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WINDHOEK - FNB says its customers are increasingly embracing digital banking channels in order to bank in a convenient and affordable manner. The bank revealed that over the last year the highest number of customers that migrated to the FNB Banking App, Online Banking and Cellphone banking for day-to-day banking were recorded. 

WINDHOEK – Dinapama Manufacturing and Supplies, a wholly-owned local clothing manufacturer, has, in conjunction with the labour ministry, yesterday embarked on an initiative to improve productivity which, in turn, is expected to reduce costs and improve quality

Have you heard about the elephant in the room? It is the conversation about the controversial subject that no one wants to have because everyone fears conflict will break out, feelings will be hurt, and then no one will be talking. 

The English Premier League has remained consistent by the extent to which it is never predictable. My friends Peter Denk of Liverpool and Ruben Prinz of Manchester United are now visible for a change and they phone me almost every second day for a reason, because their teams have traded places with mine, Chelsea.

LÜDERITZ - Angra Pequena Senior Secondary School in Lüderitz got N$20 000 from Old Mutual for an outstanding performance that culminated in the school emerge top in the 2018 Namibian Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary levels (NSSCO) in //Kharas Region.

OMUTHIYA - Grinding poverty aggravated by scarce jobs has compelled seven community members to make a hard living over the years from scrap metal, discarded plastic bottles and other garbage they collect and sell to recycling companies despite the dangers faced.

ONGWEDIVA – The Chief Medical Officer for Oshakati Intermediate Hospital has refuted claims by female patients who said they were turned away by the hospital to buy their own pregnancy diagnostic kits.

NKURENKURU - Since 2017 the Nkurenkuru Town Council is still waiting for the attorney-general’s approval to enable it to enter into a private-public partnership (PPP) with the Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) in order for it to service 333 residential plots.

WINDHOEK – A former employee at the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration saw the need to set up an organisation that offers social, legal and health protection to refugees living in Namibia. 

WINDHOEK - Cabinet has authorised the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry to sign on behalf of Namibia the revised Orange-Senqu Watercourse Commission (Orasecom) Agreement and to subsequently table the agreement in Parliament for ratification.