The Simply You Magazine Lifestyle and Fashion Awards (SYMLAFA) are set to return for their seventh edition this September, celebrating the very best in Namibia’s fashion, lifestyle and entertainment industries. Organisers have called on all nominees to complete and submit their entry forms, including all required supporting documents, by June. SYMLAFA spokesperson Helena Shigwedha said...
DONLU Africa recently invited all creatives to start submitting their work through their platform to further push the envelope of getting Namibian artistic creation to a broader audience. They launched an open call across Africa, inviting creatives to submit their work which does not only speak to musicians, but also films, documentaries, animations and music videos, founder...
Whoever we may be, and wherever we may be, there will always be a time in our lives when we will naturally have an existential introspection. One of the frequently asked questions, and often comes to the fore the most is, “Why am I here”. Once this question pops up, it would lead to many...
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...