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The Namibia Training Authority (NTA) under its Work Integrated Learning (WIL) division held its first-ever National Apprenticeship Week at the Nust Hotel School last week.

To offer participants a unique opportunity to work with international and local professionals to gain valuable knowledge and insight into the working world, Nust is calling on graduates from various institutions of higher learning to apply for a career-starter week, commencing in January 2022.

Bannana David, a 28-year-old second-year IUM student who is simultaneously a merchandiser for NBL in Oshakati, started his clothing brand NamWear in 2018 to promote locally produced clothing.

It’s time to remember that “sharing is caring”. This speaks true of businessman Joel Mwatilefu, the founder of Joe’s Barbershop, who visits schools in the north to provide free haircuts to underprivileged learne

Old Mutual, in partnership with the Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX), awarded the top five winning teams that took part in the Namibian Scholar Investment Challenge (NSIC) from 10 May 2021 until 22 October 2021. 

 Chairperson of the Central Procurement Board of Namibia (CPBN) Patrick Swartz yesterday said contract management remains one of the biggest challenges the board faces. 

Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) parliamentarian Nico Smit yesterday warned that Namibia is on the cusp of a major financial crisis but said the country’s leaders blithely continue to ignore the writing on the wall. 

A 23-year-old man, who is accused of raping a 17-year-old girl with disability on Friday night outside Rundu, was denied bail when he appeared in the Rundu Magistrate’s Court on Monday. 

A cattle herder and his alleged partner in crime were granted bail of N$2 000 each when they appeared on a charge of stock theft in the Rundu Magistrate’s Court on Monday. 

The High Court is yet to determine the fate of an Outjo resident accused of murdering a two-year-old boy and sexually violating multiple women in 2012.