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97% of CPB’s Tenders were Awarded to Local Contractors
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus A six months review by the country Central Procurement Board has revealed that N$1,4 billion worth of tenders that it facilitated, almost all of them were awarded to Namibian bidders. This comes at a time there has been…
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…
Government Awaits Green Scheme Investors …..seven months later
By:Hertha Ekandjo Nearly eight months after the agriculture ministry said that it would offer the country’s 11 green schemes to local and foreign investors to lease and operate, there appears to have been no takers yet. The country’s government-run green…
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,…
Namra fires blanks at Quinton van Rooyen … fumes against allegations of seeking to ruin Trustco
Megameno Shinana The Namibia Revenue Agency (NAmRA), has fumed at a report in which it has been accused of seeking to bring down Quinton van Rooyen’s Trustco, but rather held back on responding to the report fully saying the matter…