By:Staff writer Celsius Resources Ltd., which has a 95% interest in the highly prospective Opuwo Cobalt Project in northern Namibia, expects a market capitalisation of 14.8 million pounds ($18.2 million) when its shares start trading on London’s junior AIM Monday next week, it said Wednesday. The natural-resources exploration-and-development company–which is listed in Australia under the […]
By:Staff writer Jed Richardson, president and CEO of Trigon Metals last week provided an update on company activities and shared its plans for 2023 for its Kombat mine, some 37 kilometres north of Otavi as well asthe high potential Silver Hill Project in Morocco. Richardson said the Kombat mine is projected to start up in […]
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The dream to roll out e-learning and e-health countrywide might be illusive for Namibia as a large number of schools and healthcare centres are not connected to the internet. The total number of schools that have no access to the internet in the country is 1 300 as some are not even connected […]
By:Annakleta Haikera 17-year-old Selma Makoke, the recipient of a bursary to study nursing that OK Foods in Rundu awarded on Saturday, encouraged all parents not to give up on their children because of their poor backgrounds, but to show them love and encourage them. The event attracted many residents in the Rundu area who came […]
By:Staff Writer Former Walvis Bay chief executive officer Muronga Haingura has dragged the Walvis Bay municipality council, former regional councilor Knowledge Ipinge and municipal employee relations officer Gertrude Usiku to court in a defamation law suit in which he isdemanding N$1.5 million in compensation over accusations that he misappropriated N$24 million meant for a government-fundedmass […]
By:Staff writer Shell’s Jonker-1 exploration well is “going very well”, Namibia Petroleum Commissioner Maggy Shino said last week Thursday, highlighting the country’s potential. Shell and TotalEnergies made discoveries offshore Namibia at Graff and Venus in 2022. “I am proud to inform you we have commenced appraisal work on these two [discoveries],” Shino said, speaking at […]
By:Uakutura Kambaekua Despite community uproar over the planned establishment of a wildlife conservation park in the Kunene region, the Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation (IRDNC) together with Kunene Regional Communal Conservancy Association (KRCCA) have reiterated their stance on the implementation of the park. According to the two organisations, the park, which will be known […]
By:Staff writer Gratomic Inc. has revealed that it has inked a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) with Graphex Group Limited and its US subsidiary, Graphex Technologies, a leader in the downstream processing of natural graphite used in electric vehicle (EV) lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries. The multinational company with projects in Namibia, Brazil, and Canada, said that […]
By:Annakleta Haikera Musese constituency councillor Kosmos Katura says villagers in the Kavango West region are struggling to pay fees for their children to return to school. Katutura called on community members, school boards and teachers to allow such learners in school because their parents are unable to contribute such funds. The councillor said this during […]
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus MTCswitched on its 1000th network tower at Okadhiya, Okatyali constituency in the Oshana regionthis week, as it aims to unlock Namibians to digitalisation. This was done under its 081Every1 Project, which the telecommunication giant launched in 2017 with the aim of connecting 100% of the country to a reliable network grid. The 081Every1 […]