National Tourist occupancy rates across establishments rose to over 58% in April

National Tourist occupancy rates across establishments rose to over 58% in April

In April, national occupancy rates across establishments rose to 58.1%, surpassing both April 2023's 51.2% and 2019 levels. This marks the highest monthly rate for this year, showing an 8.95% increase from March. The Hospitality Association of Namibia, Chief Executive Officer, Gitta Paetzold.

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Namibia

Nascam operating without policies for 26 years

The Namibian Society of Composers and Authors of Music (Nascam) has been operating for 26 years without any operational policies. Speaking at Nascam’s open day here on Thursday, its new Chief Executive Officer, Albert Nicanor expressed discontent over the lack of policies and technical capacity to implement its mandate over the years, resulting in many local artists being unhappy with the institution’s leadership. Nascam collects royalties fees for […]

January 26, 2024 28

Namibia

CoW management committee still incomplete

The City of Windhoek management committee remains incomplete as council failed to nominate office bearers to fill the two remaining positions on Thursday. The City of Windhoek chambers sat in silence at the call of District Magistrate Celma Amadhila to raise nominations from the council for the two remaining positions on the management committee. In December 2023, SWAPO party member Queen Kamati, alongside former city mayor, Joseph Uapingene who […]

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