In terms of mining, there are no easy options to make the most of local beneficiation.
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/ 17 February 2012
IMF gives Namibia a thumbs but raises concerns over rising public debt.
A minister’s inflammatory comment about his Ovambo colleagues sparks minorities’ sympathy.
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/ 9 February 2012
Namibia’s Chamber of Mines is in negotiations with the government over a proposed super tax on the mining industry likely to be implemented in 2012.
Choosing the route of a new railway is a tough and imminent decision the government faces.
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/ 10 January 2012
Burkina Faso will be playing in the Africa Cup of Nations after the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected Namibia’s appeal against Herve Zengue.
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/ 29 December 2011
The first African football drama of 2012 will unfold as Namibia continues a battle to get Burkina Faso kicked out of the upcoming Cup of Nations.
At the Gobabeb research centre in the Namibia desert, young African scientists gather data for climate predictions.
Botswana has been awarded this year’s "Golden Padlock" award for the Southern African country with the most secretive public institutions.
Dr Theo-Ben Gurirab was instrumental in securing Namibia’s independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990.
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/ 29 October 2011
A proposal to construct a chemical plant on the Namibian coast, the heart of the coastal tourism area, has the country in a deadlock.
Historians say the genocide committed by German soldiers in what they called South West Africa was a precursor to the Nazi holocaust of the Jews.
Namibians have given a hero’s welcome to 20 skulls of their ancestors returned from Germany, where colonial authorities had taken them a century ago.
A match of 12 tries that only really came to life in the final quarter will be remembered principally for Bryan Habana’s record-breaking five points.
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/ 22 September 2011
In a beautiful display of running rugby the Springboks demolished Namibia in their Rugby World Cup Group D encounter on Thursday.
While the Boks respect their Namibian opponents, they also see Thursday’s World Cup match as an way to fine-tune their game for more brutal battles.
South Africa feel they have what it takes to successfully defend their World Cup title defence with minnows Namibia their next tournament indicator.
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/ 14 September 2011
Hulking winger Alesana Tuilagi scored three tries as Samoa kicked off their World Cup campaign with a 49-12 bonus point win over Namibia.
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/ 10 September 2011
Fiji survived an unexpectedly stiff challenge from Namibia in a pulsating World Cup game that briefly threatened one of the tournament’s great upsets.
A crisis in Namibia’s mining industry was narrowly averted when the Cabinet agreed to review proposed new taxes after tense negotiations.
On July 6 the Namibian minister of mines and energy, Henry Isak Katali, announced the discovery of oil reserves off the southern Namibian coast.
Extreme weather conditions because of climate change in Namibia are likely to have an effect on 70% of the country’s people who live in rural areas.
Concern has been rising over Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba’s health after he was hospitalised two weeks ago.
SADC justice ministers are meeting this week to discuss the amendment of the community’s legal instruments and their relationship with national laws.
South Africans should boycott Namibian tourism and products because of the country’s seal culling practices, animal rights groups say.
Exxaro has invited bids for its stake in a zinc and lead mine in Namibia and ownership of a refinery in South Africa so it can exit the zinc business.
A Namibian high court ruled in favour of a contract held by commodities trader Glencore to import half of the African country’s fuel.
Namibia has declared its second national flood emergency in three years, following extensive flooding in six of the country’s northern regions.
The United Nations says 62 people have been killed and thousands forced from their homes since the start of the year by flooding in northern Namibia.
Namibia’s president on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in northern parts of the country after heavy flooding displaced nearly 10 000 people.
A strange tale about a company that is doing more than changing how Namibians get their healthcare — it’s inspiring burgeoning entrepreneurs.
Seacom on Wednesday announced that its broadband services had been extended to Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.