops soon otherwise we will have a tough next year: as mentioned in one of the previous posts …
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On the way back from Oshakati Saturday night I realized that the Hilux’s odometer reached 260’000km. Would have been time to celebrate. Neither the vehicle nor the driver are drinking alcohol. Therefore we skipped the party at night. Instead the Hilux got a special treat Sunday evening from me: five liter of Toyota’s finest 75w-90 …