Author: Hertha Ekandjo
N$71 Million For Etosha National Park roads Rehabilitation
By:Hertha Ekandjo The environment and tourism ministry will spend N$71 million on the rehabilitation of roads in the Etosha National Park. In response to allegations that the park is in disarray with roads and other facilities in terrible conditions, the…
Mines Ministry Yet To Confirm Xinfeng Has Stopped Exports After Deadline Day
By;Hertha Ekandjo The mines and energy ministry has yet to visit the operations of Chinese mining company Xinfeng to ascertain whether it has stopped shipping tonnes of lithium ore to China. Last month the ministry said it had granted Xinfeng…
Old Mutual Loves All-Black Girls Team
By:Hertha Ekandjo Old Mutual sponsored N$30 000 to the All Black Girls team participating in the 18th edition of the Nedbank Desert Dash, with more than 900 riders who have signed up for one of the world’s most gruelling cycling…
Minister Blames Officials For Lithium Over-Exportation
By:Hertha Ekandjo Mines and energy minister Tom Alweendo says that negligence from his ministry’s officials responsible for dealing with export permits led to Chinese mining company Xinfeng Investments being issued with export permits totaling 135 000 tons of crushed ore….
Namibia Needs The Right Product For The Market – NIPDB
Hertha Ekandjo Namibia Promotion Investment and Development Board (NIPDB) chief executive officer Nangula Uaandja said that Namibian entrepreneurs have markets to showcase their products, but that business success will be possible if Namibia gets its products…
Mayor Lying About CEO Appointment, Says IPC Windhoek Councillor
By:Hertha Ekandjo Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) councillor Bernardus Araeb has accused City of Windhoek mayor Sade Gawanas of not being honest about investigations into Conrad Lutombi’s appointment as the city’s chief executive officer(CEO). Confirmation of Lutombi’s appointment has been…
Cost of Living Up as Inflation Shoot Up To 7.1%
By:Hertha Ekandjo The annual inflation rate which indicates the price movement of most consumed goods and services in the economy has gone up by 7.1% in October 2022, says the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) monthly report. This is a significant…
Government Awaits Green Scheme Investors …..seven months later
By:Hertha Ekandjo Nearly eight months after the agriculture ministry said that it would offer the country’s 11 green schemes to local and foreign investors to lease and operate, there appears to have been no takers yet. The country’s government-run green…
Haihambo urges GRN to accelerate industrialization agenda
Hertha Ekandjo Trade and industrialisation ministry’s executive director, Shikongo Haihambo, said that for Namibia to take full advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AFCFTA), it needs to accelerate its industrialisation agenda and diversify its export basket. Haihambo said…
Chinese company, XinFeng, in hot soup over “illegal lithium mining” …ministry considers police action
By:Hertha Ekandjo Newly appointed mining commissioner, Isabella Chirchir, says that the ministry is looking intoallegations that Chinese mining company, Xinfeng Investment, was still mining and transportinglithium from its operations located between Omaruru and Uis. This is despite the mines andenergy…