Business

A pioneer of the Namibian business community is no more. John Akapandi Endjala passed away on Sunday afternoon at a local hospital after having been admitted to an Intensive Care Unit during December last year. 

The free movement of goods and people between Namibia and Angola will soon recommence.

For the month of November 2021, Namibia recorded a trade deficit of N$3.3 billion, which is a significant improvement from the revised trade deficit of N$6.9 billion recorded in October 2021.

The Roads Authority (RA) has provided clarity on a video posted on a local newspaper’s Facebook page regarding flooding of a section on Main Road 28 from Grunau to Seeheim in the //Kharas region. This road forms part of the C12 Tourist route. 

The Am Weinberg Hotel will join the Gondwana portfolio on 01 February 2022 in a management capacity.

The regional councillor for the Kalahari Constituency in the Omaheke Region, Ignatius Kariseb, believes that development at the border town of Buitepos must be prioritised to transform it into an economic and multi-dimensional investment hub. 

A local labour expert is of the opinion that Namibian companies are prioritising the collective interests of their staff by incentivising vaccination, compared to opponents of vaccination who are instead advocating for their individual rights. 

The Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) now accepts completed funeral claims submitted electronically via email. Funeral claims submitted electronically are acknowledged and processed in the shortest time possible, thereby eliminating the need for the claimant to physically go to the GIPF office. 

The agricultural sector is one of the critical segments in the Fifth National Development Plan (NDP5) to advance Namibia’s economic growth. 

It is often said that we do not know what customer service is in Namibia. Well, I beg to differ. We definitely know what it is, it’s just a case of not often getting the customer service we want.