Ringo Madlingozi, the Cape Town-born singer, producer and songwriter, will be the guest artist at this year’s Jazz festival. The fest is slated to take place on 4 November at the Independence stadium.
The community of Berseba settlement in the //Karas Region have commended Anglo-American Namibia Foundation for renovating the church hostel at a cost of N$800 000. Lats year heavy winds damaged the hostel.
The Kavango East Region on Saturday concluded its election of representatives to the upcoming congress. The congress saw the election of five men and five women who will be delegates to the congress. They are Frans Kapofi, Bonny Wakudumo, Alfons Dikuua, Anselm Marungu, Martin Kandunda Johanna Kandjimi, Johanna Shicongo, Angelika Mukosho, Marthina Shipipa and Angelika […]
Dundee Precious Metals and the Namibia Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT) have launched an education programme that will benefit young Namibians. The first intake of trainees, includes 30 Grade 11 learners from four high schools at Tsumeb.
Private and public sectors in the information and communication technology sector are urged to include all communities in the economic mainstream of the country.
The Architectural and Quantity Surveyor professions, which are critical arms in the construction industry chain, were also hard hit during the economic crisis that hit the country last year. Local architect, Marley Tjitjo said many local companies retrenched staff or were forced to renegotiate contracts. He also spoke to NBC about other issues putting pressure […]
A large number of passports, some expired, remain uncollected at the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration. The Ministry is therefore calling on people not to apply for passports if they are not traveling out of the country.
The Minister of Information and Communications Technology, Tjekero Tweya says although much has been done since the country’s independence to decentralise government services to the rural communities of the country, network distribution still remains a challenge. Some areas of the Zambezi Region still remain without communication networks such as MTC as well as radio and […]
Moody’s Investors Service on Friday downgraded Namibia’s long-term senior unsecured bond and issuer ratings to Ba1 from Baa3 and maintained the negative outlook. A Ba1 rating means speculative elements and are subject to substantial credit risk. The key factors for downgrading the rating are: Erosion of Namibia’s fiscal strength due to sizeable fiscal imbalances and […]
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner Friday of a disputed election with 54,27% of votes, beating his rival Raila Odinga who scored 44,74%, the election commission announced. “Having fulfilled the requirement by law… I therefore wish to declare Uhuru Kenyatta… as president elect,” said polls commission chairman Wafula Chebukati, as cheers and singing […]
