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Asian markets were mixed yesterday as investors struggled to maintain early gains fanned by hopes the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike campaign has run its course. 

One of Capricorn Group executives Dr Etienne Slabbert, chief information officer (CIO), has received the CIO of the Year 2023 award. Slabbert was awarded for his exceptional leadership, visionary mindset and relentless pursuit of excellence in the southern African financial technology realm. 

An unsustainable increase in claim amounts, which adversely impacted its reserve level, was one of the main causes for the medical aid fund that caters to banks, Bankmed, going insolvent.

Paulus Haufiku Mwandingi Junior Secondary School in Eenhana town, Ohangwena region has no school library nor science laboratory.

As tuberculosis soars, Namibia continues to form part of one of the largest contributors to the high burden on the continent, ranking ninth in the world according to the 2022 statistics by the World Health Organisation.

Imperial Ruby from Okahandja Racing and Aminuis Racing’s Lady Diamond won the main plates of the July Handicap at Okahatjipara Turf, Okondjatu, in the Otjozondjupa region on Saturday.

Long-distance runner Rainhold Tomas has been selected as one of the three Namibian athletes to participate in the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, from 19 to 27 August.

Namibia Under 19 (U/19) men’s cricket national coach Oscar Nauhaus says the team will now focus on preparations for the 2024 World Cup, which is set for next year in Sri Lanka. 

Five years later, a paltry 25 of the 169 resolutions taken at the 2018 land indaba have been fully implemented, a draft progress report on the second national land conference reveals.

Windhoek High Court Judge Essie Schimming-Chase has severely criticised the police’s conduct during the arrest of a stock theft suspect.