Trustco Group Holdings Limited (“Trustco”) – in a groundbreaking initiative to acknowledge and develop skills of talented and potential Namibian female leadership in business and State Owned Enterprises — appointed its much anticipated Junior Board. Trustco decided on a Junior Board mentorship programme after the overwhelming interest shown by young professionals in response to the…
1. Cancer of the Ovaries (Ovarian Cancer): Cancer can start in the epithelial layer or in the cells in the ovum (germ cell tumour). The epithelial tumour is the most common. The germ cell tumour is more common in young women. No causes have been identified but disturbed hormonal function plays a role especially amongst…
What is Cancer: The term cancer refers to a group of diseases. Although there are over 200 regularly defined different types of cancer, all cancers are characterised by abnormal cell growth. If left untreated, this disease can lead to death. How Cancer Starts: Your body is made up of trillions of living cells. Within each…
Suiderlig and PK de Villiers Secondary Schools victorious in FNB Classic Clashes Over the past weekend, Suiderlig Secondary School beat JA Nel with 2:1 on the soccer field, while visitors PK de Villiers walked away victoriously with 40:31 points against Mariental High School on the rugby field. On Friday last week, Suiderlig played against their…
The College of the Arts (COTA) Youth Choir Namibia will stage a World Choir Games Farewell Concert on Friday, 6 July 2018 at the Pionierspark Dutch Reformed Church in Windhoek, starting at 19h00. The event serves as the farewell concert before they depart for South Africa to participate in the 2018 World Choir Games (WCG)…
Bank Windhoek recently collaborated with Kleentek Waste Management and Scrap Salvage on a reuse and recycle exercise of electronic waste which financially benefitted the Dagbreek School for the Intellectually Impaired. The initiative was facilitated by Recycle Namibia Forum (RFN). Aimed at environmental sustainability in the workplace, the initiative came about when Bank Windhoek requested its…
The 2018 Bank Windhoek Cancer Apple Project for 2018 kicked off on Monday, 2 July 2018 in Windhoek. Now in its 18th year, the project has raised more than N$20 million in aid of cancer patients since its inception. In 2017, Namibians donated a record N$3 million towards the work of the Cancer Association of…
After travelling a total of 4 200 kilometres around the country, the Neymar Jr’s Five soccer tournament organisers hosted the National Finals at UN Plaza in Windhoek over the weekend. Teams from the central, northern and coastal areas of the country battled it out on a fast paced concrete court. Every match was intense as…
The Ministry of Poverty eradication and Social Welfare(MPESW) received a donation of game meat from Herbothsblick community to 17 charity homes at Family of Hope Services in the Havana settlement on Friday. Herbothsblick Community is situated halfway between Windhoek and Hosea Kutako International Airport responsible for game farming, selling houses and residential plots. Speaking during…
Standard Bank’s Chief Executive (CE), Vetumbuavi Mungunda, has assumed the presidency of the Bankers Association of Namibia’s (BAN). Mungunda is succeeding Bank Windhoek’s Managing Director, Baronice Hans, and will serve for a year in the position, having assumed the position on 01 April 2018. This position rotates annually amongst the Heads of the current commercial…