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Keep fracking out of the Kalahari Desert’s Kavango Basin – activists Namibia’s agriculture, water and land reform minister must work with other government ministries to introduce an immediate moratorium on Canadian oil and gas firm ReconAfrica’s current petroleum exploration activities in the Kavango region in Namibia.  This is the contention of Save Okavango’s Unique Life (Soul), an alliance of Namibian and Southern African civil society organisations, activists and international gr...

2 days ago - 26 March 2021 | Business Jo-Maré Duddy – Historically low interest rates, combined with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, eroded SBN Holdings’ income for the year ended 31 December... 2 days ago - 26 March 2021 | Business The first 723 000 of up to 7 million Covid-19 vaccine doses that MTN Group is donating to African countries have arrived in nine nations,... 2 days ago - 26 March 2021 | Business The newly appointed managing director of KSB Pumps and Valves (Namibia) (Pty)...

THE Minister of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform Calle Schlettwein was praised during his visit to Eenhana as one of the few ministers...

Stray elephants driven to Angola - Environment - Namibian Sun

ELLANIE SMIT WINDHOEK Namibian conservancies funnelled more than N$9 billion into Namibias national income over the past 30 years. In 2019, the contribution to the net national income through community conservation was around N$933 million, and the total contribution from 1990 amounts to N$9.743 billion. Community conservation, encompassing 20.2% of Namibias land and over 220 000 rural residents, is contributing to the national economy, rural development and to poverty alleviation. This is acco...

San leaders decry Canadian “climate-wrecking” oil and gas project in Namibia, Botswana

Three out of every four Namibians believe corruption is escalating, the latest Afrobarometer shows. High levels of corruption perception could have more devastating effects than corruption itself. – Christie Keulder: Political scientist Namibians’ approval of government’s performance in fighting corruption dropped drastically from 2008 to 2020. Photo Nampa/Reuters Jo-Maré Duddy – Namibia is among the top five countries in Africa where citizens believe corruption is on the increase. 74%...

vor 2 tagen - 19 März 2021 | Wirtschaft Jo-Maré Duddy – The Covid-19 pandemic cost the Receiver of Revenue more than N$2 billion in lost individual income and non-mining company tax in 2020/21.Finance... vor 2 tagen - 19 März 2021 | Wirtschaft Windhoek (Nampa/sb) - Die Mehrwertsteuer, die bisher auf Damenbinden erhoben wurde, fällt zukünftig weg. Das gab der Finanzminister, Iipumbu Shiimi, am Mittwoch während der Verkündigung... vor 3 tagen - 18 März 2021 | Wirtschaft Von Eberhard Hof...

Jobs haemorrhage in Nam A survey conducted by the Economic Policy Research Association found that 63% of businesses believe unemployment will increase substantially over the next five years. Job creation prospects are very bleak for an economy known to have a jobless growth. Dr Omu Kakujaha-Matundu, Economics lecturer: Unam More than 400 000 people in Namibia are estimated to be jobless at the moment. Photo Nampa/Reuters Jo-Maré Duddy – Around 40% of Namibia’s workforce currently is unempl...

THE Orange River levels are increasing due to recent heavy rainfall developments in the Orange-Senqu Basin, which has resulted in an...