Category: National
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…
Benjamin Announces COSAFA 35-man Provisional Squad
By: Uakutura Kambaekua Brave Warriors’ newly appointed gaffer Collin Benjamin announced a provisional squad of 35 players for the upcoming 2022 Council of Southern African Football Associations (Cosafa) tournament set for Durban, South Africa, in July. Benjamin, who was appointed…
Zimbabweans Clinch US$113 million Grove Mall Property
Zimbabwean investors, including pension funds, are working on plans to take over a US$113 million (N$1,8 billion) property, The Grove Mall of Namibia, in Windhoek. The deal, which is at an advanced stage, is being coordinated by two local financial…
Lack of Competition Makes Data Expensive in Namibia-CRAN
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Namibia is one of the most expensive countries in Africa for mobile broadband, the cheapest product assessed by the first quarter of 2021 for 1GB monthly prepaid usage was around N$124.5. (USD8.3). As a result, Namibia slipped…
Cattle Country Athletics Club To Host Athletics Championship
By: Uakutura Kambaekua – Gobabis Stiff competition awaits more than 200 athletes competing in 18 events at the first-ever track and field athletics championship hosted by Omaheke’s Cattle Country Athletics Club at the famous Legare Sports Grounds in Gobabis on…