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WINDHOEK – Management of local Edgar’s stores parent company, Edcon Namibia, is tight-lipped about any possible implications for the more than 40 stores in Namibia and around 700 full-time and part-time employees as the group fights for its financial survival in South Africa.

WINDHOEK - “After enduring some of the highest property price appreciation in the world, the tide has turned, with buyers firmly in the driving seat and dictating terms as increased volumes have provided prospective buyers with much needed options,” says Namene Kalili, FirstRand Namibia Group Economist. 

They have done it again. Several seasons back the Samba Boys, as Conrad Angula of the Namibian Newspaper used to call them, took the nation’s top titles. 

Christmas is the festival when we celebrate the coming of the light of Christ in the world.

WINDHOEK - Many Namibians are venturing into small-scale fish farming and government hatcheries have provided fingerlings to about 150 registered farmers.

WINDHOEK - The CEO of the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN), Theo Mujoro says he is interested in the voting technology being used in the upcoming DRC elections.

WINDHOEK - As part of his festive season message to travellers and visitors alike, the Minister of Environment and Tourism, Pohamba Shifeta says litter and irresponsible waste disposal creates an eye sore, unattractive environment and is hazardous to wildlife and a risk to people’s health and wellbeing.

WINDHOEK - Ohorongo Cement and Rent-A-Drum have combined their efforts to keep Namibia waste free over the festive season by setting up waste disposal sites in Khomas, Erongo and Oshana regions. 

WINDHOEK - An epidemiologist from Uganda who spent two months in Namibia on a mission to support the Ministry of Health and Social Services and the World Health Organisation (WHO) country office to support the Hepatitis E response says behaviour change is needed to stop the spread of the disease.

ONDANGWA – Car crash survivor Victoria Amutenya has appealed to fellow road users to be considerate of other road users to prevent the unnecessary loss of lives this festive season.