Capricorn Group has confirmed the appointment of Festus Nakatana as the group’s Corporate Affairs Manager, with effect from 1 January 2023. Nakatana joins the Group’s Brand and Corporate Affairs department in this specialised role.
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IATA advises against Covid travel restrictions …as Shangula calls border closures a ‘pointless exercise’
As the world scrambles in deciding how to deal with the latest Coronavirus sub-variant, of which two cases have been confirmed in Namibia, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has issued a statement, saying closing international borders is merely an ineffective knee-jerk reaction.
Opinion – India to host Voice of Global South Summit
As we step into the new year, we cannot but be acutely aware of the multiple challenges faced by us, especially in developing countries, due to geopolitical developments across the globe.
Opinion – A gleam of Light
The African-American Civil Rights activist, WEB Du Bois, once remarked: “I believe in pride of race and lineage and self so deep as to scorn injustice to other selves.”
Uproar over planned Kunene people’s park
An initiative to establish a wildlife conservation park which will see large tracts of communal land in Kunene falling into private hands and conservancies, has ignited an uproar as certain quarters fear losing their ancestral and grazing land.
We are so sorry …alleged child killer’s family pleads for forgiveness
Family members of Riddick Ricky Narib, who is accused of killing his stepson, Wilfred Dantani Eiseb, on Friday, issued a heartfelt apology to his mother and Namibians at large for the senseless killing.
City of Windhoek labelled a disgrace
No substantive CEO. No mayor. No deputy mayor. No management committee. This is the reality of Namibia’s main economic pulse and capital city, Windhoek.
AR shuns ‘celebrity activists’
Affirmative Repositioning leader and chief activist Job Amupanda has cautioned his red army against possible infiltration by fly-by-night political opportunists masquerading as activists, while their main objective is enjoying the limelight that comes with association with the movement.
Man claims ‘witchcraft’ after rape
A man who allegedly raped his relative at Oshaale-Shoonkoshi village in the Uuvudhiya constituency, claims that he has been “bewitched” to carry out the horrendous crime.
Mysterious ashes burn firewood collectors
Veronica Hashondili, an Okahandja Park resident, suffered multiple third-degree injuries covering her left leg from the foot to the knee from a strange substance in the sand where she was collecting firewood.








