Increased road traffic volumes lead to increased risk of crashes as all roads lead to Windhoek, Khomas region for the 29th Independence Day celebrations. Correspondingly, the MVA Fund advocates for the following: – All road travelers to plan their journey – among others, check driver readiness, traveler readiness, analyze your fatigue levels and ascertain road…
Multichoice Talent Factory (MTF) on Tuesday launched an online digital networking portal aimed at connecting Africa’s creative industries. The interactive portal is designed to profile and connect Africa’s industry creatives, bringing pan-Africa talent and opportunities together in one place, a statement issued on Tuesday said. This digital portal will allow filmmakers across the continent to…
Vocational education is the answer to Namibia’s challenges with high unemployment, Standard Bank’s Head of Marketing, Communications and CSI Magreth Mengo has said. Mengo was speaking during the official launch of the 2019 National Skills Competition in Windhoek recently. The bank during the launch also handed over N.dollars 200 000 to the Namibia Training Authority…
Bank Windhoek now offers quick finger prick Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) screening tests at their Human Capital Department in Windhoek. A statement availed to Nampa on Monday said since early-stage prostate cancer has no symptoms or signs, it is usually detected through a PSA test. “With this in mind, assisted by our medical practitioner and registered…
Youth members of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church at Otjiwarongo on Saturday distributed food parcels to pensioners and destitute residents of the DRC informal settlement at the town. The 50 food parcels contained tinned fish, sugar, salt, rice, cooking oil, raw soup and washing powder purchased by church members with the money they generated through…
Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Stanley Simataa, officially commissioned two of the Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC)’s new 14 new network sites in the Kavango West and Zambezi regions last week. The Kavango West towers were commissioned on Thursday, while the Zambezi towers were commissioned on Friday. The network sites, equipped with 3G technology, are…
The Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) beneficiaries has called on all its beneficiaries to register for the biometrics system otherwise, risk suspension of their pension benefits. The biometric identification system matches the beneficiary’s fingerprint to the information on the GIPF database and ensure they receive benefit payments due to them. The registration and verification process…
The local bunkering company, Monjasa Namibia donated N.dollars 200,000 to the Promiseland Trust to support its early child development initiatives, last Friday. Speaking at the handover, the General Manager of Monjasa Namibia, Sean Holmes said, “since the establishment of the company in 2014, its been our vision to share our successes with the community. We…
First National Bank Namibia (FNB) pledged an amount of N.dollars 80 000 towards the Ondangwa Industrial and Trade Exhibition which will take place from 29 April to 4 May 2019. At the Trade Fair, FNB Namibia will offer account opening, consumer credit, home loans and vehicle finance onsite. Abongile Mpikwa, Area Sales & Service Manager,…
Hollard Namibia would like to welcome Mr Johannes !Gawaxab (Chairman) and Dr Bernie Zaaruka as newly appointed independent non-executive directors to our Boards. We are fortunate to add such distinguished individuals to the Hollard family, firmly establishing Hollard’s position as a market leader within Namibia. We are confident that their wealth of knowledge, skills and experience will contribute greatly to…