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Bannerman Mining Resources Namibia has appointed Twapewa Kadhikwa as the chairperson of the company. Kadhikwa has 14 years experience in corporate governance and uranium mining. Speaking on her appointment, Kadhikwa says her vision for the company is to prioritise environmental sustainability and community development. The post Bannerman appoints Kadhikwa as chairperson appeared first on The […]

Child maintenance can be touchy subject. Some parents wilfully choose to stop or not support their kids. But, this man may have gone too far as he allegedly faked his death to avoid providing from his child. The US man now faces several years in prison for illegally accessing the internet death register system and […]

Zambian surgeon Dr Alex Makupe completed his surgical residency at Tygerberg Hospital in South Africa’s Western Cape, because there were no teaching hospitals catering for surgeons in his home country. At the end of his residency, as he was planning to return to Zambia, one of his colleagues said to him: “You’ll be back in […]

Minister of health and social services Kalumbi Shangula says Benylin paediatric syrup, which has been recalled by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra), is currently not registered in Namibia. This comes after Sahpra received a report from the Nigerian National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (Nafdac) regarding the detection of […]

Flooding caused by heavy rains has affected large areas of Kenya, including the capital, Nairobi. At least 11 people have been killed and more than 17 000 are displaced. The rainy season that began in mid-March has damaged homes and farmland. Those affected are appealing for urgent government assistance as hunger and the risk of […]

Swapo parliamentarian Eliphas Dingara says if he had his way Namibians would not have to work, as the country has an abundance of natural resources to cater for the daily financial needs of citizens. He says Namibia’s natural resources are not being exploited to benefit all. “We should not even be working because we have […]

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United Airlines has blamed Boeing for a $200m (£161m) hit to its earnings in the first three months of this year. The carrier was forced to ground its Boeing 737 MAX 9 fleet for three weeks after a mid-air cabin blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight in January. United said that pushed it to a […]

MPs have backed a plan to ban anyone born after 2009 from buying cigarettes, effectively ensuring it will become law. The measures, championed by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, survived despite opposition from several leading Tory figures – including two ex-PMs. Health Secretary Victoria Atkins told MPs “there is no liberty in addiction” as she defended […]