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The first annual Oviritje Music Awards were launched in Windhoek on Friday in an effort to return the genre to the top of the Namibian music charts and onto the lips of everyone.

Multi-genre artist Mathew Marius, who goes by the stage name MariusD, is set to drop his first EP on 25 June 2022.

Last year, Namibia launched its AGOA Utilisation Strategy with the objective of diversifying and increasing its exports to the United States of America under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).

A business seminar for vendors in Otjiwarongo, Otjozondjupa region, is slated for tomorrow. The event is being hosted by the trade ministry in collaboration with the United Nations Office of Supply Chain Management Enabling and Outreach Service. 

A friend going on retirement within a month was asking her colleagues pertinent questions. These got me thinking about the many predicaments some of our members face. 

The value of exports in April 2022 decreased by 36.4% to N$5.5 billion from N$8.7 billion reported in March 2022. In addition, when compared to N$6.5 billion recorded in April 2021, exports decreased by a notable 15.4%.

Rising food and energy prices are expected to dampen prospects for a stronger recovery in growth in the domestic economy.

It has been maintained for centuries that politics is a dirty game, but this thinking is losing ground and weight. In some quarters, the feeling is that politics, itself, is not dirty, but the political practitioners are the ones who are tarnishing the image and game of this field.  

As long as global supply declines, the global price will increase, with crippling sanctions on Russia curbing their flow of oil, leading to a massive spike in the price of all fuels. Namibia hiked oil prices on 1 June 2022. 

A two-day workshop for mostly senior journalists from East and Southern Africa has rallied media practitioners to accurately and consistently report on bodily autonomy and integrity while holding duty bearers to account on their obligations in this regard.