Media participation at CBD meetings subject to accreditation by Secretariat Media accreditation now open for the 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference in Egypt To facilitate the media accreditation process, a new online media accreditation form for all meetings of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), including for the upcoming UN Biodiversity…
Cancer remains a burden to the global community. In Namibia more than 3 700 countrymen and –women are diagnosed with this diseases annually. Women remain most affected with breast- and cervical cancer taking the lead in prevalence figures. 2014 – 558 Breast Cancer & 302 Cervical Cancer cases 2015 – 545 Breast Cancer & 295 Cervical…
A good brand is built on the ability of an organisation to deliver on its brand promise over and over again. It is this promise that connects the client and organisation over the years to the point that a relationship is created. It is for this reason that, when one thinks of our local brands,…
The first round of the Bank Windhoek Namibia Volleyball Federation’s (NVF) Cup took place in Rundu over the weekend. A total of 20 teams, consisting of 12 male and eight female teams, fought hard to book a spot in the second and final round scheduled to take place in Swakopmund on Saturday, 29 to Sunday,…
Manage your water consumption Weekly or daily water meters are are essential to verify the water consumption. It is in the consumer’s interest to manage the water consumption, to be within acceptable water consumption parameters. To be a caring citizen of Windhoek, we need tomanage the water consumption by: Know your normal consumption. See how…
Recently I wrote a column about how information is like money, as in there’s no point in having it if you don’t do something with it. We felt subject should be explored further as more and more organisations collect data and use cloud storage to store it. Both profit and non-profit organisations are making the…
Living alone can both be an exciting journey and a challenging one. It gives you a sense of freedom, where you are the sole ruler of your domain, yet it is considered to be more expensive if compared with sharing with someone. In order to maintain a certain lifestyle, one cannot escape basic living expenses…
Successful cancer outreach to North The Cancer Association of Namibia last week hosted a successful northern visit as part of the annual National Cancer Outreach Programme. More than 580 patients were screened free of charge by CAN for primarily cervical-, breast-, and prostate cancers in Ondangwa, Oshakati, Opuwo and Okongwati and Ruacana. 16 Registered Nurses…
A wildlife study being carried out in the inhospitable southwestern desert environments of Namibia identified a lone Oryx that covered an area of more than 400 000 hectares, double the size of the NamibRand Nature Reserve, over a period of four years in search of sufficient food and water. Observers say the Oryx would have…