2022-04-19Staff Reporter Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) has provided finance for MedRundu Health Centre, a new health facility operated by a young professional, Dr Vincent Kambinda. View more
2022-04-19Maihapa Ndjavera As one of the immediate business rescue initiatives, the Business Rescue Task Force recommended government to protect Namibian entrepreneurs by ensuring foreigners do not trade in areas where Namibians have sufficient capacity. View more
2022-04-14Maihapa Ndjavera Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) CEO David Nuyoma has highlighted some of the negative impacts of early pension withdrawals, saying the money on average lasts for a mere 18 months after individuals elect to resign before their retirement age. View more
2022-04-14Maihapa Ndjavera Consumers who tightened their belts during the last couple of years due to the impact of Covid-19, coupled with a persistent recession, recent fuel and food price hikes, were hammered again yesterday as the Bank of Namibia increased the repo rate with 25 basis points from 4% to 4.25%. View more
2022-04-13Staff Reporter How much money do you need to comfortably retire? N$3 million? N$10 million? The majority of us are not able to put a figure to our ideal retirement. Most times we know what we want to be doing in retirement but have no idea what it will take to fund these dreams. View more
2022-04-12Staff Reporter African airlines had a 69.5% rise in February traffic, measured in revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs), versus a year ago, which is a large improvement compared to the 20.5% year-over-year increase recorded in January 2022 compared to the same month in 2021. View more
2022-04-12Edgar Brandt Namibia should prioritise institutionalising its own trade regulatory body to align implementation of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Agreement and other trade agreements for implementation such as the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) View more
2022-04-11Maihapa Ndjavera The Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA) through the electronic tax relief programme, which ended on 31 January 2022, waived a total amount of over N$11 million in penalties. This was revealed by NamRA commissioner Sam Shivute at the occasion of taxpayers and traders appreciation day held last week. View more
2022-04-08Staff Reporter These days, there seems to be an app for everything. Every product or service has been turned into an app and the world can’t seem to function without them. View more
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