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B2Gold Otjikoto Mine, the country’s largest gold producer, is set to start with the voluntary retrenchment of 300 employees this month.

National Assembly Speaker Peter Katjavivi and his Turkish counterpart Numan Kurtulmuş have reinforced the two countries’ long-standing bilateral relations by signing a Memorandum of Understanding.

Popular Democratic Movement lawmaker Inna Hengari will table a motion this week in parliament, seeking to address an “overwhelming influx” of foreign music at the expense of local music content saturating Namibian airwaves.

The Namibia Airports Company (NAC) is reflecting on and celebrating the recent outcome of the country’s Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme – Continuous Monitoring Approach (USOAP-CMA).

Shell Namibia’s country chair Adeleye Falade has been appointed as the CEO of Brunei LNG, which is an Asian operation, employing about 500 people and pumping close to seven million tonnes of liquefied gas annually into ocean-going tankers. 

The Namibia Football Association’s (NFA) executive council yesterday resolved that if the Brave Warriors withdraw threats of legal action, they will receive 27% of the N$15 million prize money awarded by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) for their participation in the Africa Cup of Nations competition.

Omusati won the 2024 Nedbank Namibian Newspaper Cup football tournament. 

Germany’s Westphalia managed a win and a defeat against Namibian opposition this weekend at the Nedbank Namibian Newspaper Cup. 

Asian markets were mixed yesterday after data showed a slight uptick in US inflation, but Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell said the reading was “in line with expectations”.