Tag: Namibia
Namibian F-7 fighter badly damaged in runway overshoot
A Namibia Defence Force (NDF) F-7 fighter jet has been badly damaged in a runway excursion at Ondangwa’s Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo Airport.
The aircraft...
USS Hershel “Woody” Williams visits Namibia
The United States Navy’s Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams has spent three days in Namibia as part of a continent-wide tour, before...
Rhino and elephant poaching declines in Namibia
Rhino and elephant poaching has declined significantly this year in Namibia, home to the only free-roaming black rhinos left in the world, government data...
Germany colonial-era genocide reparations offer not enough – Namibia vice president
Germany’s offer to fund projects in Namibia worth more than a billion euros ($1.22 billion) over 30 years to atone for its role in...
Colonial era killings in Namibia were genocide – Germany
Germany apologised for its role in slaughter of Herero and Nama tribespeople in Namibia (then South West Africa) over a century ago and described...
Sat-Com’s new Hammer Head radio ideal for a variety of built-in...
Namibian radio specialist Sat-Com has developed a new radio, based on its flagship Leopard, which it says offers greater flexibility for fixed and mounted...
Namibia sees steady downward trend in rhino and elephant poaching
Namibia saw a continued downward trend in rhino and elephant poaching last year after stepping up patrols and sharply increasing fines, the government said...
Sat-Com expecting boom year in 2021
Namibian military radio specialist Sat-Com expects to have a boom year in 2021 as it continues to successfully penetrate the international market, launch new...
Sat-Com – Repeater and Re-Broadcasting Systems
The Sat-Com Leopard1 and Cheetah3 Military Radios are all capable of various modes of communications including Repeater and Re-Bro (Cross Band).
Every Sat-Com Manpack SDR...
Namibia weighs demands for rape crackdown after street protests
Street protests that led to the arrest of 25 women’s rights activists in Namibia at the weekend have prompted the government to launch an...
Intelligence helps Namibia turn tide against rhino poachers, government says
Incidents of rhino poaching in Namibia have been dropping steadily as timely intelligence work has helped nab hunters before they shoot in known hotspots,...
Rhino poaching in Namibia down 63% on tougher policing, penalties
Rhino poaching fell 63% year-on-year in Namibia, the ministry of environment said on Friday, citing intensified intelligence operations by authorities and tougher sentences and...
Namibia to ground national carrier’s license over cash hole
Cash-strapped Air Namibia will have its planes grounded at midnight on Wednesday after it failed to secure enough funding to remain solvent, voiding its...
Namibia considering options for struggling national flag carrier – finance minister
The Namibian government is weighing several options regarding the future of struggling national carrier Air Namibia, new Finance Minister Iipumbu Shiimi told parliament on...
Sat-Com – Secure and Tactical Communications
Modern militaries need to communicate securely and effortlessly, between old and new equipment and across different arms of service. Traditionally, defence forces have used...
Namibia shuts harbour town airport after two coronavirus infections
The airport in the Namibian harbour town of Walvis Bay has closed after two residents tested positive for the coronavirus and the economic hub...
US hands over two vehicles for anti-poaching efforts in Namibia
The US Department of Defence (DoD) handed over two Toyota Land Cruisers to the Namibian Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT) on 18...
Botswana Defence Force hardware delivered via Namibia
Images that have emerged on social media allegedly showing Chinese military vehicles arriving in Cape Town are in fact of Botswana Defence Force (BDF)...
Increase in Namibia liquor smuggling
Namibian police report an increase in people smuggling beer and whisky from neighbouring Angola and Zambia, using illegal border crossings to beat a ban...
Afracal 2 Triple Band Power Amplifier: facilitating wide band communications
One of the flagship products from one of the leading military manufacturing companies in Africa and the world, Sat-Com (Pty) Ltd (Secure And Tactical...