Sometimes, when women talk about periods and the pain associated with them, the conversation is always around the fact that some women experience pain during PMS. I used to complain so much about it because why should I be in pain when it was not yet that time of the month?. As of late, I...
The Namibian music industry is mourning the tragic loss of Fasie Kay, real name Ngajozikua Karutjaiva, a young artist who died in a car accident over the weekend in Opuwo, Kunene region, which claimed four lives. The crash took place around 03h20 at the Orutjandja location near the “Welcome to Opuwo” sign. Big Ben, a...
For those who have been around since the inception of social media, and mostly Facebook, they would have a story to tell. They would tell you how it, first, was a platform with mature and constructive engagement. Although there were no restrictive terms of use, its users at a time demonstrated a high level of...
They always strive to be different and unique in everything they do, as they are abundantly blessed with extremely-talented composers in the choir. “Singing unique compositions is a significant part of our unique identity”, says Collective Singers’ choir conductor Ponti Dikuua. He told VIBEZ! over the years, they have shared so much more than music...
Namibia’s financial market is poised for a significant transformation, with the introduction of the Central Securities Depository (CSD), a critical infrastructure approved by the Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (Namfisa) on 8 March 2024. As a cornerstone of modern financial systems, the CSD promises to revolutionise the issuance, settlement, safekeeping and corporate servicing of financial...
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a US$165 million (about N$2.9 billion) loan to Madagascar to develop critical trade corridors and improve regional connectivity. The funding, granted on 11 December 2024 in Abidjan, will support the third phase of a major infrastructure project to improve trade corridors across the...
PARIS – Oil supply is set to outpace global demand next year even as OPEC+ members extended cuts in efforts to prop up prices, the International Energy Agency said yesterday. Eight members of the alliance, including Saudi Arabia and Russia, agreed earlier this month to maintain supply cuts of 2.2 million barrels per day (bpd)...
The domestic economy continues to record growth since the second quarter of 2021, and during the third quarter of this year, the size of the domestic economy stood at N$61.6 billion in nominal terms, reflecting an expansion of N$5.3 billion from N$56.3 billion recorded in the same period of 2023. This is according to the...
As an independent economic and business researcher and board member of the African Council on Foreign Relations, I would like to celebrate Namibian history by extending my heartfelt congratulations to H.E. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Namibia’s first female president-in-waiting and, therefore, first female president of SADC. One must be familiar with Iceland’s first female president, Vigdís Finnbogadottir,...
Namibian Women’s Day, observed on 10 December, serves as a solemn tribute to the courage and resilience demonstrated by Namibian women during the tragic 1959 massacre in Windhoek. On this day, women played a pivotal role in protesting the forced eviction of black communities from the Old Location. Despite violent repression, they remained at the...