August 02

• Namibia: Make a Date With Hugh Masekela and Zahara At Windhoek Jazz Festival 2013

  The official countdown to the highly anticipated and biggest Jazz Festival in the country kicked off last week at the launch and artist announcement of the Windhoek Jazz Festival... Read more »

• Namibia: Schools Netball Super League Continued

  The Bank Windhoek Schools Netball Super League continued last week in four towns of Windhoek, Walvis Bay, Otjiwarongo and Stampriet. Read more »

• Namibia: The Annual OTB Xtrail Kicks Off

  This year's annual OTB Xtrail will take place on 4 August at Heja Lodge Game Farm, east of Windhoek. Read more »

• Namibia: Telecom Namibia Announces Second Windhoek City Run With Exciting Cash Prizes

  Telecom Namibia Today Announced a Three year sponsorship of the Windhoek City Run to the tune of N$600 000, following the successful staging of the first edition last year. Read more »

July 26

• Namibia: Swimming Union Receives Hefty Donation

  Bank Windhoek has sponsored the Namibia Swimming Union (NASU) with N$100 000 with the ultimate goal of developing the sport and groom swimming athletes to compete at national and... Read more »

• Namibia: DBN Loan Book Grows By N$207 Million

  The Development Bank of Namibia has approved loans totalling N$ 207 million in the second quarter of 2013, Acting Head of Lending, Heike Smith has said. Read more »

• Namibia: Lac Celebrates 25 Years of Social Law

  The Legal Assistance Center (LAC) has celebrated its 25th birthday in Windhoek last week. Read more »

• Namibia: Social Security Partners Youth Credit

  The Social Security Commission and the Namibia Youth Credit Scheme (NYCS) of the Ministry of Youth and National Service, Sport and Culture have been working together for numerous... Read more »

• Namibia: Telecom Hosts Network Conference

  Telecom Namibia this week played host to the 7th Africa Service and Networks Operators (SNO) conference to share information on an international scale as the SNO has a direct... Read more »

• Namibia: Finding a Stick to Hit the Dog Will Backfire On Agriculture [analysis]

  Policy interference in free market mechanism has lead to an astronomical rise in the price of agricultural land far outstripping the average annual inflation rate. Now, it seems... Read more »

• Namibia: Puma Deal Shot Down

  Plans by Puma Energy to dispose its Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) business has hit a snag following the decision by the Namibian Competition Commission to reject the merger between... Read more »

• Namibia: Meatco's Downscale "Worrisome"

  "390, almost 400 people, its not a small amount of people who are now going to be unemployed," said Read more »

• Namibia: Story or Fact - Someone Wants to Know

  Is investigative journalism dead in Namibia? I asked this question after I heard a statement from someone rather prominent in society: "Namibians are so eager to believe what they... Read more »

• Namibia: Voices From the Past Now Speak Loud

  Namibia Cultural Centre (FNCC) in Windhoek is the final location for an international exhibition that deals with the disturbing history of audio and visual documents taken in... Read more »

• Namibia: Swakop Uranium in Recruitment Drive

  Swakop Uranium, developer of the Husab mine expected to become the world's second largest uranium mine, has started recruiting workers. Read more »

• Namibia: Last Clash Match for Term One

  This weekend the last FNB Classic Clashes game of the first term will take place between Elnatan and Windhoek High School on the Elnatan Rugby School in Stampriet on Saturday at... Read more »

• Namibia: Unemployment Statistics Rebased

  "Note, we are not saying that we have reduced unemployment from 51 % to 27 %. We have simply recognized that 51 % could not have been right. Therefore right now I am not so sure... Read more »

• Namibia: Feris, Shilongo and Thomas Join Team Namibia Board

  Team Namibia appointed three new board directors at their Annual General Meeting last week. Read more »

• Namibia: Women in Tourism

  The Namibian tourism sector has become a source of empowerment for many Namibian women from both the rural and urban areas. Today, many women have taken up various positions across... Read more »

• Namibia: Entrepreneur's Needs On Show

  Namibia needs entrepreneurs, but entrepreneurs have needs too, says SMEs Compete, a social entrepreneurship firm that provides business growth support to the small and medium... Read more »

• Namibia: Expo Sponsor

  Bank Windhoek has sponsored N$100,000 towards the 8th annual SME Expo which takes place from 31 July to 2 August 2013 at the Nampower Convention Centre in Windhoek. Other sponsors... Read more »

• Namibia: International Water Conference in October

  Namibia will host the 9th International Conference on Water Re-use in Windhoek at the Safari Court Hotel from 27 to 31 October. Read more »

• Namibia: Zambian Business Guru to Open Expo

  Namibia SME Expo '13 will be opened by Zambian business leader, Patrick Chisanga. Read more »

• Namibia: What Is a Retirement Fund Administration Service Worth to You? [column]

  Tilman Friedrich is a qualified chartered accountant and a Namibian Certified Financial Planner ® practitioner, specialising in the pensions field. He is a member of the legal... Read more »

• Namibia: Residents Owe City N$390 Million

  Windhoek residents owe the City of Windhoek a staggering N$390 million due to non-payment of their "municipal consumer debt" over periods of years. Many of the accounts are... Read more »