The Minister of Higher Education has invited trade unions to nominate four members to the Namibia Training Authority Board. This follows a call by unions and employer associations last week that the current board be dissolved, as it is allegedly not properly constituted in accordance with the law. Last week, trade unions and employer federations...
The Roads Authority (RA) has announced the extension for the Conversion of indefinite Domestic Road Carrier Permits to two-year renewable permits. The process, which commenced in April 2023, is now extended to 30 September 2024. The authority has warned that failure to convert the indefinite permits within the given extension period will result in the...
Home BIPA extends Annual Duty Penalty Waiver Programme April 4, 2024 Following extensive feedback and demand from the local business community, particularly Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), the Business and Intellectual Property Authority (BIPA) has extended its Annual Duty Penalty Waiver Programme for an additional three months, until 30 June 2024. Originally launched on 15...
The Business and Intellectual Property Authority (Bipa) has extended its Annual Duty Penalty Waiver Programme for an additional three months. According to Bipa spokesperson Ockert Jansen, the extension comes amid high demand from local businesses. “Originally launched on 15 November 2023, and scheduled to conclude on 31 March 2024, the waiver programme garnered significant interest...
The Business and Intellectual Property Authority (BIPA) has extended its Annual Duty Penalty Waiver amnesty for an additional three months, until 30 June 2024. The program was launched in November 2023 and scheduled to conclude on 31 March 2024. Last year, BIPA revealed that its records showed non-compliant businesses collectively accumulated a total of approximately...
The Business and Intellectual Property Authority (BIPA), in consultation with the Ministry of Trade and Industrialization, has extended its annual duty penalty waiver. Minister Lucia Iipumbu, during her ministerial statement in the National Assembly, announced that the programme that was supposed to end on March 31 will be extended by three more months to June...
Trustco Group Holdings Limited (“Trustco”) is pleased to announce that Next Capital (Pty) Ltd (“Next”), a key shareholder and lender to the Company, has elected to extend the repayment date for a N$1 billion related party loan. The decision comes as Trustco and Next engage in negotiations that could see the loan converted into an...
The President H.E. Nangolo Mbumba has extended warm congratulations to President-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Faye on his decisive victory in the March 2024 Presidential elections in Senegal. In a message from the presidency, Mbumba emphasized the peaceful conduct of the elections as a testament to Senegal’s enduring status as a beacon of stability and progress in...
Bannerman Energy says its Scoping Study reveals potential 27-year mine life for the Etango Uranium Project with expansion phases. The study underscores the strong technical and financial feasibility of Etango-XP, boosting throughput capacity to 16 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa), and Etango-XT, extending the project’s lifespan from 15 to 27 years. “Key findings from the...