The Capricorn Group hosted a three-part financial journalism workshop for journalists from various media houses to advance their skills in business and economic reporting. The workshops were conducted in February, March and June this year. The training was aimed at enhancing journalists’ financial reporting skills not only to represent the financial sector accurately, but to…
Two upcoming entrepreneurs held a Winter Charity Drive event on Saturday were Orphans and Vulnerable Children(OVC) were treated to food and goodies for winter. The event, held at a local guest house here was one of its kind where the business community in Rundu donated different items such as blankets, stationary, clothes and toys to…
On Saturday, 16 June 2018, mountain Bike enthusiasts will once again convene at the IJG trails for the third leg of the Nedbank/Rock & Rut Cross-Country (XC) series. The IJG Trails comprises of approximately 75 kilometres of purpose built mountain bike trails, which makes it a perfect venue for both training as well as events.…
Host, Augustineum Senior Secondary School suffered another loss in the first FNB Classic Clashes Netball match at the hands of Academia Secondary School. Academia defeated Augustineum with 21 to 18 points in front of a home crowd at the Augustineum courts. Academia’s Goalkeeper, Selma Auala was named FNB Player of the Match after a great…
Ohorongo Cement through its social corporate responsibility arm Ohorongo Otavi Community Trust (OOCT), joined the albinism community in in Namibia to celebrate International Albinism Awareness Day (Wednesday, June 13, 2018). The International Albinism Awareness Day this year is celebrated under the theme is “Shining Our Light to the World”. For this, OOCT in collaboration with…
Mr Christi Grobbelaar was crowned as the first winner in the “on the hoof” category at Agra’s slaughter ox competition for 2018, which kicked off on Wednesday 6 June at Gobabis. This year marks the third slaughter ox competition that is hosted by Agra Auctions since the competition’s inception in 2016. It is the first…
Namibia’s Tourism sector still stands a high chance of growing and contributing even more to the socio-economic development of the country, as areas of tourism such as Gem Tourism and Peace Tourism remain largely unexplored. This was the general consensus shared among all the sponsors and supporters of the tourism sector during the launch of…
Ohorongo Cement in collaboration with Build It conducted brick-making training at Keetmanshoop on Tuesday. The training is aimed at empowering people by transferring brick-making skills, which will translate into better housing, job creation and economic empowerment. Thirty-two people, including six women, from all seven constituencies participated in the training. //Kharas Governor Lucia Basson told the…
The Roads Authority wishes to notify all members of the public and, in particularly, road users of the blasting operations scheduled to take place on Trunk Road (TR)1/6 Section 4A (Windhoek-Okahandja road), at KM 20 (near to Teufelsbach River) on Wednesday, 13 June 2018 at 12:00. The road will be closed-off with the assistance of…
The third round of the Bank Windhoek Fistball League took place over the weekend at Cohen Fistball Club (CFC) in Windhoek. Hosts, CFC 1, put up a great performance which saw them record their first win of the season. As it stands, CFC 1 and SWK 1 are separated by a mere four points at…