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Namibia: Sankwasa Reboots Dâure Daman Chieftaincy ...Says Customary Procedures Were Overstepped

Africa · Swakopmund

Namibia: Sankwasa Reboots Dâure Daman Chieftaincy ...Says Customary Procedures Were Overstepped

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Swakopmund -- The legitimacy of Zacharias Seibeb's position as chief of the Dâure Daman Traditional Authority has once again come under scrutiny.Read Article

Vandalism on Ruby Main Powerline disrupts Walvis Bay water supply

Vandalism · Walvis Bay

Vandalism on Ruby Main Powerline disrupts Walvis Bay water supply

The Namibia Water Corporation (NamWater) has condemned the recent vandalism and theft on the Ruby Main Overhead Powerline, describing it as an unpatriotic act that temporarily disrupted water supply to Walvis Bay. The incident occurred over the weekend when vandals targeted the powerline supplying electricity to the Swartbank and Rooibank boreholes. These boreholes form part of the critical infrastructure that ensures water provision to the coas…Read Article

Public enterprise chief executives to convene at Walvis Bay

Walvis Bay · Walvis Bay

Public enterprise chief executives to convene at Walvis Bay

Chief executives from state-owned enterprises (SOEs) across the country will gather at Walvis Bay next month for the annual Public Enterprise CEO Forum set to take place on 23 July. This was announced in a statement by Namibia Civil Aviation Authority communications manager Nelson Ashipala on Tuesday. He says this year’s forum is expected to carry heightened significance, with president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah scheduled to attend the high-level e…Read Article

Criminals cause water shortages in Erongo towns – News Stand

Niël Terblanché A fresh wave of copper cable theft has disrupted water supply to several Erongo towns in the space of one week. Utilities were forced to ration limited water reserves while technicians rushed to restore power to affected boreholes. The latest theft occurred just before midnight on Saturday, 21 June, when thieves cut the Ruby Main overhead power line supplying the Swartbank and Rooibank boreholes, which feed Walvis Bay. The NamibWalvis Bay · Walvis Bay Read Article

Walvis Bay councillor distances himself from student grant decision – News Stand

Allexer Namundjebo Walvis Bay Rural Constituency councillor Donatus Tegako has denied claims that he used his position to award a study grant to his alleged cousin, Patrik Naftal. Tegako says the accusations are false and politically driven. The allegations involve a N$10 000 grant reportedly awarded to Naftal through the Constituency Development Committee. Critics claim the amount exceeded the maximum N$5 000 usually granted per student and suWalvis Bay · Walvis Bay Read Article

NAMIBIA WAIVES 50% OF ZAMBIA’S $700,000 DEBT - The Zambian Observer

NAMIBIA WAIVES 50% OF ZAMBIA’S $700,000 DEBT Namibia has waived off half of the 700,000 dollars historical debt concerning the Zambian dry port at Walvis Bay. Zambia has grappled with this debt for many years to maintain her dry port facility in Namibia. Transport and Logistics Minister FRANK TAYALI said there is need to establish […] The post NAMIBIA WAIVES 50% OF ZAMBIA’S $700,000 DEBT first appeared on The Zambian Observer.Walvis Bay · Walvis Bay Read Article

Namibia: MUN Stakeholders Gather for Western Region Roundtable

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The Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) national and regional leaders as well as the western region members gathered for the first-of-its-kind, Western Regional Roundtable at Swakopmund on Wednesday for closer interaction between the union's leadership and its members across all regions.Africa · Swakopmund Read Article

Walvis Bay leads April exports with N$5.6 billion – News Stand

Chamwe Kaira Walvis Bay Harbour recorded exports worth N$5.6 billion in April, making it the top export point for the month. Eros Airport followed with exports of N$2.4 billion, while the Katima Mulilo border post accounted for N$1.1 billion, according to the Namibia Statistics Agency’s April trade report. On the import side, Walvis Bay Harbour remained the main entry point with imports valued at N$5 billion. Ariamsvlei recorded N$3.2 billion i…Walvis Bay · Walvis Bay Read Article

Northern Drilling Semisub Gets More Work Off Namibia

Odfjell Drilling John Fredriksen-controlled Northern Ocean, a semisub rig spin-off of Northern Drilling, has won work for one of its semisub rigs in Namibia. The 2018-built semisub rig Deepsea Mira won work with oil and gas player Rhino Resources and will soon drill the Volans-1X exploration well. The Odfjell Drilling-managed rig recently finished operations for TotalEnergies in Namibia and is currently located at Walvis Bay port. Its latest dr…Aberdeen, Scotland · Aberdeen See the Story

Sankwasa blows whistle on council corruption – News Stand

Erasmus Shalihaxwe Minister of urban and rural development, James Sankwasa, said he has observed widespread corruption among elected officials and staff in regional and local authority councils across the country. Sankwasa made the remarks on Monday during a high-level consultative meeting with regional and local council representatives in Windhoek. He said the corruption he has seen in just two months in office is alarming. “Rampant corruption iCorruption · Swakopmund Read Article

Digital challenges and opportunities abound in parliamentary libraries – News Stand

Niël Terblanché The 22nd Annual Conference of the Association of Parliamentary Libraries of Eastern and Southern Africa opened in Swakopmund on Monday with a call to strengthen the role of parliamentary libraries in democratic governance amid rapid technological change. Themed “Parliamentary Libraries and Democracy in the Digital Age”, the week-long gathering drew more than 40 delegates from across the eastern and southern regions of the continenSwakopmund · Swakopmund Read Article

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