By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The Walvis Bay-Ndola-Lubumbashi Development Corridor members have urged Namibia to consider opening a diplomatic consulate in Lubumbashi DRC to ease trade and issue visas. Moreover, urgently decentralise the issuance and extension of commercial visas services from Windhoek to Katima Mulilo Border Post. The Villager Business Desk reached out to the Walvis Bay […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The Bank of Namibia has indicated that the high appetite for government debt securities is due to media coverage/awareness, small funds to be raised locally this year, and the urge to fulfil long-term investment plans. At the same time, the central bank, which borrows on behalf of the government, has accepted that […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus In the current economic structure that almost and continues to wipe out indigenous knowledge, skills are acquired by going to high learning institutions- indigenously skills are passed on from one generation to another. This is done through storytelling and observation with minimal participation- this is the same for Filipus Akanyome from Onambango, […]

Staff Writer The mastermind in the Cyril Ramaphosa farm theft Imanuwela David has been quoted by South African media saying that they did not take all the money they found stashed under the furniture. Sunday Times reported that they obtained audio from David talking about the robbery the gang carried out in February 2020 at […]

By: Uakutura Kambaekua Brave Warriors’ newly appointed gaffer Collin Benjamin announced a provisional squad of 35 players for the upcoming 2022 Council of Southern African Football Associations (Cosafa) tournament set for Durban, South Africa, in July. Benjamin, who was appointed last week on a five-year contract, replaced veteran coach Booby Samaria whose interim tenure at […]

By: Eba Kandovazu Vice President Nangolo Mbumba says some children deliberately choose to not go to school. He says the situation is worsened by parents who also do not send them to school. He says this is why many children are on the streets. Mbumba said this during an engagement meeting with Angolan Vice President […]

By: Justicia Shipena and Hertha Ekandjo Okahandja Town Council has greenlit a waste removal tender despite business people in the town raising concerns about the municipal cleaning tender’s requirements. The group claimed that the requirements are shutting out small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the town. Councillor Bethuel Tjaveondja says the municipality explained the tender […]

Zimbabwean investors, including pension funds, are working on plans to take over a US$113 million (N$1,8 billion) property, The Grove Mall of Namibia, in Windhoek. The deal, which is at an advanced stage, is being coordinated by two local financial companies Stratus Capital Partners, an asset management firm, and Bard Santner Markets Inc, a new […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Namibia is one of the most expensive countries in Africa for mobile broadband, the cheapest product assessed by the first quarter of 2021 for 1GB monthly prepaid usage was around N$124.5. (USD8.3). As a result, Namibia slipped in the African Affordability Ranking from the fourth cheapest in the first quarter of 2016 […]