Year: 2021

President Hage Geingob said Namibia has made concerted efforts in ensuring that borders with Angola remain open to strengthen and promote business and economic relations amid the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Legal representation for some of the men accused of working in cahoots with a former public prosecutor to scam the Office of the Judiciary in witness fees is delaying the start of their trial.

Staying true to the game, LP Family Records has not put brakes on their music careers, having released three albums and three videos last year during a time the entertainment scene took a back seat. 

Namibia is known for many things around the world. There are the beautiful vistas, it’s the country where the desert meets the ocean, abundant wildlife, and of course diamonds. The story goes that diamonds used to be so plentiful you could just walk around certain parts of Namibia and pick them up out of the sand.

AngloGold Ashanti Limited has announced that a non-binding proposal has been submitted to the Board of Directors of Corvus Gold Inc. under which its direct wholly owned subsidiary, AngloGold Ashanti Holdings plc (AGAH), would be willing to acquire for cash all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Corvus which the company does not already beneficially own (the proposed transaction).

There is no doubt that society, in its current structure, is dependent. Thanks to political and territorial independence but when it comes to economic and survival independence, there is still a long way to go. 

I don’t understand the logic behind bashing entertainers for doing what they do best. Namibians are expecting entertainers to wallow in sadness and sing the song of ‘sanitise, wear your mask’ with every update, tweet, post, etc. I mean for goodness sake, we are a year and a half into this pandemic. Which MF does not know that they need to keep their hands clean and mask up? 

B2Gold’s Otjikoto Mine is expected to produce between 190 000 to 200 000 ounces of gold in 2021, which is a significant increase of approximately 16%, compared to 168 041 ounces produced in 2020 - and it is in the range of Otjikoto’s annual production record of 191 534 ounces achieved in 2017. 

After having been with Debmarine for 33 years, Captain Marek Lipowski is retiring. He currently serves as master of the mining vessel (mv) Debmar Pacific. New Era caught up with Captain Merek as he prepares to leave behind a lifetime of marine mining. 

One of the major challenges at the Swakop Uranium mine in the Erongo region is the availability of parts and prices due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic that disturbed the world’s logistics chains. Vice president for mining operations at the Swakop Uranium, Irvinne Simataa, noted the focus is now on ramping up the mine operations.