Staff Reporter THE Zambezi and Okavango rivers are experiencing a gradual rise, as indicated in Tuesday’s hydrological bulletin from Namibia’s hydrological services. At Katima Mulilo, the Zambezi River’s level increased from 1.03m to 1.33m over the past week, while the Okavango River at Rundu rose from 4.93m to 5.15m. Notably, current water levels in both...
Menongue — The Civil Protection and Firefighters of Angola and Namibia on Sunday recovered the bodies of two Namibian women aged 27 and 39, who drowned Saturday in Cubango River, eastern Cuando Cubango province (Angola). The information was disclosed Sunday to ANGOP by the spokesperson of the Civil Protection and Fire Brigade of Cuando Cubango,...
LUSAKA, Nov. 16 — The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) has partnered with Stanbic Bank Zambia, a local bank, to plant 10,000 trees at the source of the Zambezi River, one of the country’s largest rivers, according to a statement released Wednesday. The initiative to plant trees at the source of Africa’s fourth longest river...
WINDHOEK, Oct. 28 — Over 100 buffaloes have died in a mass drowning following a stampede into the Chobe River, the Namibian Ministry of Environment and Tourism said on Friday. Ministerial spokesperson Romeo Muyunda said the buffaloes drowned in the early hours of Friday following a chase by lions. “Information we are receiving is that...
International relations minister and deputy prime minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has proposed that the long-standing border dispute concerning the Orange River be addressed during the current bilateral negotiations between South Africa and Namibia. She has urged the assembled council members gathered in Windhoek for the third bi-national commission (BNC) between the two countries to engage in...
Presidents Hage Geingob and Cyril Ramaphosa have directed the Committee of Experts dealing with the Orange River boundary negotiations to table the report to the Political, Diplomatic, and Legal Committee by January next year. Dr. Geingob and Ramaphosa co-chaired the presidential segment of the Namibia-South Africa Bi-National Commission meeting at State House. The senior officials...
Staff Reporter THE third Ministerial Session of the Namibia-South Africa Bi-National Commission, which saw hundreds of Namibian and South African ministers and high-level government officials converge, will unpack the Orange River boundary issue between the two countries and further merge power relations between the two countries’ state-owned power companies to bring about industrialization to both...