The Annual Medical Congress hosted by the Medical Association of Namibia (MAN) took place earlier this month at the Village in Windhoek. The congress, sponsored for the second time by Nedbank Namibia, concentrated on this year’s theme: “Controversies in Medicine.” The two-day plenary session opened the floor to seasoned healthcare and medical experts presenting on…
Twenty vocational students from NIMT recently joined Rössing Uranium for their 12-month job attachment programme. The intake normally takes place during March each year, but due to the impact Covid-19 had on the vocational training centre’s academic year, the students started on the 1st of April 2022 and will be with Rössing Uranium until the…
The national team of DanceSport Namibia recently competed in the Barcelona International Dance Competition. Teams of twelve countries from four continents competed in this 3-day event with more the 140 different choreographies and more the 14 hours of dance in the competition. The countries represented were Albania, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Italy, Namibia, Oman, Slovakia,…
Old Mutual Namibia (OMN) on Tuesday announced that it will now accept valid business interruption claims under the respective policy conditions, based on its own legal interpretation. This comes two years after the State of Emergency was declared when the COVID-19 pandemic caused a wave of severe financial losses for Namibian businesses. These losses, according…
A Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) COVID-19 Business Relief Loan of N.dollars 53 million has helped to preserve approximately 950 jobs by financing the salaries of employees of the well-known tourism and hospitality operation, Gondwana Collection Namibia. The 950 employees are spread across the group’s 28 lodging establishments and businesses. According to DBN Executive for…
Namibia Breweries Limited (NBL), a subsidiary of the Ohlthaver & List (O&L) Group, has received the ‘Award for Constant Product Quality’ from the Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft (DLG) Test Centre Food for the 15th time on Thursday. The organisation has been in the agriculture and food industry for 137 years. According to Christian Mueller, NBL Manager for…
Innovation is critical for unlocking the country’s economic potential, and innovation, creativity and mass entrepreneurship can provide new impetus for economic growth and job creation. This was said by Faustina Caley, Deputy Minister of Education, Arts and Culture, during the capital’s commemoration of World Creativity and Innovation Day on Thursday. The goal of the day…
The FirstRand Namibia Foundation has handed over a donation of N$ 200 000 to Multiple Sclerosis Namibia at a fundraising engagement session held to create awareness about the disease and garner support for MS Namibia. “I was diagnosed with MS in 2007,” says Bianca Ozcan Founder of Multiple Sclerosis Namibia. “The sad and shocking news…
The Namibian Cycling Federation (NCF) will this coming weekend host the 12th African Cycling Confederation (CAC) Mountain Bike (MTB) Africa Championships at the IJG trails on Farm Windhoek in Kleine Kuppe. This year’s event will see riders from South Africa, Mauritius, Tunisia, Kenya and Morocco compete against Namibians on 23 April, and will also be…
Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC) Secretary-General, Joan Smit said there is still ample time for athletes to qualify for the Commonwealth Games set for Birmingham, England during the months of July and August this year. The Commonwealth Games are international multi-sport events involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. Smit in a recent interview with…