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The recently-appointed TransNamib executive team departed on a four-day strategic workshop from 13 May 2020 to 16 May 2020 aboard the flagship TransNamib train – the Desert Express.

The Swanu youth league expressed concern that Namibia continues to rely on food being imported from other countries.

The Namibia Airports Company (NAC), like most other airport operators around the world, has over the past few weeks been inundated with requests for relief from various contractual obligations from different clusters of customers, ranging from concessionaires to airlines.

Minister of Mines and Energy Tom Alweendo will be joined by Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber NJ Ayuk on Friday, 15 May 2020, for a free webinar that will be hosted under the theme: ‘The Future of the Namibian Energy Industry’.

Leena Haivera is a 24-year-old female entrepreneur from Windhoek. The last article about successful entrepreneurs from Katutura I dedicate to her as an example that even really disadvantaged Namibians can make it independently of their background and drawbacks in business ventures that is if they are passionate and optimistic about their businesses. 

The Namibia Informal Sector Organisation (NISO) has appealed to the country’s lawmakers to allow the informal economy to resume their activities.

Chaotic re-emergence…Social distancing was a near impossible task when the Roads Authority (RA) reopened its Namibia Traffic Information System (NaTIS) offices on Monday when hordes of people flocked to the already long queues.

The MTC has labelled as ‘anti-competitive’ the issuing of a telecommunications service licence by the Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN). According to MTC’s Tim Ekandjo, this decision by CRAN is both anti-competitive and against the Communications Act and the Competitions Act.  

The world continues to face an unprecedented time in fighting an unseen enemy. Many countries are struggling to take care of the needs of their people and meet the demands to combat the virus at the same time. Namibia is no different with several impoverished communities in desperate need of relief.

Air Namibia has congratulated its Chief Information Officer, Victor Nghifindaka on his recent appointment as a member of International Air Transport Association (IATA) Digital Transformation Advisory Council (DTAC).