Minister tells African Energy Indaba country ‘wants to be island of angels in sea of poverty’
Work is underway to determine if a marine biotoxin is linked to seal mortalities, although preliminary tests have proven negative or insignificant
Discoveries by the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project underscore the importance of the upper Okavango catchment in Angola, whose rivers and source lakes sustain the Okavango Delta
The highlights of 2021 in Africa
When Monica Geingos became first lady of Namibia she received a deluge of abuse, but she extinguishes it by holding it up to the light.
The department of international relations and cooperation says the travel ban on Southern African countries seems to be rushed
Heineken set to brew up local market
Troops were sent to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2001 as part of the UN peacekeeping mission that became an offensive against rebels
An investigation exposed how Afrox charges N$510 to refill a cylinder containing 1 400 litres of oxygen, enough to help a severely ill Covid-19 patient breathe for about two hours
Research by Afrobarometer has found that almost three in 10 respondents (28%) said they had paid a bribe in the past year
Discarded fishing gear is the main culprit
Gwen Lister’s book, ‘Comrade Editor’, weaves together a narrative from the strands of her own life, her journalism, and the wider context of Namibia’s struggle for independence
Nongovernmental organisations applying for observer status at the African Union are subjected to intense scrutiny but a non-African state merely needs the approval of the AU Commission’s chairperson
Dr Nana Adom-Aboagye from the Centre for Sport Leadership at Maties Sport (Stellenbosch University) researches African women and gender equity in sport. We asked her what issues the tests raise for African athletes
Spills and pollution would harm the Okavango Delta and the Tsodilo Hills world heritage sites
Germany demonstrated a poor response to historical redress when it offered Namibia €1.1-billion as a ‘gesture of reconciliation’
An installation and a documentary about the notorious residential school system amplify calls to define such deaths worldwide as genocide
SA’s agriculture department has established a FMD task team to prioritise the outbreak, and a veterinary operational committee is also dealing with it
Commissioner Edward Kieswetter, head of the South African Revenue Service, will not tolerate any political interference at the tax authority
To avoid the spread of the highly contagious disease, 937 farms are being monitored
A same-sex couple’s struggle to have their children via surrogacy granted citizenship in Namibia, where marriage between men is not yet legal, is being stonewalled at every turn
First-ever recorded stranding in more than 30 years in Namibia, South Africa and probably the continent
Opponents also label Canadian oil and gas company’s announcement of working petroleum system in Namibia as premature
The court’s judgment not to allow a father to bring his children home is a travesty
Namibians celebrated when the southern African nation gained independence on 21 March 1990. Henning Melber explains why Namibians are not in a festive mood as they mark 31 years of freedom
All people living in Southern Africa need equitable vaccine access. Time is short and our people are dying, so the regional body should act fast
Thirty-four bishops and three archbishops decry exploratory drilling as a ‘sin’ against the Earth
The verdicts handed down in Kenya and Malawi set a precedent that the quality of an election and the environment in which the election is held do matter and have a bearing on the outcome, regardless of numbers
The South African Revenue Services didn’t gazette the EU quota rates for about month, with no reasons given – and then suddenly published them
Civil society groups have called on Namibia’s agriculture, water and forestry minister to immediately stop a Canadian company from prospecting
Twenty land borders have reopened after a month’s closure prompted by congestions that raised concerns about the spread of the virus.
San leaders decry Canadian “climate-wrecking” oil and gas project in Namibia, Botswana