It is vital that banking customers know and understand how their banks should treat them. Customers should expect their banks to provide them with information in a plain and understandable manner and language, ensure enquiries are attended to promptly and provide affordable and accessible banking services. This is according to Dantagos Jimmy, CEO of the...
Year: 2025
Opinion – Investing outcomes trump headlines during uncertainty
Against the backdrop of global markets influx, imagine an investor nervously scrolling through their phone, eyes darting over headlines filled with policy changes, geopolitical tensions, and consumer behaviour shifts. Each alert brings a fresh wave of anxiety with tariff shocks, diplomatic standoffs, and rapid technological change shaking confidence. Volatility has become the norm, and uncertainty...
NY’s finance sector faces risks from Trump visa crackdown
NEW YORK – On a bright September morning, employees stream through the turnstiles and vast lobby of Goldman Sachs’ headquarters in the sunlit Battery Park City neighbourhood of Manhattan.More than 9 000 people work at the investment bank’s New York head office.And hundreds of them depend on the H-1B skilled worker visa, recently targeted by...
Rosh Pinah Zinc secures N$2.6b for project expansion
Rosh Pinah Zinc (RPZ) has secured US$150 million, about N$2.6 billion at current exchange rates, debt financing to fund its expansion project. Construction for the expansion is reported to be over 80% complete and remains on budget. The debt financing was facilitated by Appian Capital Advisory Limited, the majority shareholder of RPZ and an investment...
Sipangero kwatjindja evango lyokupungwira liyakare evango lyokutekwira vakeke.
Auleria Wakudumo Engela- posiruwo simwe kukara asi evango lyangesi kuna gwana mo ntudi Mbundu yiruganeso yosipangero yokutekauka, ngesi vana tjindji nye evango lyangesi likare asi tavaliruganesa wosipangero. Evango eli ngesi kuna kara asi lyokkeverera vakeke vana kara asi kuna vahampuruka noudigu ndi nouvera vavature nye moNICU, yipo vagwane muhaku gokuvakeverera mosipangero somomukunda gwaOhangwena. Mukurona mosipangero...
Corridor group celebrates 25 years of trade success
The Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG) has come a long way since it started in 2000. Back then, it handled no transit cargo. Today, the corridor carries nearly 2.5 million metric tonnes of cargo each year. This was shared by Andrew Kanime, chairperson of the WBCG Board, during the group’s 25th anniversary celebration. The event...
LDV’s latest entrants gear up to slay giants …robust models with cutting-edge technology ready for Namibia
LDV is set to receive a major boost on the Namibian motoring scene with the imminent arrival of two exciting new models, the LDV D90 SUV and the all-new LDV Terron 9 pickup. With these new models expected November, LDV’s first-ever SUV offering in Namibia, the much-anticipated D90, will be available in two derivatives, namely...
Skills mismatch in labour market a concern
SWAKOPMUND – Namibia must bridge the skills mismatch and equip its young people with skills for the future. Failure to do this will risk the country ending up with an irrelevant and defunct system. This was said by President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah in a speech delivered on her behalf by Erongo governor Natalia /Goagoses at the...
Personality of the week – Roger Surén: Namibia’s rising cycling star
Hilma Nalupe At just 17 years old, Namibian cyclist Roger Surén has already etched his name into the history books by securing a silver medal at the UCI Junior World Championships in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on 12 September 2025. For him, the moment felt nothing short of surreal. Surén’s journey began in the most unexpected way. ...
Omaruru hosts MX Nationals leg 7
Hilma Nalupe The Omaruru Motocross (MX) track roared to life this past weekend as it hosted the seventh leg of the Namibian Motocross Nationals, delivering a weekend of unforgettable racing and heartfelt moments. Before the first gate dropped, the motocross family united in an emotional show of solidarity for Leon van Wyk, a fellow MX...









