Month: September 2018

WINDHOEK - FNB Namibia held a breakfast celebration at the end August and Women’s Month under the theme ‘Grit and Perseverance.’ Elzita Beukes, Communications Manager at FNB Namibia said the purpose of the event was to celebrate female employees at FNB and to inspire them to be resilient even when times get tough. Speaking at the event, Nangula Kauluma, FNB Executive Officer: Premium Banking highlighted the determination needed to succeed and the three choices one must make – to either remove yourself from the situation, change the situation completely, and/ or accept the situation no matter the consequences that may follow. 

WINDHOEK – A Walvis Bay native spent two years in the United Kingdom on a working holiday, John Weber started out cleaning construction sites in the UK but always knew he would come back home. On his return, he held several jobs and eventually walked away from his last position to start his own business.

WINDHOEK - The Bank of Namibia (BoN) recently released selected statistical data for July 2018 that indicates that accumulated private sector credit extension (PSCE) to businesses and individuals now amounts to over N$93 billion. 

WINDHOEK – Both internal and external consultations regarding Namibia’s anticipated signature to the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), which was launched in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the end of January this year, have now been completed.

TOULOUSE - When I arrived in Windhoek, I really did not know what to expect. I had never been to Africa before and without knowing anyone in Namibia, I wanted to see something different.

OMUTHIYA - A conducive learning environment is one of the factors that contribute to a good education system, however this is the opposite with the under-resourced Limbandungila kindergarten and pre-school, where pupils are taught in a matchbox ramshackle building.

KATIMA MULILO - The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) will commence with the construction of its new regional office in Zambezi after it handed over the site to the constractor yesterday.

KATIMA MULILO - Section A of the multimillion Namalubi-Isize-Luhonono road is expected to be completed by December after the contractor made massive progress after floodwaters subsided.

WINDHOEK - Windhoek City Police services staff visited the bereaved family of late Cheryl Avihe Ujaha, 9, at their family home on Friday morning and extended their sympathy to the family. 

WINDHOEK - Chief Justice, Peter Shivute has denied a petition from eight persons still facing charges of high treason, murder, attempted murder, sedition, public violence, and illegal importation of weapons and ammunition directed at him to appeal a decision by Acting High Court Judge Petrus Unengu on the jurisdiction of the Namibian High Court to try them.