Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )

The fifth edition of the Japanese Film Festival will commence next week at the Ster Kinekor cinema at Maerua Mall.

The hip and happening Ethnix, Maranatha, Chikune and the Hot Pocket Band will be doing their bit in the fight against cancer when they perform at Namibia’s Biggest Tea Party for Hope on Saturday.

ONGWEDIVA – In collaboration with the Sound Connect Fund, the MTC Windhoek Fashion Week (MWFW) has created a platform to bring fashion and music together to support the Namibian creative community, specifically fashion designers, musicians, producers, videographers, deejays, etc.

After offering life coaching services on a low key for about four years, radio personality Chareen Kauazunda, better known to her listeners on FreshFM as Shai-Quan, recently announced her new venture called ‘Grow with Shai’.

Stakeholder engagements are a communication imperative to ensure involvement and participation to allow stakeholders to form part of consultations, and in turn inform required decisions and solutions. In pursuit of this lofty goal, the Ministry of Industrialisation and Trade, through the Directorate of Commerce, continues to conduct nationwide engagements with relevant stakeholders.

Willy Mertens will assume the reigns of Debmarine Namibia on 1 November 2022. Debmarine Namibia is a joint venture marine diamond recovery company, owned in equal shares by government and the De Beers Group.

Despite OPEC yesterday deciding to cut production by two million barrels per day, this could be offset by increased oil output from the United States and Canada, coupled with a looming global recession early next year, which could see domestic fuel prices come down further by next month.

The past few weeks saw a great increase in Swapo Party campaigning and bargaining activity. For us, that has and continue to serve in the structures, it is indicative of a Swapo Party that is alive, on the ground and a party spreading its wings across all districts in hopes of getting messages of hope across.

One of the concerns in Namibia’s public sector management is the need for creativity and innovation. Innovation is a major source of improved service delivery in the public sector as governments are operating in new landscapes.

There is no doubt that agriculture is one of Namibia’s most important economic sectors. About 70% of Namibians depend directly or indirectly on agriculture for their income and livelihood, including subsistence farmers. Despite the massive potential the sector holds, we have not adequately invested in agriculture given the fact that Namibia is still not self-sufficient in food security.