Namibia
First National Bank (FNB) Namibia becomes the first commercial bank in the country to offer cross-border prepaid airtime purchases.
Namibia: From the Sidelines - Solutions Needed (AllAfrica.com)IT is good step that the football season, or in this case the Namibia Premier League (NPL), has kicked off, but what remains worrying is the lack of clarity on the status of both the first and second divisions.
Namibia: Nurses' Union Goes to Court (AllAfrica.com)THE long-awaited case in which the Namibia Nurses' Union (Nanu) is challenging Government' recognition of the Namibia Public Workers' Union (Napwu) as the sole bargaining agent for nurses will be heard in court today.
Namibia: Gem Suspect Found Not Guilty (AllAfrica.com)A FORMER employee of ocean diamond mining company De Beers Marine Namibia is a free man again after the trial in which he was accused of stealing more than 500 diamonds from his employers ended with him being found not guilty yesterday.
Namibia: Oceana Expands (AllAfrica.com)Oceana Group Ltd. is planning to ramp up the volumes of fish it catches in Namibia, CEO Andrew Marshall told the Economist in an interview this week.
Namibia: Wet Weekend Promised (AllAfrica.com)GOOD showers are expected in most parts of Namibia this weekend and until Wednesday next week, weatherman Odillo Utsile Kgobetsi told The Namibian yesterday.
Namibia: Forsys Strikes Mega Deal With Forrest (AllAfrica.com)While the jury stays out on nuclear power and its use, deal making is going ahead between global mining majors and uranium deposits in Namibia have become an attractive target for these firms.
Namibia: Cocaine-Dealing Suspect Acquitted (AllAfrica.com)THE prosecution of an Angolan-born musician who has been facing a cocaine-dealing charge in Namibia for more than four and a half years ended in an acquittal in the Windhoek Regional Court this week.
Namibia: Bannerman Secures N$132Million for Project (AllAfrica.com)Australian-based uranium exploration and mine development company Bannerman Resources Limited on Monday announced that it had secured more than N$132 million as convertible note facility from Resource Capital Fund to direct towards definitive feasibility studies for the Etango project in Namibia, as well as for working capital purposes.
Namibia: RDP Slams Nujoma About Troops to DRC (AllAfrica.com)NAMIBIA should not send troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where a military conflict between government troops and a rebel army is escalating, an opposition party has urged.
