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FNB enables swiping at Magistrates’ Courts with 42 payment devices

Standard Bank commits N$600,000 to youth skills, health innovation programmes

Petrol to rise by N$1.50 a litre as diesel prices remain unchanged

Windhoek electrification reaches 1,173 households, but only 66 switched on

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Roads Authority targets N$2.1bn upgrade of nine Oshana roads

August 20, 2026

The Roads Authority has identified nine priority roads in the Oshana Region for upgrades at an...

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The bankability bridge: Turning Namibia’s economic potential into SME participation

August 18, 2026

By Corny Zaaruka Across the country, new economic frontiers are emerging. Mining continues to expand, the...

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Auas Road Phase 3 kicks off, targets major expansion over next 12 months

August 18, 2026

The third phase of the Auas Road upgrading project has officially kicked off, with sections of...

Construction-site fence with a Namibian Competition Commission banner in front of a modern brick building; street signs show Marien Ngouabi St and Wisserstraat.

Namibia’s merger rules out of step with regional peers despite proposed increase

August 17, 2026

Namibia’s proposed N$60 million merger notification threshold would remain significantly below several regional peers, raising concerns...

Why Namibia urgently needs consumer protection laws on home auctions

Blood is no longer thicker than water

By Junias Erasmus For many years, we have been taught that “blood is thicker than water,”...

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Rerouting freight: Roads we trust; rails we under-optimise

By Tio Nakasole Freight in Namibia is almost a one-way storyline. Namibia moves more than seven...

First Capital, Kuleni to administer GIPF’s Pension-Backed Home Loan Scheme

GIPF raises disability income benefits by 5%, annual payout climbs to N$36.1m

The Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) has approved a 5% increase in disability income benefits for...

Stay alert for online and phone scams this festive season

Data depletion, consumer protection and economics of connectivity

By John Ekongo Recent conversations surrounding data depletion and conduct by operators within the digital access...

NaCC collects N$9.1m in fines, chases N$2.9m in unpaid penalties

NaCC proposes N$60m merger threshold to cut unnecessary filings

August 13, 2026

The Namibia Competition Commission (NaCC) is proposing to raise the threshold for mandatory merger notifications to...

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