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Child of salt and soil…. national costume embodies Namibian coastline
Miss Namibia 2021, Chelsi Shikongo will be sashaying down the Miss Universe catwalk like a proud flamingo with calculated and carefully rehearsed steps.
Property Practitioners Bill at advanced stage
The Namibia Estate Agents Board (NEAB) has been working on the Namibia Property Practitioners Bill, which is close to finalisation.
Opinion – Bank Windhoek named best local performing bank
The Banker Magazine, a prestigious and well sought-after London-based leading Financial Times publication, announced Bank Windhoek as the winner of its annual Bank of the Year award.
Opinion – Decoding the draft Namibia Investment Promotion and Facilitation Bill
This week, we witness the temporary withdrawal of the draft Namibia Investment Promotion and Facilitation Bill (NIPA) by the minister of Industrialisation and Trade (MIT) in the National Assembly.
City debt burden swelling …N$712m owed to govt from 1990s
The City of Windhoek debt book has been swelling for the past years due to constrained revenue sources, but they had no choice but to render services to city dwellers.
Namibia-Africa trade deficit widens …needs to take advantage of AfCFTA
Namibia’s trade deficit with the rest of Africa widened from N$3.8 billion in August 2021 to N$4.4 billion in September 2021.
Opinion – Special focus: Church and state in Namibia
With the demise of apartheid, the Namibian churches are realising that there are other issues confronting society. These other issues have been neglected.
Opinion – Rural policing in Namibia: The next chapter
Notwithstanding the overwhelming ‘man-created policing challenges and excruciating rural livelihoods’, the opportunity exists for rural policing in Namibia to rise to the occasion and deliver much-needed and inclusive policing services to rural communities, thus assuming the next chapter in the country’s policing journey.
Opinion – Economy is crippled by fiscal structures
The Namibian economy is being crippled from multiple facets, which include the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the presence of fiscal structures and rating agency economic downgrades.
