DoBox in collaboration with B2Gold Namibia has launched the “DoBox Jumpstarter” incubation programme with the objective of supporting talented Namibian entrepreneurs for investment and growth readiness.
Year: 2021
Eurowings Discover begins direct flights to Windhoek
Lufthansa Group’s newest leisure airline, Eurowings Discover, touched down in Namibia for the very first time yesterday. The new carrier departed from Frankfurt on Tuesday, with an Airbus A330-200. Flight 4Y132 arrived at Hosea Kutako International Airport yesterday morning at 08h05.
Medicine requires competence
Namibian medical professionals have often come under fire for incompetence and there has been a lot of scrutiny considering how sensitive and delicate the profession is in terms of service delivery and saving lives.
Adverse consequences of school closures… Steenkamp warns of continuous disruptions
Education executive director Sanet Steenkamp has warned continuous disruptions of learning and teaching due to the Covid-19 pandemic could have adverse effects on learners’ futures.
Govt salutes Netherlands for vaccine donation
A donation of 75 000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses by Netherlands is sincerely appreciated by the Namibian government, international relations minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said yesterday.
ACC, ECN candidates not properly assessed – opposition
Opposition parties represented in the National Assembly have asked the Windhoek High Court to urgently hear their application to declare the appointment of the newly appointed Anti-Corruption Commission heads and commissioners of the Electoral Commission of Namibia as illegal.
Chaos in the city
Pandemonium erupted in Windhoek yesterday when police officers clashed with fuming residents who had illegally occupied land for days in the Otjomuise and the Tobias Hainyeko constituency.
Govt makes nearly N$6m from jumbo auction
The environment ministry stands to generate close to N$6 million after successfully selling off 57 out of 170 elephants that were put on tender in December 2020.
Shifeta: Local tourism should anchor recovery
With only a little over 60 000 international tourist arrivals from September 2020 to March 2021, government has urged the industry to look into the local market to resuscitate the industry.
AR threatens to dump trash at Katima office
The Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement has threatened to dump tons of trash on the premises of the Katima Mulilo Town Council offices after the environment ministry shut down the local authority’s landfill in May this year.
