Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )

The first objective of the planned listing of the country’s dominant mobile telecommunications provider, MTC, is to develop the country’s financial sector.

Namibia’s non-banking financial institutions’ (NBFI) sector has remained financially stable and continued to grow its assets, despite challenging economic conditions. The NBFI asset base increased by 5.7% to end at N$341.9 billion by 31 December 2020.

In March 2021, as I launched Namibia’s Second Harambee Prosperity Plan (HPPII), I reflected on the need to emphasise the importance of multilateralism in our efforts to foster an enduring economic recovery.

The chief of the Mafwe Traditional Authority, George Simasiku-Mamili VII, has called on residents of the Zambezi region to get vaccinated to protect themselves and their loved ones.

The Welwitchia Health Training Centre has branched out to Katima Mulilo where it recently opened shop.

Health ministry executive director Ben Nangombe has objected to an Amnesty International report, which alleges discrimination against the San.

An Independent Patriots for Change member and last year’s Windhoek local authority candidate late yesterday attempted to walk back a damning resignation letter in which she accused the relatively new political movement of no longer reflecting the values and beliefs it promised the Namibian people. 

The Covid-19 has not only highlighted the importance of teachers during the pandemic but also showed the persistent weaknesses in many education systems with devastating consequences for the most marginalised.

Namibians living along the border with Angola have been reminded to apply to travel if there is genuine reason to do so as borders remain closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

A Windhoek resident who was convicted and sentenced to 27 years imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a 23-year-old woman, is appealing his conviction and sentence in the High Court.