June 03, 2022
Namibia: Thousands in 'Lucky Draw' for 48 Vaccination Posts
THOUSANDS of unemployed candidates flocked to the offices of the Zambezi regional Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS) yesterday to have a chance at 48 temporary positions in… Read more »
June 02, 2022
Namibia: Indoor Hockey League Reaches Its Climax
The Bank Windhoek Indoor Hockey League reaches its climax this week when the champions will be decided. Read more »
May 31, 2022
Namibia: 'Fuel Prices Are Killing Us'
WINDHOEK-based taxi driver Fransiskus Shikongo says life in Namibia is becoming tougher by the day, worsened by ever-increasing fuel prices. Read more »
Namibia: Fired Group CEO Drags Letshego to Court
DISMISSED Letshego Group chief executive officer (CEO) Andrew Okai has dragged the pan-African microlender to court in Gaborone, Botswana, to get his job back. Read more »
May 30, 2022
Namibia: Nab Tightens Ban On Horticultural Imports
Of the 19 crops on the special import permit list that was released by the Namibian Agronomic Board (NAB), only five can be imported without restrictions, from 1 to 30 June 2022,… Read more »
May 22, 2022
Namibia: Geingob Heads to Davos
PRESIDENT Hage Geingob is leading a lean team of ministers to the World Economic Forum's (WEF) annual meeting, which starts on Sunday and runs until Thursday in Davos, Switzerland. Read more »
May 19, 2022
Namibia: Competition Commission Investigates Bank Windhoek, Law Firm
THE Namibia Competition Commission (NaCC) has launched a probe into alleged exclusive dealings in property conveyance between Bank Windhoek and law firm Dr Weder, Kauta and Hoveka… Read more »
Namibia: 'Close Chinese Retailers' ... Activists Say Only Wholesalers Should Be Allowed
THE Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF), along with other protesters, yesterday demanded the closure and deregistration of businesses owned by Chinese nationals in the country… Read more »
Botswana: Botswana to Ban More Veggie Imports
NAMIBIAN exporters of vegetables to Botswana, especially those along the fertile Zambezi region, might have it tough if that country effects its plan to expand its ban on… Read more »
May 16, 2022
Namibia: 'We Work Like Slaves' ... Namibian Women Stuck in Middle East Issue Distress Call
SEVERAL women who have been lured to the Middle East by prospects of good jobs and earnings have issued distress calls to escape the appalling conditions under which they are… Read more »
May 13, 2022
Namibia: DBN Supports Solar Energy
THE Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) has signed an agreement to provide N$193 million to finance a new solar power-generation plant near Kahn substation in the Namib Desert. Read more »
Namibia: Second Phase of Airport Road Project Starts
WORK on the second phase of a project to upgrade the road between Windhoek and Hosea Kutako International Airport (HKIA) has started. Read more »
May 12, 2022
Namibia: NFA Owes Creditors N$23 Million
THE ugly truth is now officially in the open following the announcement by the FIFA Normalisation Committee (NC) yesterday that the national football body owes local creditors N$23… Read more »
May 11, 2022
Namibia: The Sovereign Wealth Fund and Namibia's Economic Growth
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Namibia: High Taxes Blamed for Stifling Economy
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May 09, 2022
Namibia: Etosha Lodge Construction Workers Dig Up Skeletons
Construction workers at a lodge near Etosha National Park discovered human skeletons while digging trenches on Friday. Read more »
Namibia: Positive Pointers From Namibian Trade Stats
NAMIBIA continues being a net importer of goods with the value of exports increasing by 27,9% year on year (y/y) in March 2022 to N$6 billion, while the value of imports increased… Read more »
May 03, 2022
Namibia: Construction Workers Threaten to March to Fiscus Building
WORKERS constructing the B1 road between Okahandja and Windhoek have threatened to march to the minister of finance's office, if he continues to ignore them. Read more »
March 01, 2010
Namibia: DRC Pulls Plug On Inga
NAMIBIA'S dream to be part of a power project which would have been the stepping stone for the biggest hydro-electric plant in Africa has been shattered after the Democratic… Read more »