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Namibia Wildlife Resorts Limited (NWR) /Ai-/Ais Hotsprings and Spa experienced heavy rains and flash floods on 5 January 2021.

Namibia registered a deficit on its current account from a surplus registered in the previous quarter while the country’s international investment position (IIP) recorded an increased net asset position. 

The year 2020 was the year we learned just how fragile life is and how the freedom to roam the world can be taken awaken the blink of an eye. 

One of the objectives of the Namibian Vision 2030 is “ to accomplish the transformation of Namibia into a knowledge-based, highly competitive, industrialised and eco-friendly nation, with sustainable economic growth and a high quality of life”. 

Namibia is made up of 14 regions and proper service delivery should be availed to all the regions.

A 57-year-old man died on a farm in the Karibib district following an accident at a local mine site involving a front-end loader on Monday this week. 

The Namibian Society of Engineers (Nase) has blamed contractors who built a luxury estate in Windhoek’s leafy suburb of Kleine Kuppe for a flood of water that damaged the property during a heavy downpour of rain this week. 

It is business as usual at retail stores owned by Shoprite Namibia after the company defied Friday’s labour court ruling, which interdicts it against hiring seasonal staff or ‘fixed term’ employees while full-time workers are on strike over better pay. 

ONGWEDIVA – The health ministry said it was prepared to offer a dignified burial for the stillborn baby, who was buried in a box at Oshikuku last week. 

Tourism minister Pohamba Shifeta has urged Namibians and visitors alike requiring travel to South Africa to consider alternative routes such as air travel after virus-hit nation temporarily closed its land borders to all visitors in order to slow the spread of coronavirus.