Namibia

POOLING REGIONAL ELECTRICITY

Although progress continues with building an interconnection of the electricity grids of southern African countries, South Africa's state-owned electricity utility [...]

JULIUS NYERERE

The former Tanzanian head of state (1961-1985) told the South [...]

The Southern Africa Development Community's Mining Coordinating Unit and the [...]

FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR EPUPA.

Six different consultancy groups have submitted bids to carry out a two-year feasibility study on building a huge hydroelectric dam [...]

CHEVRON PUTS BACK DRILLING ON 2815

Chevron has put back plans to drill a well on [...]

MAJOR EUROPEAN UNION/SADC MINING FORUM

The European Commission and the 11-member Southern African Development Community [...]

KATHERINE MARSHALL

Ms Katherine Marshall has headed the Southern Africa Department of the World Bank since September 1, covering ten countries in [...]

SASOL COULD TAKE BACK SEAT

Sasol has short-listed three floating drilling rigs for the well it plans in early 1995 and subsequent options. But AEM [...]

GATT STUDENTS

The 78th General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) course on trade policies commenced in Geneva on August 29 and [...]

Spotlight
THE ELECTRICITY CLUB

In announcing an accord with Mozambique for starters, Malawi has moved in its turn to espouse the South African utility Eskom's plans to connect up all of Southern Africa in order to export its surplus of coal-fuelled electricity in the [.

TARGETS FOR BRITONS

Overseas Trade Services, a British government body which coordinates export promotion, has published a list of target countries for Britain's [...]

RANGER OIL CHECKS MARKET

Ranger Oil now plans to spud its first well on [...]

GERMAN FINANCIAL COOPERATION

Three countries of Southern Africa (plus the Cameroon in West Africa) saw an increase in 1993 of the financial aid [...]

SECOND WELL FOR NORSK HYDRO

The Norwegian company Norsk Hydro is now planning to spud its second well on Block 1911 in the northern part [...]

REGIONAL TRANSPORT STUDY

Nine groups of consultants are competing for a European Commission contract for a study on regional integration of transport and [...]

CABORA BASSA COULD BE AFRICANIZED

During their meetings at the Organization for African Unity's summit for heads of state and government in Tunis last week, [...]

CHEVRON WILLING TO SHARE RIG IF...

Chevron is planning to tender shortly for a floating drilling [...]

AFRICAOIL 94 IN CAPETOWN IN OCTOBER

The Australian company AIC Conferences, an affiliate of the Euromoney [...]

REGIONAL ECONOMIC SUMMIT

The Swiss non-profit organization World Economic Forum, which runs the well-known annual economic think-tank in Davos, is to arrange a [...]