Mines minister Tom Alweendo emphasised that Namibia’s inability to monetise resources forces the country to depend on foreign investors who have the requisite know-how and financial resources to develop the mining sector.
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Capricorn pledges N$500 000 to One Economy
The Capricorn Foundation has pledged N$500 000 towards the Project #BeFree Centre of Excellence at the One Economy Fundraiser gala dinner. The event was hosted under the theme, ‘We are One’ on Thursday, 20 October 2022.
Opinion – Why does money traumatise the poor?
There are conversations and training that many people need to get right, particularly about money.
Opinion – Namibia can achieve economic success by the year 2030
First, let us define what economic success is. Economic success includes employment generation, higher earnings per capita, the number of people pulled up from below poverty, higher gross fixed capital formation by not just industries, but households as well and few others.
Opinion – Request for official Genocide Day
On 2 October 1904, the colonial regime from Germany issued an extermination proclamation (known in German as Vernichtungsbefehl).
Road safety strategies incoherent
The National Road Safety Council has raised concerns that strategies created to bring about safer roads are not aligned and do not complement each other.
Maize smuggling in Zambezi declines
The police in the Zambezi confirmed maize smuggling into the region from neighbouring Zambia through ungazetted entry points has been on the decline.
Borders should not limit scientific discoveries
German education ministry representative Ralph Dieter says borders should not limit scientific discoveries, and existing research partnerships with Namibia and other institutions is progress with great impact on international relations.
Accused killer teacher suffers blow
Windhoek High Court Judge Herman January on Friday dismissed an application by a former teacher who allegedly stabbed his wife 12 times in front of their children, causing her death, to quash two of the charges he is facing.
EIF helps fight poverty in Okongo
The Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia has handed over three completed greenhouse units, a hydroponic unit for fodder production, a nursery, one borehole retrofitted with solar as well as a 10 000-litre water tank and a cold storage facility to the Okongo Community Forestry Horticultural Project in the Ohangwena region last Tuesday.