Empowering small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with the necessary skills remains a key value for Standard Bank. It’s against this background that the bank conducted a training ahead of the Okakarara Trade Fair for 45 small and medium enterprises in Okakarara on how to manage their businesses.

The business community in Rehoboth joined hands to assist the Town Council to finalise the clean-up exercise at Reho Spa.

Officials of the Keetmanshoop municipality and their counterparts from Dawid Kruiper in South Africa’s Northern Cape met to strengthen their twinning agreement.

Poaching is still a major concern in Kunene and Omusati regions, despite stiffer jail terms for the accused of these criminal activities. Deputy Minister of Environment and Tourism, Bernadette Jagger raised this concern at the Wildlife Crime Prevention workshop at Otjikoto Nature Reserve in the Otjozondjupa Region.

Namibia plans to extend the validity period of business visas to five years. This will apply to investors from Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America. Minister of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development Tjekero Tweya made the announcement at the just ended Namibia’s Economic Growth Summit.

Twenty-eight recognised war veterans from different regions across the country will this year attend the national commemoration event of Heroes’ Day on 26 August at Otjiwarongo. Preparations for the Heroes’ Day commemoration for 2019 are underway at Otjiwarongo in the Otjozondjupa Region. Senior Community Liaison Officer in the Ministry of Veterans Affairs, Rosalia Alweendo on […]

A nine-year-old boy from Eenghango village in the Ohangwena Region on Friday succumbed to injuries inflicted by a school peer after he was allegedly assaulted with fists on 26 July 2019. In a crime report issued on Monday by the Namibian Police Force, the two boys had a fist fight while on their way home […]

Jeremia van Wyk, a 50-year old man accused of raping a five-year-old girl last week made his first appearance in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court on Monday, where he pleaded guilty to the charges against him. The accused appeared before magistrate Atutala Shikalepo for the alleged abduction and rape of the child on Thursday last week. […]

The broadcasting of equal free airtime to political parties and independent candidates contesting the Oshakati East Constituency by-election has begun. The platform was created to enable contesting parties or independent candidate to explain why the electorate should vote for them. These messages will be broadcast on NBC1 at 18H55 and on NBC radio stations. The […]

Running as an independent candidate without the backing of a political party appears to have become fashionable in the Namibian political landscape, especially those who have lost confidence in the political parties they support. The idea has invited mixed reactions among the public with some embracing the idea while others shunning it.