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New Code Directs CPBN, Public Entities to Source From Local Namibian Suppliers in Regions, First ….. as a way to enhance economic inclusivity across all regions
By:Fransina Nghidengwa, Justicia Shipena The recently launched Code of Good Practices on Preferences in the Namibian Public Procurement System aims to stimulate economic activities throughout the country,through reservation ofcertain procurement of goods, works and services t from local (Namibian) suppliers who have met the nationality requirements in section 71(3) of the Act and the local […]
Meatco Sees Light At The End Of The Tunnel …disagrees with minister Schlettwein
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Meatco chief executive officer Mwilima Mushokabanji has indicated that despite external factors, internally they have met all the board key performance indicators to get the company profitable. Mushokabanji said what is happening to the company cannot be attributed to Meatco’s management nor the board, but to external factors that affected raw material supply, […]
Andrada Reports Lower Emissions For 2022 Financial Year
By:Staff writer Andrada Mining Ltd, the tin producer formerly known as AfriTin, has published its inaugural sustainability report yesterday. In the report the company says it has managed to produce 8.2% less combined Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse-gas emissions from its Uis tin mine in the Erongo region than what is stated in the Equator […]
Celsius Resources Gets GBP2 Million In First AIM IPO Of 2023
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 […]
Trigon Metalslists company’s shares on the OTCQB
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 […]
Many Schools, Health Care Have No Internet Access
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 […]
Ok Foods Awards Bursary To Best Learner In KavangoEast
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 […]
Haingura Drags WB Municipal Council In N$1.5 Million Lawsuit
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 […]
Shell, Total Appraisals Underway Off Namibia – Says Petroleum Commissioner
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 […]
IRDNC Plans Go AheadWith People’s Park Establishment Despite Public Opposition
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 […]