The founder of an annual business summit, Martin Nankela, has encouraged the youth to get busy and not complain that government is not creating enough jobs for them. Nankela, a director of Cross Branding Investments, was speaking this weekend during the second annual business summit in Windhoek.
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RCC salary deductions ‘kangaroo justice’
The Public Service Union of Namibia (PSUN) has jumped into the fray with the Roads Contractor Company regarding what they call illegal deductions from employees.
Opinion – Why African cities defy existing models for determining urban population
I was born in the then-rural village of Uturu in Nigeria. For fear of becoming the proverbial village boy, wandering through the evil forest at the expense of schooling, my family exposed me to city life early.
Opinion – Tribute to the late Matti Mwandingi
I was shocked when I learned that Matti Mwandingi is no more. It sounded surreal.
Zambezi inaugurates two ECD centres
The Ministry of Gender, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare, with assistance from the European Union, inaugurated two early childhood development centres in the Zambezi region last week.
MTC builds classrooms at Onaushe
The Mobile Telecommunications Company last week donated four classrooms and a storeroom to Onaushe Combined school in Uuvudhiya constituency, Oshana region, under its Rural Schools Project.
N$1 billion ivory stockpile setback… as Britain imposes fresh ban
As southern Africa countries continue to wage war against the decades-long trade ban to sell millions worth of ivory stockpiles, a new setback has hit their struggle, as a near total ban on the import, export and dealing of items containing ivory came into force in Britain yesterday.
Geingob: It is time to deliver
Providing an update on the mission to the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, in May, President Hage Geingob said it is now time for Namibia to act and deliver.
President brushes off Ramaphosa scandal
President Hage Geingob has refused to go into detail on the scandal that erupted in South Africa around that country’s president Cyril Ramaphosa over his role in allegedly covering up the robbery at his Phala Phala farm in February 2020.
Measles outbreak ‘under control’
The health ministry has confirmed a total of 23 suspected cases of measles that have been reported in the Omusati region early this month.