The Deputy Minister of Urban and Rural Development has commended the Tsandi Village Council for empowering vendors and SME traders.

GIZ, along with the Probats II-Competency-Based Economies and Namibia Investment and Finance Agriculture Financial Sector Programme Design Lab, organised a two-day meeting with various groups to promote financial innovation that is inclusive and sustainable.

Economist Robert McGregor has cautioned that economic growth could slow significantly if the government does not refocus on its core priorities and create more space for private sector participation. 

Prime Minister Dr. Elijah Ngurare is calling on government and industry to unite in purpose and partnership through skills development.

He was speaking at the Toyota Training Centre Inauguration in Windhoek.

A three-year-old girl, Monica Klaaste, drowned in a water-filled trench at the Keetmanshoop |Gereres informal settlement.

According to the police, Monica was playing when she fell into the wastewater-filled trench located near the residential area.