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The Importance Of Weed Control
By:Hanks Saisai As the current rainy season progresses, good rainfall has been recorded in almost all parts of the country. As a result, crop farmers are witnessing a productive crop production season with noteworthy growth of maize, sorghum, and pearl…
Namibia Chamber of Mines Optimistic About Industry’s 2023 Prospects
By:Staff writer Namibia is showcasing investment opportunities at the 2023 Invest in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town, South Africa. The 4-day event, which ends tomorrow, is the world’s largest mining investment conference, dedicated to the capitalisation and development of…
Trade Cannot BeAnchor For Food Security-Schlettwein…domestic production needs to be intensified
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Various adverse developments, globally and on the continent, within food production such as record high prices for food, fertilisers, and energy, as well as supply chain channel disruption, have worsened food security. Domestically, the recurring episodes of floods…
Askari Rock Samples FromUis Project Boost Lithium, Tin Hopes
By:Staff writer Askari Metals on Monday confirmed high lithium and tin mineralisation in rock samples from a promising tenement the company recently acquired in Namibia. Headline results from the samples, analysed as part of due diligence for the acquisition, include…
Covid-19 Volunteers Petition Health Ministry
By:Justicia Shipena A group of Covid-19 volunteers are demanding that the health ministry offer them permanent employment. This is after the health ministry decided to terminate the contracts of all 1 444 Covid-19 volunteers across the country in October last…
I Have Never Seen Children Being Taught Under Trees – Geingob
By:Justicia Shipena President Hage Geingob says in his years of travelling through Namibia, he has not seen children being taught under trees and that this is now a prominent issue. Geingob uttered these remarks at the opening of cabinet for…
Banks’ Frugality Depends On Economic Outlook
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The commercial banks have loaned out N$1,6 billion to resident businesses and N$2,9 billion to households by the end of 2022 compared to December 2021. According to the December 2022 monetary and financial statistics released by the Bank…
SMEs Between Devil And Deep Sea
By:Josef Kefas Sheehama Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the engine of worldwide economies and the main source of job creation. The contribution of the SME sector to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is between 12% to 20% and the…
Hyphen Hydrogen Energy Signs Two Ammonia Offtake MoUs
By:Staff writer Hyphen Hydrogen Energy has signed non-binding memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with two major industrial companies for the supply of up to 750 000 t/y of green ammonia. The company announced early this month. The agreements are with a…
Schlettwein Calls Meatco Backlash “Racist”
By:Staff Writer Minister of agriculture, water and land reform, Calle Schlettwein has expressed disappointment in some comments on the Meatco debate he initiated last week. This comes after some members of the public linked Schlettwein’s utterances to an alleged agenda…