CANADIAN mining firm, Dandee Precious Metals (DPM), will pour at least US$ 32 million into the Tsumeb Copper Smelter (TCS) following its acquisition of the company, which has been experiencing financial woes.
WINDHOEK (IPS) – Throughout the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, organisers have insisted that the legacy of the event goes far beyond the sporting spectacle. In the dusty streets of a Windhoek township, Deon Namiseb believes this is true.
Who would think of a high-quality art exhibition when confronted with one of the world’s most recognizable and suggestive commercial labels, ‘Made in China’? Renowned Namibian artist Imke Rust embarks on a journey to transform the way we look at art with her solo exhibition, titled Made in China, starting on the 27th of July and running until the 16th of August at the Bank Windhoek Omba Gallery.
THE Namibian Government has said it will only negotiate for the full implementation of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union if the best interests of Namibian industry are represented.
WINDHOEK, Namibia — Supporters of three HIV-positive women in Namibia who say they were sterilized without their consent held protests to support the women’s decision to sue the government, a legal aid group said Wednesday.
WINDHOEK- Namibia is currently the fourth-largest supplier of uranium oxide (U3O8) after Canada, Kazakhstan, and Australia, with about 12 percent of the world’s primary produced uranium. Mining and Energy commissioner Erasmus Shivolo recently noted that Namibia was developing one of Southern Africa’s most dynamic minerals industries, adding that the country was set to become the world’s third largest uranium producer (by 2015). The country’s projected output for 2015 was about 52 million pounds.
WINDHOEK: THE Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX) has joined a bandwagon of African stock exchanges that turned down offers to join the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s Africa Board.
On Jan. 25, 2007, Karen and Stone walked into the offices of Johnston-Namibia in Omaruru. Chris Johnston says the two intimidated workers and took financial records, computer files and photographs. Three months later, the two arrived in Bangkok and went to Designs in Vivid Color, a gem-cutting business. An employee there told Chris in a letter that Stone flashed a badge and threatened to call Thai police unless the employee cooperated. The couple left with more than 5,000 gemstones. Chris insists the two stole them.
WINDHOEK- Secretary to Cabinet has reportedly asked the State to cough up about N$30m [US$3 million] to pamper new ministers and their deputies with state-of-the-art luxurious E-Class Mercedes Benz because some are overweight to fit in their Volvos S40.
WINDHOEK: Namibia sits in the buffer zone between crisis prone central Africa and South Africa, a major destination for trafficked persons, thus serving as a source, transit point and destination for refugees and persons trafficked from various parts of the region. Most victims of trafficking end up in forced labour, or are exploited for commercial sex.
