Music group Patrick Mwashindange and Dion Auala known by their stage name PDK, who are not strangers to the music industry, won Bank Windhoek’s ‘For the Sake of Love’ remix competition, pocketing N$70 000. The group took first prize, while runner-ups Panduleni Gideon, known as Miss Gideon and Kena Muhomba Cazzy took second and third...
FNB Private Banking recently celebrated Namibia’s newest charted accountants at a prestigious Institute of Charted Accountants Namibia (iCAN) Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) congratulatory event in Windhoek. With 82 of the 104 candidates passing the 2025 Assessment of Professional Competence (APC), this year marks one of the highest pass rates in the profession’s history, a...
The US-Africa Energy Forum (USAEF) returns to Houston with a bold agenda focused on catalysing American investment and innovation across Africa’s most dynamic energy markets. Designed as a high-impact platform for government and private sector dialogue, USAEF brings together African energy stakeholders and leading American companies to accelerate project development, capital deployment and technology transfer...
The National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Subsea7, a global offshore energy contractor. This strategic partnership comes in the wake of significant offshore energy discoveries in Namibia, and aims to foster collaboration on upstream offshore infrastructure development projects. The MoU sets the foundation for both companies to...
The Namibia Airports Company (NAC) strengthened its enterprise-wide risk management capabilities through a strategic partnership with Capricorn Group on Tuesday, 29 April 2025. The partnership aims to build on existing institutional resilience, and embed a proactive risk-aware culture. Facilitated by Horst Simon, Capricorn Group’s business risk officer and globally- recognised risk culture builder, the risk...
Before anything else and after all is said and done, we are Namibians first. There is a season for party politics, but since that time round has passed, now is the time for unity, progress, patriotism and Ubuntu. Namibia, like many other African countries, has once again proven its democratic strength through peaceful national elections...
They rush into burning buildings while others run out. They face smoke, flames and collapsing walls. I call them unsung heroes because once the smoke clears and the sirens fade, these heroes are too often left with outdated equipment, inadequate pay and minimal support from the system. Real stories and sacrifice from a firefighter Mr...
In a move that has sent shockwaves through Namibia’s governance and legal circles, the Cabinet’s reported directive to reinstate former Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) CEO Mwilima Mushokabanji after the board lawfully chose not to renew his contract, has ignited a constitutional firestorm. This act is more than a political squabble. It represents a fundamental...
Namibia continues to grapple with a persistent wave of violent crimes. This concerning and growing trend poses serious imputation for the country’s unity, safety and economic development. The rise of such crimes not only threatens citizens’ lives but also corrodes public confidence in law enforcement, discourages foreign investment, and hampers socio-economic development (United Nations Office...
Lahja Nashuuta Inside a classroom at K.W. Von Marees Primary School in Okahandja, two chairs were heartbreakingly left empty. They once belonged to five-year-old Ingrid Maasdorp and six-year-old Roswinds Fabianu, who mysteriously disappeared from the school grounds last week in broad daylight. Both girls were kidnapped, raped and brutally murdered. Their bodies were discovered days...