Farmers in the Erongo region have lost cattle worth 15-million dollars to drought and the Regional Council is looking for aid to help them overcome their losses. Rossing Uranium, Erongo Red and Bannerman Resources at Swakopmund donated a combined amount of 165 000 dollars on Wednesday to help relieve their plight. The drought has ravaged […]

An American-based Company, APR Energy wants to set up a Power Plant in Namibia. The Company management paid a courtesy call on President Hage Geingob.

Environment and Tourism Minister Pohamba Shifeta has strongly defended the issuing of an environmental clearance certificate for the offshore mining of phosphate. Shifeta says all due processes were followed in accordance with the Environment Management Act, and that the mining activity would be restricted to a small area during the trial period.

With only about 19 days to go, preparations for the ‘Invest in Namibia’ international conference are in full swing. The conference under the theme “Promoting Investment for Inclusive Economic Growth and Industrialisation” will be held on the 8th and 9th of November in Windhoek.

Turkish government and Deepsea Consolidated Investment have donated food items valued over 800 000 dollars to the Namibian government. The food will be distributed to the hungry and those affected by the drought.

The High Court has ruled that murder suspect Marcus Kevin Tomas is fit to stand trial. Judge Christie Liebenberg says there are no inadequacies in the opinions of three medical experts who found that the American was not mentally ill and was thus fit to stand trial.

Housing prices in Windhoek increased by 20,7% in the second quarter of this year, bringing average prices to 1,3 million dollars. Areas with the fastest growth were Wanaheda, Elisenheim and Academia.

An intervention is needed to pursue the quality of Open and Distance Learning to achieve education for all in the Southern African region. This is the view of SADC experts and Government officials who are gathered at Swakopmund for the 3rd ODL conference.

The 19th summit of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa is underway in Madagascar with experts discussing the importance of peace and security in the common market. Madagascar which is playing host to the summit only exports about 3% of its products in the common market.

Police at Keetmanshoop in the //Karas region are investigating a case of alleged reckless and negligent driving after a man was hit by a vehicle at the southern town. The accident occurred near the robots in front of the police station in the central business district on the Dr Sam Nujoma Drive.