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Is Load Shedding A Near Reality For Namibia? … as its electricity suppliers South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe face drastic power cuts
By:Staff writer In the wake of the rationing of electricity supply in Zambia, there is fear of dark days ahead for Namibia as the latter imports 180 megawatts (MW) from its neighbour. However, acting managing director of NamPower, Kandali Iyambo…
Agriculture Requires New Vision
By:Josef Kefas Sheehama At least 70% of Namibians depends on agriculture for employment, income and food security. Yet the value added to the sector in the third quarter (Q3) of 2022 was about N$3.2 billion in nominal terms, representing 6.4%…
AfriTin Mining Reports Record Monthly Output FromUis Mine … says production ramp-up on track
By:Staff Reporter AfriTin Mining Ltd reported record monthly output from its Uis mine last November and said the production ramp-up under its Phase 1 expansion plans is on track for completion by end of January 2023. Last November was the…
Golden Deeps Produces High-grade Battery Metal Cncentrates In Abenab Project Test Work
By:Staff writer Golden Deeps Ltd, an emerging explorer-developer focused on the world-class Otavi Mountain Land copper district of Namibia, has produced high-grade battery metal concentrates in metallurgical test work on samples from the Abenab vanadium-lead-zinc project in Namibia. The company…
Passenger Train Not Lucrative Now But Critical
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The lack of alternatives for long travel in the country has seen bus operators charging exorbitant prices during the end of the festive period until TransNamibia decided to chip in. Various holidaymakers and schoolkids were stranded in the…
Dundee Precious Metals Tsumeb Fails To Meet 2022 Guidance
By:Staff Reporter Canadian-based international mining company, Dundee Precious Metals says its Tsumeb zinc smelter has missed its 2022 production guidance. The company announced preliminary production results from both of its mines in Bulgaria and the Tsumeb smelter for the three…
SPYL Breathes Fire Over Air Namibia Planes Purchase …ex-employees say they have been kept in the dark
By:Megameno Shinana The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) has lashed out at the now defunct Air Namibia’s liquidators for selling off some aircrafts to WestAir while ex-workers of the national airline have bemoaned being kept in the dark about the…
Transport Category Continues to Drive Overall Inflation
By:Justicia Shipena Namibia Price Consumer Index (NCPI) bulletin for December 2022 shows that prices for the operation of personal transport equipment increased by 22.6%. Last week, the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA)released its NCPI bulletin for December last year. The increase…
NamPower Partners With IPPs To Boost Internal Generation Capacity … IPPs rake in almost a billion in revenuein two years
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus For the past two years, the country’s power utility NamPowerhas sourced electricity from local Independent Power Producers (IPPs) worth N$920 million. According to updates received by The Villager from NamPower, the power utility has indicated that it has…
Agriculture Requires New Vision
By:Josef Kefas Sheehama At least 70% of Namibians depends on agriculture for employment, income and food security. Yet the value added to the sector in the third quarter (Q3) of 2022 was about N$3.2 billion in nominal terms, representing 6.4%…