Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )

Chairperson of the National Youth Council, Sharonice Busch says young people have allowed the narrative on issues that concern them to be shaped by others.

The International Business Magazine Awards recently presented Bank Windhoek with two awards for 2021. The first accolade recognised the bank’s Managing Director, Baronice Hans as the Best Banking Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Year in Namibia while the second prize acknowledged Bank Windhoek as the 2021 Best Corporate Bank in Namibia.

About the strife brought by World War II, Winston Churchill once said, “…Never let a good crisis go to waste”. Crises are moments of truth – and the Covid-19 pandemic is one of them challenging our complacency in our economy. Hopefully, the guilt of not challenging the norm and instead be satisfied with the status quo and tradition is catching up with us.

The government is considering better ways of providing a clear roadmap on how natural resources, such as minerals, can be locally beneficiated to contribute to downstream industrialisation. One of the options is through the provision of feedstock and other inputs to the manufacturing industry in an environmentally sustainable way.

While prices for one-bedroom rental units have increased since last year, prices for two and more bedroom units continue to contract due to waning demand.

The National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) has opened its latest service station in Windhoek that will serve the nation with their refuelling needs.

A constitution, developed through wide consultations with the people it is intended to serve, is more likely to be a widely accepted and respected document than one crafted behind the scenes and foisted onto the people.

Vocational training centres across the country have made good progress in positioning themselves to offer a wide array of services through various production units. 

The Easter weekend in Oshana was marred by incidents of assault, with the police recording at least six cases since Thursday.

The long-awaited Namibia Revenue Authority (NamRA) is now finally operational, following the official notice by Minister of Finance Iipumbu Shiimi in the Government Gazette on 1 April 2021.