Namibia will launch the baseline study that was conducted in 2016 by the University of Namibia which was aimed at investigating the status of women’s land use, ownership and rights under customary land tenure system, at an event on Thursday in Ongwediva, northern Namibia. The study was prepared…

Date: 10 juillet 2017 Source: APA News La Namibie s’apprête à organiser en septembre 2017 la deuxième conférence sur le foncier et qui devrait lever les nombreux obstacles dans le processus de la réforme agraire. A cet effet, des consultations régionales ont été lancées ce lundi, en vue de…

Date: 21 juin 2017 Source: Agence Ecofin En Namibie, alors que de nombreuses rumeurs font état d’une annulation prochaine de la 2eme Conférence sur les terres, initialement prévue pour le mois de novembre 2016, le porte-parole du ministre de la réforme foncière a tenu à démentir ces…

With detailed field studies from Kenya, Cameroon, Uganda and Namibia, a new report sheds light on the consequences of extractive industries on land rights and indigenous peoples in Africa. “Worrying that so little is done to protect the environment and the indigenous peoples,” says the report.  …

Date: 27 mai 2017 Source: Agence Ecofin Par Souha Touré Chrispin Matongela, le chargé des relations publiques du ministère namibien des Terres et de la Réinstallation, a confié au Southern Times que les résultats de la réforme agraire en cours sont encourageants et que la redistribution des…

  The Ministry Lands and Resettlement has made significant strides in driving the land distribution programme through the willing buyer-willing seller model since the country attained independence. This was revealed by the Ministry’s public relations officer Chrispin Matongela who also added…

Date: 22 mars 2017 Source: Agence Ecofin Par Souha Touré Les propriétaires blancs de terres namibiennes sont dans le viseur du gouvernement. C’est ce qu’a déclaré mardi, lors des célébrations du 27ème anniversaire de l’indépendance de la Namibie, le président Hage Geingob (photo), qui…

Date: 27 February 2017 Source: New China In Namibia's northern Omusati region, Esra Kuutumbeni toils on her pearl millet field as she hopes for improved yields of the staple crop, following a dry spell the preceding year. "I wake up early to work on my field to ensure that weeds do not…

Via AllAfrica.com   Namibia Economist 28 AUGUST 2015 Namibia: Buying Land, One Dollar At a Time By Ibilola   The SME Bank of Namibia has come out in support of the Land-A-Dollar campaign to collect small amounts of cash from consumers for the purpose of establishing a land fund to assist the…

Date: February 5th 2016 Source: AllAfrica.com / New Era The Ministry of Land Reform is pondering the possibility of increasing the benefits associated with the registration of communal land rights. Currently, registered communal land owners are only issued with a certificate. One of the…

By: New Era Staff Reporter Date: February 8th 2016 Source: New Era Windhoek - Namibia is to spend a staggering N$30 billion in real terms over the next 20 years in a drastic effort to restore its rangelands and alleviate bush encroachment. Making the announcement last Wednesday at the Namibian…

Date: February 10th 2016 Source: AllAfrica.com / New Era Windhoek — Namibia's intention to restore its valuable rangelands at a whopping cost of some N$30 billion over the next 20 years is regarded by many observers as a groundbreaking project, which has earned the respect of role players at…