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WINDHOEK – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) yesterday commended African governments for their cooperation but has called for closer collaboration, particularly in the fields of safety and environmental sustainability.

WINDHOEK – Two Namibian companies, Pupkewitz Megabuild and Kaap Agri Namibia, are encouraging the responsible use of plastic shopping bags by introducing a fee for the bags.

WINDHOEK – The Ministry of Works and Transport is in the process of drafting a proposal for Namibia to accede to the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), which was launched in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the end of January 2018.

WINDHOEK – Nedbank Namibia’s new Head Office will represent close to half a billion Namibian dollars in capital expenditure with building activities gobbling up close to N$700 000 daily during the construction period. Also, Nedbank decided to use only local procurement as a way to inject an elixir into the local economy.

With the death of Fidel Castro, the last great leader in the revolutionary movements of the 20th century has gone.
It is with sadness that I learned about the death of the founder of modern Cuba, Comandante Fidel Castro.

OSHAKATI – The government of Japan donated close to 500 neonatal  and nutritional equipment to seven northern district hospitals valued at US$800 000 (about N$9.5 million).

WINDHOEK - Residents of Rehoboth on Saturday marched against substance abuse at their town.

WINDHOEK – The prosecutor general has decided to prosecute a former Windhoek-based public prosecutor, alongside 20 other people, for the witness fees scam that saw the Office of the Judiciary lose hundreds of thousands of dollars. 

WINDHOEK – The trial of a man who stands accused of killing a Windhoek City Police officer and two civilians in a freak car accident will continue next year.

WINDHOEK - The Ministry of Environment and Tourism has taken note of the concerns raised around the well-being and existence of the Namib wild horses after the last of the four foals born since September had been preyed on by spotted hyenas.