Namibia’s most celebrated ophthalmologist Dr Helena Ndume has bestowed the Diamond Award at the Simply You Magazine Lifestyle and Fashion Awards (SYMLAFA) over the weekend in the capital.
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2020-09-212024-05-06Business
EIF awarded for sustainable finance
The Environmental Investment of Namibia (EIF) has been awarded a Sustainable Finance Award by the city of Karlsruhe in Germany for Outstanding Sustainable Project Financing recognising its success in financing Climate-Change Resilient livelihoods.
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2020-09-212024-05-06Business
NWR board and senior management cut salaries by 25%
For the past six months, all tourism companies have been severely affected by Covid-19 – and the Namibia Wildlife Resorts Limited (NWR), being one of the dominate players in the local industry, was not spared from the impacts of the pandemic.
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2020-09-212024-05-06Business
Breweries results hammered by Covid-19 and trade limits …annual profit down by 71.7% on lower volumes
Heineken South Africa (SA) experienced severe trade restrictions in South Africa, contributing to the Namibia Breweries Limited (NBL) to experience a significant downturn in business and a subsequent share of associate loss of N$76.7 million.
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2020-09-212024-05-06Business
Swakopmund municipality sponsors entrepreneur mentorship programme
The Swakopmund municipality has sponsored 10 local entrepreneurs to the tune N$530 000 to enter a 12-month training programme with the support of the Dome facility.
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2020-09-212024-05-06Business
Air Namibia’s CFO resigns
Air Namibia has confirmed the resignation of its Chief Financial Officer Werner Schuckmann with effect from 30 September 2020.
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2020-09-212024-05-06Business
No fracking to be conducted in Namibia – MME
The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) has refuted allegations in an article in a local newspaper, stating that fracking will take place in the Okavango Delta, and assured the public that all necessary environmental impact permits for the project are in place.
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2020-09-212024-05-06Business
Eurowings touches down at HKIA …as tourists start trickling back
At just past six-o-clock in the morning yesterday the first commercial European flight arrived in Windhoek after the international travel ban was implemented in March this year.
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2020-09-212024-05-07Opinions
Opinion – Sam’s journey to Namibia’s heart
Namibia; who is she, who is this girl…, no, not a girl anymore, she has come of age; she is a young lady, running about thirty years now – three million kids; she knows things – but as things go, she has been through a lot in her young life.
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2020-09-212024-05-07Opinions
Opinion – Why President Geingob is the best for Namibia
No pun intended, but it vexes Namibia’s doomsayers that President Hage Geingob is being blamed for all the unprecedented headwinds that Namibia is going through – but in spite of the odds, the Geingob administration continues to weather the storm and soar even higher.