People are flooding into Ndeshi Hambeleleni Junias’ driving school for lessons in order to obtain driver’s licences.
Month: February 2022
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FinWellness with Thembi – Debt Consolidation vs Debt Administration
Over-indebtedness is defined as “the persistent difficulty, or impossibility, of a household to pay its bills or debts”. In a country with one of the highest youth unemployment rates in the world, it would be irresponsible not to mention the desperate state of affairs that sees people turning to loan and credit facilities to provide for the bare necessities.
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Logistics sector anticipates post-Covid recovery
Prospects have started to improve for the logistics sector in Namibia, as the rest of the world gradually recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic. This sector is important for the growth of the Namibian economy, as Namibia is well placed to be a logistics hub for its landlocked neighbours.
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Criminals impersonate GIPF staff
The Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) said it has come to learn of people impersonating GIPF staff members. In this illegal disguise, the scammers request to be provided with members’ personal financial information with the aim to access their money. The GIPF has warned all its members of this scam.
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Covid intensified Namibian inequality…as 65% of Namibians live on less than US$5.5 a day
Namibia remains one of the most unequal countries in the world, with a Gini score reported at 59.1 in 2015. The Gini Coefficient is also known as the Gini index, which is the statistical measure used for the distribution of income among the population of a country.
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Opinion – How Chinese and Americans communicate and behave
As a complete pattern for living culture is elaborate, abstract and pervasive and countless aspects of culture, explicit and implicit, help to determine and guide communication behaviour acquired and transmitted by symbols, constituting the distinctive achievements of human groups.
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Opinion – Inflation’s threat to pensions in Namibia
Inflation is real and it is here. There are lots of factors behind this, the rising price of petrol, surging gas prices, supply issues and the pandemic pushing up the cost of even the most basic food items.
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Eises urges strong reading foundation
The director of education in the Oshikoto region, Aletta Eises, has called on primary school teachers to lay a strong quality foundation for primary school learners.
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Tour Twyfelfontein virtually
Education minister Anna Nghipondoka last week launched the first-ever Namibian world heritage site’s virtual reality tour of the Twyfelfontein /Ui-//aes world heritage site at the Franco-Namibia Cultural Centre in Windhoek.
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‘Don’t tell anyone’…teen told to protect alleged rapist uncle
The aunt of a 16-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped by a 46-year-old man at a village in the Oshana region, has allegedly begged her niece not to report the matter, as it would land her husband in prison.