Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )

Namib Desert Diamonds (Pty) Ltd (Namdia), a 100% wholly owned Namibian rough diamond sales and marketing company, last week hosted an Angolan energy and mining industry delegation to its headquarters. 

Meatco CEO, Mwilima Mushokabanji, said the corporation needs about N$80 million to operate the soon to be opened Rundu abattoir.

Nearly a year has passed since the eviction of tenants of the Endobo compound in Tsumeb during a protracted ongoing legal battle.

The Easter weekend ended in sorrow, mostly for the families of 14 people who lost their lives due to suicide and motor vehicle accidents, the weekend crime reports show.

In a bid to alleviate the growing unemployment rate in the region, the Omaheke Regional Council has put plans in motion to host its first-ever employment creation conference, which will primarily discuss and dissect all things related to creating new job opportunities. 

Namibia and Botswana are under renewed pressure to race against time in launching a comprehensive bid book for their planned joint bid for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon).

In an event reaffirming their strong seven-year partnership, the Pupkewitz Foundation, Ohorongo Cement and FNB Namibia, through the FirstRand Foundation Trust, collectively handed over N$2 million to the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia (SDFN) recently for the construction of 12 houses in Rupara, 22 in Divundu and 11 in Gobabis. 

To further support domestic economic recovery underway, the Bank of Namibia (BoN) has decided to continue with some of the relief measures. 

Landless People’s Movement parliamentarian Henny Seibeb is pushing for government to impose a moratorium on lithium mining to determine the value of the rare earth metal.