Author: Julia Heita
Trouble in banking paradise: Bank BIC’s zero profits since 2015
By: Kelvin Chiringa Trouble has reared its head in the local banking sector paradise as a latest report has disclosed that Bank BIC is the only banking institution that has failed to make a profit in the past five years….
Local Producers Came Through For Potatoes In June
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus In one of the rare moments in the country’s horticulture production patterns, the local farmers have planted and will wash enough potatoes for June for the domestic market. The Namibia Agronomic Board (NAB) has announced its monthly…
Local Authority Retirement Fund Members Reject 75 per cent Preservation
By: Ludorf Iyambo 90 per cent of members of the retirement fund for local authorities and utility services (RFLAUN) strongly disagree with the 75 per cent preservation of pension funds. This is according to a recent consultation survey conducted by…
MTC Says Extra Data Coverage For Unam Students Not Part Of Agreement
By: Annakleta Haikera MTC’s corporate communications officer John Ekongo, says the University of Namibia (Unam) had said if students use other social media applications, it should be at their own cost. This comes after the representative student councils (SRC) at…
Namibia Faced With Pre-Hospital Care Challenges
By: Ludorf Iyambo Director of tertiary health care and clinical support services in the health ministry Johannes Gaeseb says that Namibia is currently faced with an increasing demand for pre-hospital care caused by increased incidents of trauma resulting from motor…
Clicks Allegedly Mistreating Employees Who Don’t Speak Afrikaans
By: Ludorf Iyambo Clicks employees in Namibia are crying over linguistic abuse by the company management. The workers that are Oshiwambo, Herero, Rukwangali, and Silozi have come out to say that they are being mistreated in the company because they…
RCC Interim CEO Pocketing Two Salaries
By: Kelvin Chiringa Outrage has hit the struggling Roads Contractor Company (RCC) after it emerged that the interim Chief Executive Officer, Maria Nakale, has two jobs, pocketing two salaries from the state entity and the Retirement Funds Institute of Namibia…
Corridor Group Consultant Calls for Lubumbashi Consulate
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The Walvis Bay-Ndola-Lubumbashi Development Corridor members have urged Namibia to consider opening a diplomatic consulate in Lubumbashi DRC to ease trade and issue visas. Moreover, urgently decentralise the issuance and extension of commercial visas services from Windhoek…
Bonds Oversubscription Reveals Govt Asset Dominance
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The Bank of Namibia has indicated that the high appetite for government debt securities is due to media coverage/awareness, small funds to be raised locally this year, and the urge to fulfil long-term investment plans. At the…
The Village Master- The Art of Making Okaanda
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus In the current economic structure that almost and continues to wipe out indigenous knowledge, skills are acquired by going to high learning institutions- indigenously skills are passed on from one generation to another. This is done through…