WINDHOEK – After spending millions of dollars on exploratory drilling, Brazilian oil and gas exploration company High Resolution Technology (HRT) and local businessman, Knowledge Katti, announced yesterday they found a liquid oil presence off the Namibian coast.
However, the drilling results for this first well show that the rock penetrated does not contain commercially viable oil reserves. The data analysis nevertheless shows two petroleum source rocks with indication of co...
WINDHOEK - The man who faced three charges of raping a minor girl-child was convicted on all three counts in the Windhoek High Court yesterday.
Judge Naomi Shivute rejected Gariseb's version that he was never at the scene of the crime as not reasonably true and found that the complainant positively identified him on at least three occasions. She said she was satisfied the State proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt that Gariseb indeed had sexual intercourse t...
RUNDU – The Centre for the Visually Impaired at Sauyemwa in Rundu are requesting the government for assistance in setting up proper accommodation facilities for members, as well as food and educational materials.
The centre is one of those places few people would visit of their own volition in order to lend a helping hand to its blind residents, but its members say their perseverance and protection from God has brought them far already despite the odds stacked ag...
WINDHOEK - A well-known Katutura taxi driver Rudolf Ujaha apparently lost his entire life savings of N$400 000 of hard earned cash yesterday after his two-bedroom corrugated iron backyard shack caught fire and burnt to ashes.
Uhaja (54) who was still in shock, has been working as a taxi driver for more than a decade, and he apparently has been keeping all his money at home. Apart from the cash, Uhaja also lost all his belongings including valuable electrical appliances, jewellery, bed linen and clothing.
The incident took place around 11h30 in Kamberipa S...
… an instructive session on boxing
NAMIBIA’S award-wining and internationally-acclaimed boxing promoter Nestor ‘Sunshine’ Tobias took time out of his busy schedule to take us through the basics of arguably the fastest growing and undoubtedly the most successful sports code in the country, boxing.
Despite the fact that Namibia is rapidly gaining international prominence in the world of boxing, very few of ...
WINDHOEK - This winter, Namibians should expect major uncertainties when it comes to electricity provision as Namibia’s largest supplier of power, Eskom, is experiencing a power deficit and electricity outages, according to NamPower.
“It will indeed be challenging for NamPower to keep the lights on. I would therefore appeal to all our customers, small and large, to meet us halfway by reducing their electricity usage by the minimum of 10 percent, especially during peak hours,” said NamPower CEO, Paulinus Shilamba. Shilamba said peak hours were in the mor...