The Annual Medical Congress hosted by the Medical Association of Namibia (MAN) took place earlier this month at the Village in Windhoek. The congress, sponsored for the second time by Nedbank Namibia, concentrated on this year’s theme: “Controversies in Medicine.” The two-day plenary session opened the floor to seasoned healthcare and medical experts presenting on…
Twenty vocational students from NIMT recently joined Rössing Uranium for their 12-month job attachment programme. The intake normally takes place during March each year, but due to the impact Covid-19 had on the vocational training centre’s academic year, the students started on the 1st of April 2022 and will be with Rössing Uranium until the…
The national team of DanceSport Namibia recently competed in the Barcelona International Dance Competition. Teams of twelve countries from four continents competed in this 3-day event with more the 140 different choreographies and more the 14 hours of dance in the competition. The countries represented were Albania, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Italy, Namibia, Oman, Slovakia,…
Old Mutual Namibia (OMN) on Tuesday announced that it will now accept valid business interruption claims under the respective policy conditions, based on its own legal interpretation. This comes two years after the State of Emergency was declared when the COVID-19 pandemic caused a wave of severe financial losses for Namibian businesses. These losses, according…
A Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) COVID-19 Business Relief Loan of N.dollars 53 million has helped to preserve approximately 950 jobs by financing the salaries of employees of the well-known tourism and hospitality operation, Gondwana Collection Namibia. The 950 employees are spread across the group’s 28 lodging establishments and businesses. According to DBN Executive for…