Canadian oil and gas company Reconnaissance Energy (ReconAfrica) and its joint venture partner, the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor), have confirmed spudding of the first of four wells on 25 June 2022 that were identified with previous exploratory drilling.
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Opinion – Unpacking Namibia’s rating downgrade
Fitch Ratings (Fitch) downgraded Namibia’s long-term foreign currency credit rating to BB- and changed the outlook from negative to stable on Friday, 24 June. This reflects high and rising government debt, exacerbated by the economic shock.
Opinion – Leveraging the use of digital marketing … a start-up company’s perspective
The use of digital marketing has been seen as one of the most effective tool start-ups can use to advertise products and services, push brand awareness and help in capturing and maintaining a position in the market.
Opinion – An open letter to America
A week or so ago, Americans commemorated Juneteenth – the day slavery was abolished in Texas on 19 June 1865.
Opinion – Appraising the obligations under the Paris Agreement
The Paris Agreement is referred to as a landmark Agreement on climate change, which establishes ambitious efforts to reduce the world temperature below 2 degrees Celsius and to adapt to the effects of climate change.
Letter – Swapo endorsements a step toward unity
Democracy, a western philosophy of a living style, politics and economy is the most dangerous and complex system ever to grow roots in the independent Africa of the third world.
Letter – Looming global debt crises
In Latin America, they regard the 1980s as a lost decade because they faced financial turmoil at the time.
Editorial – Take the force out of police
The layers of dysfunction that led to the arrest of Windhoek mayor Sade Gawanas on Monday in Windhoek’s Okahandja Park and the fallout from the incident leaves no doubt that the Namibian Police need to seriously pull up their socks.
Know your civil servant – Inspired by patriotism
Not many people can boast about having worked for the same employer since day one, and still being at it. For Kondjeni Tjilale, the human resources division in the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture is a home away from home – having served in the same division since 1995.
Pensioner donates 300 blankets
A 67-year-old woman, who has love for children, has donated 300 blankets to children in Okahandja Park to keep them warm during the extremely cold winter in
Windhoek.









