Reuters: Namibia News

UPDATE 2-Namibia ruling party set to win elections

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:26:09 +0000

WINDHOEK, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Namibia's ruling party SWAPO looked set to hold onto power and the head of state appeared assured of a new five-year term as polls closed on Saturday after two-day parliamentary and presidential elections.

Day two of Namibia vote, ruling party set to win

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:49:24 +0000

* Counting of votes to start after polls close at 1900 GMT

UPDATE 3-Namibia votes, ruling party set to retain power

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:47:58 +0000

WINDHOEK, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Namibians voted on Friday in presidential and parliamentary elections likely to hand President Hifikepunye Pohamba five more years in power, but with a new opposition threatening his party's two-thirds majority.

CORRECTED - INTERVIEW-Proposed Namibia BEE law a risk - Paladin

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:17:14 +0000

(Corrects Nov. 26 story to make clear in the second paragraph that Duvenhage did not refer to blacks not having enough cash. Corrects quote in paragraph 12 to remove extraneous words)

DIARY-Southern & South Africa to January 2010

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:00:25 +0000

This diary is updated daily. All times are provisional and in GMT; add two hours to get South African time.

FACTBOX-Namibia, land of diamonds amd uranium

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:48:04 +0000

Nov 27 (Reuters) - President Hifikepunye Pohamba and his ruling SWAPO party face a strong challenge in this week's presidential and national assembly elections, with the Rally for Democracy and Progress expected to become the new official opposition.

INTERVIEW-UPDATE 1-Namibia offered stake in SAfrica refinery

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:39:37 +0000

WINDHOEK, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Namibia's state-owned petroleum group NAMCOR has been offered a 10-15 percent equity stake in a new 400,000 barrels-per-day refinery to be built by its counterpart in neighbouring South Africa, an official said.

INTERVIEW-NAMCOR offered stake in SAfrica refinery

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:05:04 +0000

WINDHOEK, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Namibia's state-owned petroleum group NAMCOR has been offered to take up a 10-15 percent equity stake in a new 400,000 barrels-per-day refinery to be built by its counterpart in neighbouring South Africa, an official said.

INTERVIEW-Paladin says proposed Namibia BEE law a risk

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:13:01 +0000

SWAKOPMUND, Namibia, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Namibia's proposed law to force mining companies to yield 25 percent of their shareholding to black investors poses a risk to the industry and may deter future investment, an industry official said.

INTERVIEW-Rossing uranium says upbeat about prices, demand

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:55:18 +0000

SWAKOPMUND, Namibia, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto's Namibian Rossing mine plans to maintain annual uranium output of 4,000 tonnes until 2023 but is busy exploring nearby deposits as demand grows to meet needs for greener energy.