Category: News
Pressure Piled On Icelandic Fishing Giants Three Years After Fishrot Scandal
By:Staff writer Trade unionists, research experts and directors of the international think-tank, Transparency International have piled pressure against Icelandic fishing giant, Samherji, demanding restorative justice. They also accused Samherji of carrying on with its operations with impunity three years after…
Church Donates Fencing Material to Opuwo Farmers
By:Uakutura Kambaekua Farmers at Okovingava village in the Opuwo Urban constituency this week received gardening fencing material worth more than N$10 000 from the Protestant Unity Church, also known as the Oruuano church. According to Bishop Wylie Vekarapo Upi, his…
Government Hands Over N$12 Million Fransfontein Project
……consists of community garden, energy efficient stoves, goats and rehabilitated boreholes By:Uakutura Kambaekua The government has handed over the N$12 million Fransfontein project to beneficiaries after it came to fruition as part of the climate change adaptation interventionsbeing implemented by…
Nam Growing Debt Worries Parliamentarian
By:Martin Johannes Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) member of parliament Kalimbo Iipumbu has accused the government of consuming more than what it can produce as it allegedly borrows funds from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in itsbid to eradicate poverty….
Namibia Boasts Of Higher Wind Energy Potential Than Australia, SA …green hydrogen project tapping into supplying Europe, Japan, South Korea, and China
By:Justicia Shipena Namibia has a world-class wind energy potential along its southern and northern coasts with wind capacity factors of about 56 to 58 percent, according to Namibia’s green hydrogen project strategy. Last week, Namibia’s Green Hydrogen Council launched its…
UNDP, Japan Set Sight On Exploring Carbon Markets in Nam …project to cost about US$1 million
By:Justicia Shipena The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Namibia together with the environment and tourism ministry and the Japanese embassy in Namibia will early 2023 work on study tours and exchange of information on the promotion of carbon markets…
Auction EPLs and Fix the Regulatory Environment- Says BoN
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Last week the country just learned that some precious mineral, lithium has been smuggled out of the country and some valuable EPLs are being contested. At the same time, Canada toppled China as Namibia’s biggest importer of uranium,…
Nam Scores Well in Media Freedom
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The Namibia 2022 African Media Barometer (AMB) Report and various media experts have flagged the increased harassment of journalists and civil society by state agencies as a major concern for the media. However, overall, the report shows…
Off-grid Energy Awareness Go to Okavango Regions
By Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The ministry of mines and energy will be in the two Kavango regions to create awareness for households to get funding and invest in renewable energy technologies. This is through the Green People’s Energy Project, a collaboration…
Namibian Agriculture Sector Can Learn From Ethiopia’s – Shiweda
By: Hertha Ekandjo Agriculture deputy minister Anna Shiweda says that similarities in Namibia and Ethiopia’s agriculture sectors present opportunities for the two countries to exchange policy and technical knowledge, and share experiences for the benefit of Namibia’s farmers. She said…