Danie van der Merwe and Celonika Robinson were crowned winners of round four of the 2025 Nedbank for Good Series at the Okahandja Golf Club last Saturday. This round of the series debuted in Okahandja, making it the first new course added to the 2025 season. Two more venues are scheduled to join the series...
In recent years, Namibia’s emergence as a frontier for offshore oil and gas exploration has made global headlines. Behind much of this progress stands Northern Ocean Ltd, an international drilling contractor whose world-class offshore rigs, Deepsea Mira and Deepsea Bollsta, have played a vital role in unlocking the country’s energy potential. Earlier this year, both...
In pursuit of the mandate to advance Namibia’s industrialisation agenda by enhancing, promoting, facilitating and managing industrial development in the country, the Namibia Industrial Development Agency (NIDA) targets to create 35 000 jobs over the next five years. This is outlined in their newly- developed first Turnaround Integrated Strategic Business Plan (ISBP) 2025/26-2029/2030 and Sustainable...
Three Namibians have been named among the top three finalists for the 7th edition of the prestigious Regional Annual Sports Awards (RASA), themed ‘Celebrating Excellence, Inspiring Innovation’, which will be held this Saturday in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Leading the way is renowned para-athlete and Paris Paralympic gold medallist Lahja Ishitile, who has been shortlisted in the...
Chief executive officer Ester Kali continues to accumulate accolades, this time being recognised as a dynamic leader as well as for her exceptional leadership and strategic vision at the helm of Letshego Holdings Namibia. Kali sccoped the Banking CEO of the Year Namibia at the 2024 Global Banking and Finance Awards for Letshego’s remarkable growth...
Atleast 40 candidates who applied for business training under the MTC 4 Life programme have commenced the hands-on three-week training in various trades such as upholstery, hairdressing styling, barbering, carpentry, welding, electricity and solar, and brick manufacturing. The training is being conducted in Ondangwa, Katima Mulilo, Swakopmund, and Windhoek. Gervasiu Isaak (28) from Omitara in Omaheke...
Deputy Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture Dino Ballotti on Wednesday said youth development is a collective responsibility. He urged private and public sectors to provide opportunities for young people. Ballotti made these remarks during the launch of the Bank Windhoek Ramblers U/21 football tournament. The event aims to empower youth through...
Mitsubishi Motors has treated the much-respected Pajero Sport to a significant facelift that includes an enhanced design, improved technology and additional safety features, in line with modern customer requirements. These updates come without changes in pricing, further bolstering the value for money proposition of the Pajero Sport. The facelifted Pajero Sport continues Mitsubishi Motors’ strategic...
The Roads Authority (RA) has officially embarked on an electronic notification system for all vehicle licence disk renewals and drivers’ licence renewal notices. The migration to an electronic notification system replaces the outdated postal notification with paperless notifications. Thus, effective immediately, no renewal notices will be sent through postal services anymore. Renewal notices are communications...
Creative Namibian craft entrepreneurs from the Khomas and Zambezi regions have taken exciting steps to grow their businesses and sharpen their skills through a European Union (EU) funded workshop under the EU-Namibia Craft Project. The initiative is supported by the Cultural Relations Platform. The training, which took place between April and May, focused on practical...