The second Forum on Investing in Africa is taking place in Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong Province.

The Fisheries and Marine Resources Ministry will not comment on prospects of phosphate mining off the Namibian coast until after the completion of all assessment studies. Minister Bernard Esau says the ministry, in line with the Marine Resources Act, is the competent authority when it comes to off-shore mining.

Government has introduced new criteria to be used in allocating fishing quotas to the right holders. Fishing companies will now be evaluated based on among others, equity participation, job creation and value addition, before they are granted fishing quotas.

Efforts are being made in the //Karas region to bring healthcare to the rural communities, and Kosis village is one of the areas where a clinic is expected to be built. Regional Governor Lucia Basson is now calling on the business community to assist with the renovation of a clinic at the village.

Role players of anti-violence campaigns are mapping the way forward to get their messages across. First Lady Monica Geingos who is also one of the fore-runners says there is lack of coordination, which negatively affects the effectiveness of campaign programmes.

The Government Institutions Pension Fund, GIPF, will fund the construction of 6000 of the 20 000 houses pledged in the Harambee Prosperity Plan. Its Chief Executive Officer, David Nujoma revealed this at the ground-breaking ceremony of the Osona Village outside Okahandja. The housing development at Osona for now is exclusively for the men and women […]