Namib Desert Diamonds (Namdia) this weekend reiterated implementing critical security upgrades following the brazen and devastating armed robbery at its Windhoek premises earlier this year. The company made the remarks following recent social media posts it says contained unsubstantiated allegations regarding the company’s security protocols, governance practices and the appointment of a security consultant. “While specific details cannot be disclosed...
Entrepreneurs unprepared for funding at banks
Many aspiring Namibian entrepreneurs and small business owners are failing to secure funding simply because they come to the bank ill-prepared, lacking right documentation and a clear understanding of their business needs, says Caroline Kamerika, Commercial Relationship Manager at First National Bank (FNB) Namibia, at the Business Summit Namibia on Saturday. Kamerika outlined the challenges banks face in working with...
Miss Namibia boosts employment, empowers creatives
Far beyond the glitz, glamour and crowning moment, the Miss Namibia pageant has become an engine for economic activity and job creation in the creative sector across the country. As preparations intensify for the 2025 edition, set to be hosted in the Oshana region, the event continues to offer a platform for diverse sectors to flourish. From hairstylists and fashion...
Opinion – Open letter to Sankwasa
Honourable James Sankwasa, some town councils, 35 years after Independence, are deliberately violating the Namibian Constitution, in broad daylight by requesting unemployed Namibians to submit, among other things, a certified copy of their voter registration card when applying for jobs. This, happening in an independent Namibia is very sad, very heartbreaking and disappointing, to say the least. The Outapi Town...
Opinion – Pension-backed home: Virus can’t cure virus
No one can cure a virus with a virus. Only medicine can treat a virus. In other words, you cannot solve a problem by creating another problem. But some people do not understand this simple logic. Some people are now celebrating as if they had just found a cure for cancer. But there is nothing to celebrate about the recent...
Nam poultry between rock, hard place
JM Kretschmer The local poultry industry is not one without a diverse range of challenges, the primary and most enduring one being imports and smuggling. In 2019, it was reported that 4 816 tonnes of chicken, most likely destined for transit, remained in Namibia, illegally. The presence of smuggled chicken in the retail market in the country is very costly...
Govt to make green scheme ‘great again’
Rudolf Gaiseb It is the government’s objective that all green schemes operate at 100% capacity this year, Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare has said. The administration seeks to improve the nation’s food security by planting on all the available hectares. Addressing the National Assembly last week, Ngurare said the government also plans to introduce agro-processing facilities in all 14 regions. This...
Ngungula gives NamPol headache … Oshana police seize N$17m worth of illegal fuel
The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) in Oshana has confiscated over 776 000 litres of illegal fuel between January 2024 and May 2025 with an estimated retail value of N$17 million. Oshana crime investigations coordinator Fredrick Ndjadila in an interview with Nampa last week said the confiscation of such a large volume of fuel suggests a well-established network of smugglers and...
India’s Modi in Namibia on Wednesday …expected to address Parliament
In less than 48 hours, on Wednesday to be exact, India’s prime minister Narendra Modi will land in Namibia. It will be the last country he visits as part of his five-nation tour to strengthen strategic connections throughout Africa and Latin America and gain traction. Modi embarked on an eight-day trip last week, starting in Accra, Ghana; Trinidad and Tobago;...
Embattled Fabupharm comes out swinging
Rudolf Gaiseb Pharmaceutical giant Fabupharm, which had been manufacturing medicines without a valid licence for over a year, has come out guns blazing, denouncing allegations that its children’s paracetamol syrup is of inferior quality and life-threatening. The Namibia Medicines Regulatory Council (NMRC) Registrar of Medicines Fransina Nambahu recently issued a statement. “Fabupharm Namibia (Pty) Ltd, a pharmaceutical manufacturing company, has...