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Frontier Resources International has provided an operational update on its activities in Namibia. Frontier’s Blocks 1723, 1724 and 1823 are in the Caprivi Basin in Northern Namibia. A two-year Reconnaissance license was granted in July 2019. Frontier has a strategic relationship with local company Gondwana Petroleum to provide technical services and act as operator for the project.

Active hydrocarbon system in Namibia exceeding expectations, Frontier says 5/5/2021 The Board of Frontier, the privately held Houston-based international gas exploration company with a focus on Southern Africa, said its activities in Namibia are continuing to exceed expectations. Frontier’s Blocks 1723, 1724 and 1823 are in the Caprivi Basin in Northern Namibia covering an area of approximately 6,427 square kilometers (2,481 square miles). A two-year Reconna...

  Syringa trees rise out of the Kalahari sand in the wild expanse of Kavango East, as the humid heat warns of afternoon showers. Its easy to imagine this place has looked the same for a hundred years. Except, that is, for the road. Recently widened, graded and ramrod straight, new roads like this mean change is coming. Carved out of the trees and surrounded by a chain-link fence, that change comes as a shock: a giant oil rig towers above these flat lands, dwarfing the trees. In this northe...

03 May 2021 | Agriculture CHALLENGE: The price at which agricultural land is offered to government remains a challenge for acquiring land. Photo: NAMPA ELLANIE SMIT WINDHOEK A total of 1.7 million hectares is yet to be acquired to meet the set target of five million hectares under the Land Reform Programme. However, the price at which agricultural land is offered to government in relation to the appropriated budget for land acquisition remains a challenge. A total of 556 farms - at an overall ...

Syringa trees rise out of the Kalahari sand in the wild expanse of Kavango East, as the humid heat warns of afternoon showers. Its easy to imagine this place has

Vic Falls, Bots flights launched Leonard Ncube-Victoria Falls Reporter TRAVELLERS can now enjoy day trips between Chobe in Botswana and Victoria Falls after Mack Air successfully landed in Victoria Falls on Saturday, marking the start of scheduled flights between the two destinations. Mack Air becomes the first airline to offer international scheduled flights between Victoria Falls and Kasane and is expected to provide seamless and scenic experience to tourists around the Kavango–Zambezi Tran...

Travels in Geology: The desert geology of Namibia: A writer and her father explore otherworldly dunes, oases and meteorites by Kathrina Szymborski Wednesday, June 6, 2018 Any minute now a giant sandworm will burst out of the ground and devour me, I thought as I collapsed on the sand. Just like in Frank Herbert’s book, “Dune,” about an alien desert planet. I had just climbed Dune 45, the world’s most photographed dune, in Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia. The sand slipped o...

3 days ago - 23 April 2021 | People Wetumwene Shikage Ndjadila holds a master’s degree in business administration from the Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, as well as a postgraduate diploma and postgraduate... 3 days ago - 23 April 2021 | Business PHILLEPUS UUSIKUDespite the mining sector being one of the few sectors that supported the Namibian economy in 2020, its investment prospects look bleak.Apart from Namib... 3 days ago - 23 April 2021 | Justice JEMIMA BEUKESWINDHOEKI...

Namibia records an increase in malaria deaths 2021-04-26  Namibia recorded 43 malaria deaths in 2020, compared to seven that were recorded the previous year, with the Kavango East and West, Ohangwena and Zambezi regions most affected. This information was shared by health and social services minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula in light of World Malaria Day, which was observed yesterday.  World Malaria Day is observed internationally every year on 25 April and recognises global efforts to control ...

iAfrica 3 hours ago 1 min read Share with your network! ReconAfrica believes the Kavango Basin in Namibia and Botswana could generate billions of barrels of oil, but environmentalists and Indigenous leaders want the area to remain untouched. The Okavango delta – a World Heritage site recognised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – is also pivotal to th...