The usually sleepy harbour town of Lüderitz is abuzz with new developments linked to oil and gas discoveries. This is combined with the promise of a flourishing green hydrogen industry, but now the town faces expansion challenges. This is as new investors are rushing to capitalise on the emerging sectors. “Town expansion is taking a...
NKURENKURU – About 26 community and church leaders from various villages in the Kavango West region received training to combat gender-based violence. The training was facilitated by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and funded by Reach Namibia Project. The workshop was held from Monday to Thursday last week in Nkurenkuru. The project...
KEETMANSHOOP – Keetmanshoop Rural constituency councillor Willem Labuschagne has appealed to information minister Emma Theofelus to endorse satellite broadband service provider Starlink’s application to the Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (Cran). He made this call when he was delivering the welcoming remarks during a PowerCom groundbreaking ceremony for erecting a communication tower at Farm Howobees...
Defence minister Frans Kapofi yesterday unveiled a committee tasked with exhuming and re-interning the remains of the country’s liberation struggle martyrs. The committee is led by former Plan combatant and ex-Cabinet minister Charles Namoloh, who fought under the nom de guerre ‘Ho Chi Minh’. The Namoloh-led committee will work to ensure that the fallen heroes...
Zebaldt Ngaruka Eight landless farmers who invaded a farm in Omaheke region earlier this year, feel neglected and discriminated against. In April, the farmers occupied Farm Witsand, which had been idle for four years. They were however arrested a few days later, and released on bail. One of the bail conditions was that they must...
The Namibia Water Corporation is owed a cumulative N$2.1 billion, a situation that has placed it between a rock and a hard place financially. This figure was released by NamWater spokesperson Lot Ndamanomhata yesterday while laying bare the grim reality of the entity’s financial position. In a statement, he said NamWater faces substantial financial challenges...
Iuze Mukube Popular Democratic Movement leader McHenry Venaani has taken a swipe at internal political slates ahead of their elective congress. The PDM congress kicks off tomorrow in Zambezi regional capital Katima Mulilo. They are also expected to launch their election manifesto this weekend. As of yesterday, delegates from different parts of the country had...
Namibia could become a crude oil exporter in the early 2030s when several projects reach their production peaks. This optimism is fuelled by concerted efforts to conclude appraisal, and shift the gear to development in the oil discoveries. Interim managing director at the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) Ebson Uanguta made these remarks while...
Bela Bento SWAKOPMUND – Jan Carlo Horn said he will never forgive Jandre Dippenaar. Horn is the the father of Jan Carlo (JC) Horn Junior, one of six people who died when two cars crashed on the Henties Bay road nearly 10 years ago.JC, along with two others, including his girlfriend, were passengers in the...
Noreen Sitali For disabled persons, living in a society created only to be habitable to others is an elemental part of one’s life experience. As just one example, easy access to transportation as well as the empowerment and participation facilitated by freedom of movement are denied to most visually impaired persons in society. The unavailability,...