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As simple as it may sound, it is truer than ever that life is a scam.  Not that it is so by design but because, in its simplicity, deceitfulness found its place; an opportunity and vulnerability for control and exploitation.

After walking in her first fashion show in Windhoek in 2016, top Namibian model Johanna Swartbooi is heading to Europe and the USA to strut her stuff on the catwalks of the fashion capitals of the world

The Capricorn Foundation yesterday confirmed the appointment of Veripura Muukua as the coordinator of the Capricorn Foundation with effect from 1 September 2022.  

The NSA released the annual national accounts recently. The national accounts are a compilation of sectors of the economy and provide an analysis and overview of how the economy performed.

The continued growth of informal settlements remains one of Namibia’s biggest developmental challenges. In this vein, FirstRand Namibia yesterday presented an investment of N$5 million for the country’s land and housing programme, through the Development Workshop of Namibia.

Cleanergy Solutions Namibia, a joint venture between the Ohlthaver and List (O&L) Group and its international Belgium-based partner CMB.TECH, has been awarded a JCOI/PTX grant, which supports the company to set up a Hydrogen pilot plant and refuelling station along the Namibian coast.

The Acting Minister of Public Enterprises Ipumbu Shiimi this week confirmed the appointment of the TransNamib Board of Directors. The appointments at the State-owned rail and freight operator were undertaken in accordance with the Public Enterprises Governance Act. 

Namibia hopes to gain valuable experience and skills for its burgeoning oil industry by tapping into the knowledge of Equatorial Guinea, where Mobil Oil (now ExxonMobil) discovered the elusive black gold more than 25 years ago.

The economic and other relations between developed and developing countries established and maintained over centuries can be fully comprehended within the metropole – satellite pattern. The developed countries are the metropole, while the developing countries are satellites orbiting around the metropole. 

It seems the quest for a paramount chief in the Zambezi region is still on the cards, and it is only that this time around it is being aired on social media through video clips by a secret cult organisation whose members are operating from Botswana, Namibia and Zambia. The members of this secret cult happen to belong to the Masubiya ethnic group.