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By: Hertha Ekandjo Old Mutual Namibia has announced that customers participating in its Rewards Programme have redeemed more than N$2 million worth of reward points to date. The company said this milestone underscores the programme’s growing impact on the financial lives of the public, offering tangible value for everyday engagement with Old Mutual’s products and services. Old Mutual Namibia`s Head of Data and Digital Transformation, Eben Basson, said of the total […]

By: Hertha Ekandjo Model store at Auas Valley has introduced new features, such as a robotic shopping assistant and self-checkouts station, which allows shoppers to scan and pay their own goods. The store which operates under the Ohlthaver & List (O&L) Group was previously known as Pick n Pay, rebranded to Model on 01July this year. The robot is designed to guide customers through the shop, locate products, and provide useful […]

  By: Ellen Shihepo The Africa Network for Animal Welfare (ANAW), in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform (MAFWLR), is calling on journalists to educate the public, government and farmers on the abusive practices of caged chicken farming in the continent. During a first-of-its-kind "cage free chicken farming for media" workshop in Windhoek on Tuesday, ANAW CEO, Josia Ojwang, said the ignored welfare of chickens […]

By: Hertha Ekandjo The Pupkewitz Foundations has committed N$10 million to support national development and community upliftment across six sectors for the next 12 months. Speaking during the Pupkewitz Foundation pledge press conference commemorating the 100th anniversary of the group in Windhoek on Thursday, the foundation’s chief executive officer, Merly Barry, said the funds will be directed towards six key pillars. These include education, health, community care, environment, sport and […]

By: Ludorf Iyambo The City of Windhoek Mayor, Ndeshihafela Larandja, said in July her office launched a programme called the Mayoral Cleaning Campaign as an effort to try and reclaim the Africa's cleanest city title. Namibia's capital, Windhoek, once regarded as the cleanest city in Africa, lost that title to Kigali, Rwanda, in 2014.  Windhoek current occupies  the 10th position. Larandja noted that a dirty environment discourages investment and negatively impacts the national economy. “That is […]

By: Selma Taapopi Taxi drivers have called on works and transport ministry to increase the current taxi fare from N$13 to N$15, citing increased operational costs. The increment is one of the several demands presented to Works and Transport Minister Veikko Nekundi during a petition handover last Friday from Windhoek based taxi drivers. The drivers also called for formalisation of the app-based transportation services.   Speaking on behalf of taxi operators,  […]