Mines and energy minister, Tom Alweendo, yesterday confirmed that one of the world’s biggest publicly owned oil and gas companies, Chevron, is interested in acquiring a majority stake in a deep-water exploration block offshore Namibia.
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Oryx Properties aims to grow asset base
For the next three years, the strategy for Oryx Properties Limited aims to grow the company’s total asset base inorganically to N$4.5 billion.
Opinion – Study land administration to become an expert generalist
Nearly all educated grown-ups and professionals know something about being an expert or generalist in a given academic field or work of life.
Opinion – Time to innovate and reinvent local economy
The new normal will continue and accelerate the move towards digital spaces, which, without in-person interaction, are abstract and hard for many to grasp.
Omaheke community hostels dilapidated
Overcrowded dormitories, mal- and non-functioning ablution facilities and water scarcity are some major issues affecting operations at community hostels in the Omaheke region.
Nekongo irked by state of Mashare
Swapo Party Youth League secretary and member of parliament Ephraim Nekongo is disappointed at the state of affairs at the dilapidated Mashare Agricultural Development Institute in the Kavango East region, where the infrastructure is slowly diminishing due to a lack of maintenance.
Supreme Court rubbishes no retrenchment appeal
Three judges of the Namibia Supreme Court on Friday declared the controversial Regulation 19 instituted by President Hage Geingob during the national lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic as unconstitutional.
Down to the wire… as women dominate Swapo politburo nominations
Incumbent Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah will have to defend her position against Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, who will be contesting for power in the ruling party for the first time.
Geingob: Chiefs must stop land corruption
Traditional authorities and leaders have a duty to stop the corrupt practice of illegal fencing off of communal land and allocation of communal lands for self-gratification.
Asylum claims surface in haunted UK trip
Evidence is beginning to surface that the scheme orchestrated by the Katutura Central constituency councillor Vezemba Rodman Katjaimo to ship Namibians to Europe was never intended for the Commonwealth Games but instead to seek asylum.