The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) and Ohorongo Otavi Community Trust (OOCT) on Wednesday donated 10 medical beds with mattresses to the Deputy Minister of Disability Affairs in the Vice-Presidency Office, Alexia Manombe-Ncube. The donation is a direct result of a Technical Cooperation Agreement between Support UIm e.V., a German-based non-profit organisation, OOCT…
Karlien Visser and WP Oosthuizen, learners from Gobabis Gymnasium were last week announced as winners of the 2018 Idiom Competition hosted by the ATKV (‘Afrikaanse Taal en Kultuur Vereniging’ – Afrikaans Language and Culture Association) and NBC’s Hartklop FM. With Bank Windhoek as the main sponsor, the competition saw the Gobabis Gymnasium team and that…
More than 250 learners from across the Khomas region gathered at the Windhoek Gymnasium Curro school hall from Monday, 22 October to Wednesday, 24 October 2018, to showcase the projects that they had worked on and perfected for the 29th Khomas Regional Science Fair. The projects reflected the creative, innovative and inquiring minds of each…
Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Engelbrecht Nawatiseb launched Focus Telecommunication, an internet services provider (ISP) here. Speaking at the launch, Nawatiseb said Focus Telecommunication, which is fully Namibian-owned, recently received its license from the Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia. He further noted that as part of the launch, the ISP donated free wireless…
“Investing in scary times” was the theme of the event held by Eos Capital, a private equity manager, in Windhoek on Tuesday. Speaking at the event was the CEO of SAVCA, Tanya van Lill, with the key message that pension funds in Namibia can find attractive and safe returns during these times by investing in…
Agra’s corporate social initiatives are geared towards the upliftment of Namibian communities, and as part of giving back the Auas Valley Shopping Mall, part of Agra’s property portfolio, has donated an amount of N$12 000, as well as food to the value of approximately N$ 5000 to the Môreson Special School for the cognitively impaired. The…
The establishment of a gender-based violence (GBV) and learner pregnancy (LP) regional office in Erongo will strengthen the provision of quality GBV and LP services to community members. This was according to Regain Trust Project Manager, James Itana, in an interview with Nampa here on Wednesday. “Namibia is one of the countries which experiences alarmingly…
The Saints men’s team were crowned champions of the Bank Windhoek National Field Hockey Premier League at the league’s finale played over the weekend in Windhoek. The feat sees them secure a third win this season after they won the Night and Indoor League championships earlier this year. Saints’ head coach Ruan Oosthuizen, said that…
Privately owned solar generation is a significant force for the future of Namibian enterprises, says Development Bank of Namibia Head of Marketing and Corporate Communication, Jerome Mutumba. There is a current moratorium on implementation of new solar photovoltaic feeds into the national electricity grid, but solar photovoltaic plants can still lend impetus to Namibia’s drive…
Namibia faces significant challenges from bush encroached land with estimates of 45 million hectares affected by this national phenomenon. Turning this challenge into an opportunity requires innovation and partnership. In its joint efforts to showcase the present solutions to the bush encroachment problem in Namibia and take the Namibian biomass industry forward, the Namibia Biomass…