The Electoral Commission has announced the appointment of Petrus Shaama as the new Chief Electoral and Referenda Officer of the Electoral Commission of Namibia, for a period of Five (5) Years, effective 01 September 2023. The appointment comes after an extensive recruitment process carried out, in which Shaama proved toContinue Reading

Property management company and Ohlthaver & List (O&L) Group subsidiary, Broll Namibia, celebrated 20 years in the business in June 2023. With a property portfolio valued at over N$2.6 billion, the company’s service offerings include Property Management, Facilities Management, Occupier Services as well as retail leasing and consultancy, and developmentContinue Reading

Aim-listed investment company Kazera Global has said that aggregate proceeds of $4.2-million (about N$79 million) have been received to date from China-linked Hebei Xinjian Construction in respect of the sale of African Tantalum (Aftan), in Namibia. In December, Kazera announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to sell itsContinue Reading

Uranium was Namibia’s largest export commodity during May 2023, accounting for 21.5 percent of total exports and was destined to China and Canada, the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) has said. In a  trade bulletin released last week, the agency also noted that precious stones (diamonds) were mostly destined to BotswanaContinue Reading

…attributed to revaluations, diamond sales and KfW loan The stock of international reserves held by the Bank of Namibia increased both on an annual and quarterly basis over the period to the end of the first quarter of 2023, the bank has said adding that year-on-year and quarter-on quarter, theContinue Reading

SNC Incorporated has been nominated for the prestigious African Legal Awards 2023 in the category of “Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Team of the Year. The African Legal Awards, organized by the leading legal publication Law.com International and in partnership with the Corporate Counsel Association of South Africa (CCASA) andContinue Reading

The Namibia Institute of Corporate Governance (NICG) Executive Director, Vincia Cloete and the CEO of the National Commission of Research, Science and Technology (NCRST), Prof Anicia Peters have been nominated for the 13th edition of the African Achievers Awards (AAA) to be held at the Houses of Parliament, The PalaceContinue Reading

ASX-listed Arcadia Minerals has moved to allay shareholder concerns that the Namibian government’s ban on the export of unprocessed ore of certain critical minerals, including lithium, cobalt, manganese, graphite and rare earths, will affect its Swanson tantalum mine. The company on Thursday said that it had “no intention” of exportingContinue Reading

Dual-listed technology metals mining company Andrada Mining has found consistent lithium oxide (Li2O), tantalum and tin mineralisation in the assay results for its inaugural drill programme at the Spodumene Hill project in Namibia. The project encompasses the B1 and C1 pegmatites located within the ML129 mining licence. During the drillingContinue Reading