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Government Pumps N$30 Million Into Okangwati Water Project
By: Uakutura Kambaekua Water challenges faced by the populace of Okangwati in the Epupa constituency will soon be addressed. This is after the government, together with the Kunene regional council, approved N$30 million last month to fund the third phase…
Osino to Speed Up Twin Hills to Produce Gold by 2025
By: Wonder Guchu Osino Resources co-founder and CEO Heye Daun says his company intends to fast-track the Twin Hills mine in Namibia through production, with the first gold output expected by the middle of 2025. Twin Hills gold mine is…
WFP Cash Helps Namibia’s Farmers Confront Weather Extremes
By: Luise Shikongo Retired cattle auctioneer Kavanga Ngombe, 81, has seen his harvests shrink over the past five years, as his home region of Kunene in north-western Namibia has swung between weather extremes of drought, followed by floods. “We had…
SADC Well-placed to Produce Renewables, Green Hydrogen for Export – Kearney
By: Schalk Burger A study by global management consultancy Kearney has noted that Southern Africa, which has favourable conditions for renewable energy production, will be able to store renewable energy and export it to areas where renewable energy production is…
Local Authorities to Embrace Radical Change
By: Josef Kefas Sheehama The Mines and Energy minister Tom Alweendo granted Ongos Valley the right to operate an electricity distribution company in its housing development. The Local Municipality is planning to challenge the decision because it felt that the…
Canadian Graphite Miner Reports Progress at Aukam Mine in Namibia
By: Wonder Guchu Graphite mining company Gratomic Inc. said they successfully transferred 730 tonnes from its Namibian mine Aukam near Luderitz to the run of the mine stockpile. Run-of-Mine stockpiles are essential components in the mining value chain because they…
Invest in Small and Medium Producers – Shifeta
Staff Writer Environment minister Pohamba Shifeta says Namibia has to invest in small and medium producers for the economy to blossom. Shifeta told the gathering at the handover ceremony of the Otjimboyo Resilience Horticultural Project in Erongo that small and…
Veld Fires Eat Up 920 944ha of Land
By: Hertha Ekandjo The environment ministry reported that Namibia had been experiencing severe fire incidents since the start of the fire season, which occurs annually from April to December when the vegetation is dry. The ministry noted that from April…
20 000 Nam Children Molested Online
Staff Writer About 20 000 (9 per cent) Namibian children aged between 12 and 17 experienced online sexual exploitation between 2020/2021. According to Disrupting Harm in Namibia, online child sexual exploitation and abuse (OCSEA) includes blackmailing them into sexual activities,…
US Must End Its Complicity in Illicit Financial Flows Out of Africa
By: Imani Countess Every year, nearly US$90 billion of African resources are lost to the Global North in Illicit Financial Flows, or IFFs. If you caught the breaking news story about Russians flying gold out of Sudan straight from the…