Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) has announced that 100 apprentices from Germany’s Inter-Cultural Relations Foundation will join the NWR team to assist with maintenance at local resorts. NWR in a media release on Monday said the collaboration, which also involve skills transfer to the local hospitality industry, will fortify diplomatic ties between Namibia and Germany. Led…
The Namibia Ports Authority (Namport) recorded an increased volume in non-containerised cargo of 7 691 781 tonnes in the 2022-2023 financial year, from 6 576 370 tonnes recorded in 2021-2022. Namport Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Andrew Kanime during a recent annual port users dinner expressed that the increase was complemented by increased export and import…
The Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Creation launched Namibia’s Annual Productivity Awareness Campaign Week on Monday. Speaking at the launch, Minister Utoni Nujoma explained that the purpose of the campaign is to raise awareness among the Namibian workforce and the general public about the advantages and significance of productivity. “A nation’s wealth is…
Oshakati-based North East First Division Stream team Khuse Lions Football Club and Quelle Royals from Opuwo were crowned champions in the football and netball categories of the Dr Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah tournament held at Opuwo. En route to the final, the inaugural edition tournament held at Opuwo’s Newman Katuta’s stadium at the weekend, saw northern boys…
The German government, through the KfW Development Bank, has donated N.dollars 300 million towards wildlife conflict mitigation and alleviating the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on communal conservancies in the Zambezi Region. During the official handover of grants and equipment to the Community Conservancies Fund of Namibia (CCFN) and Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA) at…
The delay in timely payments of benefits to Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) members and beneficiaries can be attributed to incomplete and inaccurate information required to process benefits payments. This was said by GIPF Manager for Marketing Services, Amos Kambonde in a media statement on Tuesday. According to Kambonde, some of the challenges the fund…
Katima Mulilo Urban Constituency Councillor Kennedy Simasiku has said although there has been progress in his constituency, there is still a need to improve service delivery in road networks, sewerage, water provision and business investments. In an interview with Nampa recently, Simasiku said the situation in the Macaravani West and Nova informal settlement, where people…
Two of the six Zambezi Regional Council management members accused of embezzling development funds meant for the Kongola settlement, appeared in the Katima Mulilo Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, where they were granted bail. Abraham Shikoyeni was arrested in Windhoek on Monday, while Nimrod Lichela, was also apprehended on the same day. Their arrests followed the…
The Bank of Namibia (BoN) said on Tuesday that it will now handle the licensing and regulation of payment service providers instead of sharing the responsibility with the Payments Association of Namibia. The central bank said this is in line with the recently promulgated Payment System Management Act 14 of 2023 (PSM Act). “The rationale…
The Bank of Namibia (BoN) said on Tuesday that it will now handle the licensing and regulation of payment service providers instead of sharing the responsibility with the Payments Association of Namibia. The central bank said this is in line with the recently promulgated Payment System Management Act 14 of 2023 (PSM Act). “The rationale…