2021-05-06Maihapa Ndjavera The risks to the domestic banking sector remain imminent, but could subside as the Namibian economy recovers in the near to medium term... View more
2021-05-07Maihapa Ndjavera Four managers from the Namibia Housing Enterprises (NHE) are still waiting for communication on their fate after they were suspended on 15 April 2021. View more
2021-05-07Maihapa Ndjavera The Namibia Post and Telecom Holdings (NPTH) received a dividend of N$572.2 million from its subsidiaries Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) and Telecom Namibia for the 2019/2020 financial year. View more
2021-05-10Maihapa Ndjavera Since March 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown was first implemented locally, many residents were caught off guard with the amount of spare time they suddenly had on their hands. View more
2021-05-11Maihapa Ndjavera Namibia yesterday launched a utilisation strategy for the two-decades-old African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), with a specific objective to increase the country’s exports to the United States (US). View more
2021-05-11Maihapa Ndjavera The value of Namibian exports in March 2021 increased by 6.3% to N$6.5 billion from a level of N$6.2 billion recorded in February 2021. However, when compared to N$9.1 billion recorded in March 2020, exports declined by 28.3%. View more
2021-05-12Maihapa Ndjavera Trade minister Lucia Iipumbu believes Namibia’s newly launched African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) utilisation strategy will create enormous opportunity for the private sector. View more
2021-05-14Maihapa Ndjavera Government this week signed a financial cooperation agreement for loans following the 2019 governmental negotiations on development cooperation between Germany and Namibia. View more
2021-05-14Maihapa Ndjavera The Namibia National Power (NamPower) utility company was granted an exemption to conduct procurement on its own behalf effective from 01 May 2021 until 31 April 2023. This exemption was granted in line with Section 4(2) of the Public Procurement Act. View more
2021-05-17Maihapa Ndjavera Namibians are grieving the passing of the late businessman and Windhoek’s first black mayor Matheus Shikongo, who succumbed to Covid-19 last week. View more
2021-05-17Maihapa Ndjavera A real African woman who knows who she is, and what she can achieve, Tjitjara Mbuere (45) has embarked on farming with pigs for commercial purposes in Witvlei, Omaheke region. Growing up in a farming environment, Mbuere dreamed of farming with pigs and said her goal is slowly and surely being achieved. She currently farms with about 20 sows, two hogs and 13 piglets, with two employees who monitor View more
2021-05-18Maihapa Ndjavera The transport sector which accounts for 14.3% of the inflation basket in Namibia of goods and services increased by 7.5% compared to -0.1% recorded in April 2020. View more
2021-05-18Maihapa Ndjavera For the financial year 2021/22, Namibia’s share of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) receipts will decline by about 34% to N$14.8 billion, down from N$22.3 billion in 2020/21. View more
2021-05-19Maihapa Ndjavera Okorukambe constituency councillor Rocco Nguvauva believes the Omaheke region still has good infrastructure such as the Witvlei abattoir and tannery to accelerate economic growth in the area. View more
2021-05-20Maihapa Ndjavera Namibia is set to hold the United Nations World Tourism Organisation’s (UNWTO) regional conference on brand Africa. View more
2021-05-21Maihapa Ndjavera Economist Omu Kakujaha-Matundu has warned that an increase in rates and taxes will place a heavy burden on Windhoek residents. View more
2021-05-26Maihapa Ndjavera Government, through the ministry of labour, has registered 2 945 jobseekers during the fourth quarter, from January to March 2021, and only managed to place 234 jobseekers for employment in different establishments. View more
2021-05-27Maihapa Ndjavera The labour ministry and the Social Security Commission (SSC), with the help of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), have designed an inclusive national pension fund to soon be submitted for consultation to government, with social partners and key stakeholders. View more
2021-05-27Maihapa Ndjavera The Environment Investment Fund (EIF) last week hosted the third edition of Namibia’s Sustainable Development Awards under the theme ‘Accelerating the green economy transformation as we recover from Covid-19’. View more
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