Staff Writer Economists at Simonis Storm have cautioned that local tourism might be limited in the near future as local travellersbattle with expensive food, fuel and accommodation prices. So far, the brokerage firm has observed that hotels, cafés and restaurants category has recorded high single digit inflation rates in recent months – averaging 9.0% Year-To-Date. […]

By: Hertha Ekandjo President Hage Geingob has called for a fast-tracking of the implementation of a resolution that allows for Batswana and Namibians travelling between the two countries using Identification documents rather than passports. Geingob said this at the occasion of the inaugural session of the Botswana and Namibia Bi-National Commission in Gaborone, Botswana on […]

Staff Writer The deputy president of the Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF), Kalimbo Ipumbu, has questioned President Hage Geingob, about the outcome of a state of emergency he declared over the state of informal settlements all over Namibia in 2019. This as the police cracked down on unarmed residents of Katima Mulilo’s Lwanyanda informal settlement […]

Staff Writer Contenders for top positions within the Swapo party and those vying for central committee positions will officially kick-off genuine campaigns this coming Monday, September the 12th, the party’s Executive Director, Austin Samupwa has confirmed. “What you expect that maybe we will fight each other for positions, that’s not going to happen. But we […]

…Hands Over 102 School Unforms To Two Schools By: Staff Writer The Rob Youth Foundation on Thursday handed over toiletries and food items to 70 households that were affected by a fire that broke out in Twaloloka informal settlement in Walvis Bay. At the handover ceremony, Walvisbay rural constituency councilor, Florian Donatus said his constituency […]

Staff Writer The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) on Friday announced that it will be reducing termination rates for Namibia from 1 October 2022. Termination rates are interconnection payments/charges made between operators to compensate one another for traffic exchanged between their networks. “The reduced mobile termination rates will be N$ 0.05c/minute (reduced from N$ […]

By: Quinten Potgieter – Customer Strategy Manager In a recent independent study of over 1600 banked Namibians, FNB Namibia posted top ratings across categories of top-of-mind awareness and consideration when making financial service decisions. Participants, randomly selected from the banked population of Namibia, across all banks, noted professions and jobs from all categories of work, […]

By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Investment in reverse osmosis units for the three communities of Farm Vrede, Goiegeluk Pos, and Santamab Pos has enabled them to have turned their salty water into potable drinking and irrigation water. According to the Environment Investment Fund (EIF) statement, the entity funded the pilot project to the tune of One million […]

  …As The Environment Ministry Launches Strategy On Bush Management By: Ndinelao Shingenge Enviroment and tourism minister Pohamba Shifeta says Namibia faces faces a number of pressing environmental challenges which includes bush encroachment, biodiversity loss and climate change. Bush encroachment involves the replacement of native grasses by encroaching bush species. Shifeta said this during the […]

… as Chevron enters Namibia’s oil rush Staff Writer Namibia and a range of other oil-producing countries are thinking of investing in regional oil refineries to cut the cost of importing from European countries, mines minister, Tom Alweendo, has said. Alweendo spoke to journalists this week after jetting back from an oil and gas conference […]