Author: Staff Writer
Digital Spaces: Rights And Responsibilities
Admire Mare Digitisation is no longer something in the distant future but an everyday reality, even in Africa, which is still struggling to modernise its ageing telecommunications infrastructure. Although digitisation as a transformative social process has been in full swing…
Hyphen Agrees European Green Ammonia Imports Via Port Of Rotterdam
By:Staff writer Hyphen Hydrogen Energy (Pty) Ltd, the preferred bidder for the development of a EUR 9.1billion (N$184 billion) green hydrogen project in Namibia, has signed a pact that enables the future imports of green ammonia into northwestern Europe through…
Diamonds Exports Increase By N$1.3 Billion For March …..As uranium exports take a nosedive
By:Staff writer Namibia exported diamonds worth N$3.3 billion in March, reflecting a N$1.3 billion month-on-month increase from the N$2 billion that the country exported in February this year. The commodity was the highest contributor to the country’s exports for the…
‘Eco-modernists’ Fail To Appreciate The Societal Importance Of Livestock
By:Joanna Blythman I was reminded of the importance of meat in cultures all around the globe by my Namibian friend Mbinao. She showed me pictures of herself dressed in traditional Herero costume, notably the horizontal horned headdress called an otjikaiva….
Not the kind of life a human being should live’: How Namibia’s sanitation crisis is endangering its people and its future
By: Frederick Clayton and Sonja Smith Every day, Natalia Shaanika, 15, escorts her five younger siblings across a busy road to a landfill site to relieve themselves. As they squat – partially hidden by scraps of corrugated iron and used…
Impact Raises Cash To Stay In The Game Offshore Namibia
By:Staff writer Total spudded the Venus-1A well on March 4. It will also re-enter the original discovery and test both wells. Impact Oil & Gas has secured additional financing through an open offer, allowing it to stay the course inNamibia…
Faith in ‘cheap solutions’ as sanitation sector fails
By: Frederick Clayton and Sonja Smith XhukaShorty and his family are San, an indigenous group of people in southern Africa. Eight years ago, he and 16 members of his family were evicted from the farmland where they had lived and…
How To Do More With Less
By:John Saunderson In 2007 I joined the City of Windhoek as Head of Passenger Transport Regulation. At the time, the City had experienced poor public transport infrastructure, bus services and budgets. Now, the public bus transport service is essentially a…
Connectivity Is Vital For Desert Lions Conservation And Human Protection
By:Staff writer The technology and communication provided by Paratus Namibia has been the key element in preserving the balance in the ecosystem of the Skeleton Coast and northwest Namibia. The area is home to the once near extinct desert lions….
Who Are The Namibian Czechs? New Doc Explains Lesser-known Chapter Of Czechoslovak History
By: staff writer A group of 56 children came to Czechoslovakia in the 1980s but had to leave after six years; many would like to return.Many of them still consider Czechia to be their home, and they would like to…