2022-05-20Edgar Brandt The number of building plans approved for Windhoek during April 2022 declined by around 24% from 247 in March 2022 to 188. This is also significantly less, about 30% fewer, than the 268 approved in April 2021. View more
2022-05-20Edgar Brandt Alpha Namibia Industrial Renewable Power Limited (ANIREP) has been selected as the preferred bidder for an Independent Power Producers (IPP) bid for the provision of 18.5 Megawatt power via the Modified Single Buyer (MSB) Framework. View more
2022-05-23Edgar Brandt The Namibian Competition Commission has cautioned local law firm Dr Weder, Kauta & Hoveka Incorporated to cease and desist from directly engaging in correspondence with a complainant in a case pertaining to exclusive property conveyance services. View more
2022-05-23Edgar Brandt A large crowd of residents last week took to the streets to demand the recovery of missing millions as well as the resignation of acting Ruacana CEO Isai Hipudilo, who is implicated in the disappearance of the monies meant for capital projects. View more
2022-05-24Edgar Brandt LOCAL stock brokerage Simonis Storm (SS) has cautioned that a slowdown in China’s economic activity will have an adverse impact on the domestic economy. View more
2022-05-27Edgar Brandt The continuing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has once again exposed the vulnerability of reliance on outside entities for national energy supplies. View more
2022-05-27Edgar Brandt Shell is scheduled to return to Namibian waters later this year for more drilling around its major oil and gas discovery that it confirmed in January this year. The follow up drilling is intended to further probe and appraise the discovery in order to confirm potential commercial development. View more
2022-05-31Edgar Brandt The labour ministry granted permission to the Whale Rock Cement, also known as Cheetah Cement, to resume its operations on Monday, 23 May 2022. View more
2022-06-01Edgar Brandt Finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi said uranium miners in Namibia are waiting for prices to recover to revive projects suspended when prices reached unsustainably low levels. View more
2022-06-02Edgar Brandt Namibia must accelerate intra Africa trade to begin fully realising the tangible benefits of the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement and to promote industrialisation on the continent. View more
2022-06-03Edgar Brandt An impending slowdown in the United States of America’s economy will likely result in a Namibian trade deficit with the world’s strongest economy. This means the United States will demand more goods’ imports from Namibia than goods exports. View more
2022-06-06Edgar Brandt Rising food and energy prices are expected to dampen prospects for a stronger recovery in growth in the domestic economy. View more
2022-06-07Edgar Brandt The Public Service Union of Namibia (PSUN) has jumped into the fray with the Roads Contractor Company regarding what they call illegal deductions from employees. View more
2022-06-08Edgar Brandt The Namibian Ports Authority continues to make positive strides, with its latest figures indicating the total year-on-year cargo handled amounted to 6.5 million tons, indicating an increase of 6%. View more
2022-06-09Edgar Brandt Mobile telecommunications operators will now be required to communicate SIM registration modalities to their existing customers, which may, in certain instances, include registration through online platforms. View more
2022-06-10Edgar Brandt The Agricultural Bank of Namibia (Agribank) has warned that food availability and accessibility continues to deteriorate as a result of high food prices and long-term drought effects. View more
2022-06-13Edgar Brandt MTC has pleaded with government to lift a moratorium on the use of 5G technology, emphasising that 5G is a prerequisite for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. View more
2022-06-13Edgar Brandt Namibia Breweries Limited (NBL) leadership is adamant that becoming part of Heineken, the second largest brewer in the world, will allow NBL to better compete with global players domestically and internationally. View more
2022-06-14Edgar Brandt New vehicle sales in Namibia during May 2022 slowed considerably to below its six-month moving average after experiencing a sales spike during April. View more
2022-06-16Edgar Brandt The overall value of all Namibia’s public enterprises, including their assets, is approximately N$132 billion. This is a massive figure, considering the country’s gross domestic product is roughly N$160 billion. Out of this figure, 22 commercial public enterprises account for more than half of the total at about N$80 billion. View more
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