Category: News
Public Service Commission Undertakes Regional Tours
By: Uakutura Kambaekua The Public Service Commission (PSC) this week kicked off with regional engagements and networking consultations on the commission’s roles and mandates with regard to employment challenges, solutions and inquiries. The commissioners’ first stop was the Kunene region…
Puranium Energy Completes Remote Sensing Programme On Its Uranium Project in Erongo
By: Staff Writer Puranium Energy has announced the results from a property-wide remote sensing and spectral processing survey completed by Perry Remote Sensing LLC on its Exclusive Prospecting Licenses 7646 and 8084 located in the Erongo region. Remote sensing interpretation…
After 30 Days Of Helping A Billion Dollar Startup Serve In Namibia….. Here Are 3 Things That I’ve Learned
By :CJ Dumeni 1. Not every market you launch in has to be a “Home Run”. Launch in markets that bring value to your overall strategy. Quality over quantity. 2. You don’t know what you don’t know. Get the ball…
RFA Sponsors N$600 000 Towards Flood Emergency
By:Mauricia Koopman The Road Fund Administration (RFA) has sponsored N$ 600,000 to support the most flood-affected regions of Oshana, Ohangwena and Omusati in the north of the country. The RFA said each region will get a total of N$200,000 which…
U.S. Government Holds Solar Panel Installation And Sustainable Design Ceremony To Reinforce Partnership With Namibia
By:Staff writer Over 900 solar panels worth $410 000 USD (approximately 7,5 million Namibia dollars) were installed to support the energy needs of the new embassy compound On March 9th, Ambassador Randy Berry, U.S. Ambassador to Namibia, hosted a solar…
Through Droughts And Displacement, Rebecca Adams Builds A Better Life The goat herder lives alongside wildlife in Namibia’s Kunene region.
Dianne Tipping Woods The night before we met, an elephant herd passed through Rebecca Adams’ small village in the heart of northwest Namibia’s arid Huab River Valley. “They pushed over a fence to raid a small garden. I thought, elephants…
No More Planning In The Dark …Nam to finally get updated population and demographic data
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus After many years of using outdated and estimated data, the country will finally conduct its long awaited official collection of its population and housing information. The Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) announced last week that it plans to do…
Labour Commissioner’s Office Laments Overflowing Dispute Cases
By:Justicia Shipena The Office of the LabourCommissioner says it is experiencing an escalating number of labour disputes on a weekly basis. In an interview with Eagle FM this week, the deputy LabourCommissionerKyllikkiSihlahla said the rate at which cases are being…
Namibia Must Hurry To Get Oil Out Of The Ground – Namcor’s Mulunga
By: Justicia Shipena The Managing Director of the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) Immanuel Mulunga says Namibia needs to hurry to get its oil out of the ground as soon as possible. Namcor in partnership with Shell and QatarEnergy…
Opuwo Mayor Lashes Out At Locals For Not Applying For Tenders
“If you see people coming from America don’t complain” By: Uakutura Kambaekua Opuwo mayor Rosa Mbinge-Tjeundo has called on local contractors to apply for domestic tenders instead of “crying foul” if tenders are awarded to outsiders. The Kunene Regional Council…