International tourist arrivals at Sossusvlei have increased in 2022 compared to the past two years.

The COVID-19 pandemic wrecked the sector, and there will be no tourist arrivals in 2020.

Sossusvlei in southern Namibia is internationally famous for having spectacular landscapes.

Vendors at the Swakopmund Nedbank Food Festival have commended the organizers for empowering them.

Most of the vendors were negatively affected by the lockdown regulations of the COVID-19 pandemic over the past two years.

The Namibia Wildlife Resorts and the Namibia Public Workers Union signed a new wage agreement that will see increases in the number of their benefits for the 2022–23 financial year.

Donors and volunteers in the community of Omatjete settlement in the Erongo Region have completed renovations of a health center.

Dr Kalumbi Shangula, Minister of Health and Social Services, has praised the community's charitable spirit as it improves service delivery.

Namports' Chief Executive Officer says global growth is expected to slow from 6% in 2021 to 3% this year. It is further expected to decline to 2% in 2023.

The Minister of Works and Transport, John Mutorwa, says the aviation industry is in need of a unified approach to survival and growth, following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trade unions should reposition themselves to become relevant beyond the workplace.

This is one of the recommendations contained in a report on the impact of COVID-19 on workers and trade unions.

Namibia, like most developing countries, was unprepared when the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula, says the government has never stopped its surveillance activities to track COVID-19 in the country. 

Namibia has recorded 110 positive cases from over 3000 tests conducted in the month of October.

Of the 110 positive cases recorded, 100 were new cases, while the other ten were reinfections.

They were reported from nine regions.

Social media has become a key driver of the tourism sector, as over 70% of bookings are currently done online.

This is after having to explore innovative and safe ways to stabilize the sector during the COVID-19 pandemic.