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Niël Terblanché For the first time in three years, Namibia welcomed a large group of tourists that arrived from China on Friday evening. The 20 tourists who departed from Hangzhou city in south-eastern China made their first stop in neighbouring Zimbabwe, where they visited Victoria Falls, before travelling to Namibia. The visit by Chinese tourists follows a little more than a month after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared an end to the public health emergency of international concern. In short, it meant that COVID-19 was no longer a pandemic. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the WHO, in…

Hertta-Maria Amutenja The Central Bank’s Small and Medium Enterprises Economic Recovery Loan Scheme has paid out N$85.9 to 80 SMEs across the country to allow them to continue operating while providing further impetus to the revival of the economy. This was announced by the Bank of Namibia’s Strategic Communications and International Relations International Relations Director, Kazembire Zemburuka. Zemburuka said the recently relaunched loan scheme’s goal is to assist small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in fostering the nation’s economic recovery. “The loan scheme is designed to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to promote economic recovery. It involves the allocation of…

Martin Endjala With the discovery of oil and gas in Namibia, the country will need effective, practical, fair and transparent legal policies to evade the curse of other African countries like Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo. This was emphasized by the Institute for Public Policy Research Executive Director Graham Hopwood last week as he took a swipe at the upstream Petroleum sector in the country, amidst the discovery of oil and gas in the country and the recent announcement by the Mines and Energy Minister Tom Alweendo on the reviewing of the Petroleum Act which is long overdue.…