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Rob Youth Foundation Supports Twaloloka Fire Victims
…Hands Over 102 School Unforms To Two Schools By: Staff Writer The Rob Youth Foundation on Thursday handed over toiletries and food items to 70 households that were affected by a fire that broke out in Twaloloka informal settlement in…
Cran Reduces Mobile And Fixed Termination Rates
Staff Writer The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) on Friday announced that it will be reducing termination rates for Namibia from 1 October 2022. Termination rates are interconnection payments/charges made between operators to compensate one another for traffic exchanged…
When Namibians Think Bank, They Mostly Think FNB
By: Quinten Potgieter – Customer Strategy Manager In a recent independent study of over 1600 banked Namibians, FNB Namibia posted top ratings across categories of top-of-mind awareness and consideration when making financial service decisions. Participants, randomly selected from the banked…
EIF N$1 million Investment Enhances Farm Vrede
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Investment in reverse osmosis units for the three communities of Farm Vrede, Goiegeluk Pos, and Santamab Pos has enabled them to have turned their salty water into potable drinking and irrigation water. According to the Environment Investment…
About 45 Million Hectares Of Grassland Affect By Bush Encroachment
…As The Environment Ministry Launches Strategy On Bush Management By: Ndinelao Shingenge Enviroment and tourism minister Pohamba Shifeta says Namibia faces faces a number of pressing environmental challenges which includes bush encroachment, biodiversity loss and climate change. Bush encroachment…
Namibian and African Oil Economies Want Regional Oil Refineries
… as Chevron enters Namibia’s oil rush Staff Writer Namibia and a range of other oil-producing countries are thinking of investing in regional oil refineries to cut the cost of importing from European countries, mines minister, Tom Alweendo, has said….
Second-hand Clothing Business To Pay Custom Levy, Not Tax – NamRA
By: Hertha Ekandjo Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA) says that the agency is not introducing a new tax style on clothing businesses, but a custom levy that is already in place. “Instead of using the rate that would be determined by…
Deteriorating Global Outlook To Impact Nam’s Export Potential
Staff Writer A deteriorating global outlook will weigh heavily on Namibia’s export potential. This is according to a Simonis Storms report on trade statistics for July. This comes as exports nearly doubled in July 2022 from 12 months ago, rising…
Mbumba Officially Opens Okakarara Trade Fair
…Says Businesses Must Adopt Smart Technologies For 4IR By: Dolly Menas Vice president Nangolo Mbumba says full and active participation in the economy requires businesses to adopt innovative and smart technologies to be successful in the fourth industrial revolution (4IR)….
More Than 50 Katima Houses Demolished And Still More To Go
By: Hertha Ekandjo Over 50 houses in Lwanyanda informal settlement have been demolished by the Katima Mulilo town council, following an eviction notice that the council, in 2017 gave the community members. During that time the residents had allegedly ignored…