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Standard Bank Namibia (SBN) has not shaken off the adverse impact of Covid-19 in its full-year results after the bank recorded a decline in profit after tax of 11.9% for 2021, from N$421 million of 2020 to 371 million in 2021.

As the impact of Covid-19 continues to cool off, combined with the re-opening of most economies, rental growth in Namibia is yet again back on its upward trajectory, recording smaller contractions over time.

Vice chairperson of Namibia Petroleum Operators Association (NAMPOA) Bridget Venner last week stated that over N$30 billion has been spent in the country by foreign investors since independence.

Various scholars have engaged the case of the Russian-Ukraine conflict from a political, economic and humanity point of view. 

I feel compelled to give my views as a citizen of this country and an inhabitant of the area where the Bwabwata National Park is situated on the response from the Ministry of Environment, Tourism and Forestry to the statement of the ombudsman. 

Agriculture minister Calle Schlettwein has promoted the local beef industry, saying Namibia was one of a few African nations enjoying market access for beef to the United States, European Union and China. 

Lawyers representing two American citizens accused of the assassin-like murder of Andre Heckmair in Windhoek in January 2011, want the High Court to declare some items seized from their room inadmissible.

People with albinism say fear has engulfed the community after an unnamed man was approached by two men, asking him to sell them his hair and nails. 

The demand for Brazilian sugar is set to increase in the next coming months, with neighbouring Botswana recently importing massive quantities through the port of Walvis Bay.

Swapo parliamentarian Tobie Aupindi has said the agreement between Namibia and Russia on mutual legal assistance in criminal cases is a “big win” for Namibia.