Category: National
SADC Well-placed to Produce Renewables, Green Hydrogen for Export – Kearney
By: Schalk Burger A study by global management consultancy Kearney has noted that Southern Africa, which has favourable conditions for renewable energy production, will be able to store renewable energy and export it to areas where renewable energy production is…
Local Authorities to Embrace Radical Change
By: Josef Kefas Sheehama The Mines and Energy minister Tom Alweendo granted Ongos Valley the right to operate an electricity distribution company in its housing development. The Local Municipality is planning to challenge the decision because it felt that the…
US Must End Its Complicity in Illicit Financial Flows Out of Africa
By: Imani Countess Every year, nearly US$90 billion of African resources are lost to the Global North in Illicit Financial Flows, or IFFs. If you caught the breaking news story about Russians flying gold out of Sudan straight from the…
Role of Utility, Challenges of Creditworthiness, Infrastructure, and Capacity
By: Ana Hajduka Ahead of the Green Energy Africa Summit 2022, Africa GreenCo CEO Ana Hajduka shares her expertise on the role of the utility. Hajduka is speaking at the summit under the sub-theme “Creating Scale and Regional Marketing, How…
Rescuers couldn’t save Impalila plane crash victims despite calls for help
By: Staff Writer Several rescuers that responded to an airplane accident which claimed five occupants on board could not save them even as cries for help could be heard from the wreckage when they arrived on the scene. The…
Kunene Amongst “Chief” Regions Practicing Harmful Cultural Practices Towards Children
By: Uakutura Kambaekua Child marriage, livestock herding, sodomy, child pregnancies and gender discrimination are still an issue that is pervasive across the Kunene region due to economic, social and cultural norms. Namibia yesterday marked its 22nd celebration of Namibian Child…
Manufacturing Can Turn Namibia’s Economy Around
By: Josef Kefas Sheehama Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) released the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) results for the second quarter of 2022 at a media briefing held on 28 September 2022,…
Mukwe Residents Welcome “Ritual Killings” Curfew
By: Annakleta Haikera Following the death of the 17- year old Felix Disho Thikundeko, whose body was discovered in July at the Rudhiva Village, the Hambukushu Traditional Authority in the Mukwe Constituency in the Kavango East instructed bar owners at…
Ohangwena dominates NCA in cattle numbers…But No Abattoirs, Just Weddings
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The Northern Communal Areas have around 1,63 million cattle distributed among eight regions, and at the individual region level, more of this beef raw materials are housed in the Ohangwena Region. The region has 359,419 cattle, with…
Airlink To Own 40 Per Cent Fly Namibia Shares
By: Ndinelao Shingenge Airlink South Africa and FlyNamibia on Thursday in Windhoek signed a collaborative form to join forces between the two airlines. The joint venture between the two airlines aims to alter the ownership, organisational structure, and future operations…