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Ohlthaver & List (O&L) Group executive chairman Sven Thieme received the Forbes Best of Africa Outstanding Corporate Leadership Award in Lisbon, Portugal, this week. The recognition highlighted Thieme’s leadership qualities and commitment to driving sustainable development in Namibia. Thieme expressed his gratitude and acknowledged the invaluable contributions of his team. “This award serves as a […]
An armed robbery was reported at the Big Deal Cash and Carry market at Walvis Bay on Wednesday. According to Erongo police spokesperson chief inspector Ileni Shapumba, there was no money stolen and no injuries reported. Shapumba, however, noted that a 9mm pistol and Huawei cellphone were stolen from a security officer. The suspects used […]
The Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) has asked the Electoral Court for an interim interdict against the electoral authority after the party was deregistered. NEFF on Monday filed a notice of motion against the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) and the speaker of the National Assembly, challenging its recent deregistration as a political party. However, […]
The deputy prime minister and minister of works and transport, John Mutorwa, says road fatalities have drastically reduced over the past four years. He says the number of fatalities in proportion to the number of crashes have reduced from 18% in 2019 to 14% in 2023. The fatalities are said to have been on a […]
The Agricultural Bank of Namibia (Agribank) has commenced with the N$104,6 million drought relief initiative for its clients. This was announced by Agribank chief executive Raphael Karuaihe at a media briefing in Windhoek on Wednesday. The relief, which will be paid in the form of an instalment, and for Agribank clients with farmland and livestock […]
Namibia will continue to face a challenge of food security in the next few months. This is according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform’s Household food security situation report. The report says crop prospects have weakened in most crop producing regions. As a result, many households have been left with depleted stocks […]
It may come as a surprise that you could be sharing a home with a powerful disease-detecting agent. When it comes to accurately diagnosing a disease, you might think you need expensive, high-tech machinery and equipment capable of looking deep beneath the skin at what’s going on in the body. But while these high-tech implements […]
A police patrol at Swakopmund over the weekend provided insight into the criminal activities disturbing the peace of the community. Namibian Police inspector general Joseph Shikongo, Erongo governor Neville Andre and Swakopmund mayor Dina Namubes, as well as members of the media, joined approximately 120 police officers from the region for the community patrol on […]
Windhoek Central Hospital nurse matron Claudia Kambonde joined the health profession as a student nurse in 1993 and has never looked back. Kambonde’s work entails coordinating the work of about 700 nurses across several operational units at the hospital. “My work is very interesting and I enjoy what I do, however, the work gets challenging […]
Walvis Bay residents say they will not tolerate RedForce Debt Management’s operations on behalf of the town’s municipality. In a petition handed over to Walvis Bay mayor Trevino Forbes yesterday, community member Elvis Goseb expressed his unhappiness about two previous petitions not being addressed. He mentioned a town council meeting of 7 May, during which […]