The escalating population growth is putting pressure on the City of Windhoek (CoW) municipal infrastructure, intensifying demand for service delivery, and underscoring the need for government intervention. Among the ongoing initiatives, CoW Mayor Queen Kamati unveiled the “Informal Settlement Upgrading Pilot Project,” which involves constructing 113 houses in Goreangab ext. 4. Launched in partnership with...
Bank Windhoek has appointed Candy Ngula as the Bank’s Head of Electronic Money (e-Money), effective Thursday, 1 February 2024. Ngula joins Bank Windhoek from the Bank of Namibia (BoN), where she served as the Deputy Director of Oversight, Licensing, and Policy in the National Payment Systems Department. At BoN, she oversaw the domestic payments ecosystem...
Erasmus Shalihaxwe Bank Windhoek Board of Directors, Chairperson Johan Swanepoel, has yesterday announced the appointment of Justina Alders-Sheya as a member of the Board effective Monday, 12 February 2024. Swanepoel said Alders-Sheya is a highly accomplished Namibian professional with an impressive background in the financial sector. “She has over 20 years of international experience in...
Bank Windhoek’s Board of Directors Chairperson, Johan Swanepoel has announced the appointment of Justina Alders-Sheya to the Bank Windhoek Board effective Monday, 12 February 2024. In a statement released on behalf of the Bank’s Board, Swanepoel said Alders-Sheya is a highly accomplished Namibian professional with an impressive background. “She has over 20 years of international...
In a deeply saddening discovery, the body of a baby girl, estimated to be between seven and nine months old, was found abandoned next to a municipality skip container on Etetewe Street, near the open market in Windhoek’s Hakahana Residential area, yesterday. One of the witnesses, Victoria Marcus, who stays nearby, said she was told...
By Samuel Linyondi The 2023 United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Report found that around 2.4 billion working-age women are not afforded equal economic opportunity worldwide. Published by the United Nations in 2015, the SDGs are a collection of seventeen interlinked objectives designed to serve as a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people...
Staff Reporter WINDHOEK, December 8 — The 2023 United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Report highlights a global disparity, with approximately 2.4 billion working-age women lacking equal economic opportunities. Envisioned in 2015, the SDGs consist of seventeen interconnected objectives, serving as a collective roadmap for global peace and prosperity, with the Fifth Goal specifically targeting...