Three-hundred and forty-eight participants, comprising eighty-seven teams of four, took part in Bank Windhoek’s Virtual Relay this past weekend. A first for Namibia, the charity-based event, which aims to encourage a healthy lifestyle and enhanced physical fitness to mitigate the risks of COVID-19, saw teams compete in three categories: women, men, and mixed groups, after…
The much anticipated 10th Namibian Annual Music Awards will soon kick-off, but this time live and online. The event was initially scheduled to take place on 2 May 2020 at the Swakopmund Dome but was indefinitely postponed due to COVID19. The executive committee is pleased to announce that the 10th Namibian Annual Music Awards will…
FNB, through the FirstRand Namibia Foundation last week donated office equipment, in the form of a photocopier, to Otjohorongo Primary School. Otjohorongo Primary School, the Erongo region achieved a 90% pass rate in 2019 across all grades, despite numerous challenges Abiud Tjikusere, Business Relationship Manager, FNB Omaruru expressed his hope that this donation would serve…
The sixth edition of the Nedbank Kapana Cook-Off will take place as from 26 August 2020, with the first regional round taking place at Ongwediva. The Windhoek round will take place on 12 September and the Walvis Bay round on 26 September, while the final will take place in Windhoek on 24 October 2020, a…
Auas Motors has welcomed Suzuki to its growing family. This was revealed in a media statement released by Nictus Holdings Limited. Auas Motors obtained the right to act as an authorized Suzuki distributor in Namibia, in addition to its existing dominance over the Isuzu and Opel brands in the country. Gerhard Vermeulen, Chief Executive Officer…
Namibia’s leading digital enabler and most admired brand continue to raise the bar in ploughing back into the community when it launched the MTC Rural School Project this morning. The project, which answers to the call to dilapidated schools that lack decent structures or have none at all will see MTC partner with the Ministry…
The NamPower Foundation on Tuesday handed over a school building which it constructed for Onakashimba Kindergarten at Onyome village in the Oshikoto Region. Situated some 32 kilometres from Ondangwa, Onakashimba Kindergarten was established in 1990 but had no formal structure, meaning the children were taught out in the open. Lucia Hiveluah, the head of the…
This winter has been a cold one. With recent exposures to cold fronts, the reality of freezing temperatures for many communities is devasting, due to their lack of necessities to guard them against an extremely cold winter – and this in the middle of a coronavirus pandemic. On Friday, 17 July 2020, Capricorn Group employees,…
Over 150 local dancers have registered their interest in participating in the MTC Knockout Project, which is this year aimed at fighting homelessness in Namibia. The auditions for back-up dancers for 30 Namibian personalities who are going to take part in the event on 03 October, took place in Windhoek on Saturday. “Dancers travelled from…
Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) has revealed the names of eight more artists and personalities who will participate in the second edition of the MTC Knockout Project launched last week. The MTC Knockout Project against Homelessness has challenged 30 Namibian personalities to get on stage at a live music concert and perform two hit songs. A…