Namibia: Tour Operator Slams Police Over Mining Dispute

Managing director of tourism company Ultimate Safaris Tristan Cowley has criticised law enforcement failing to stop the removal of ore from the Goantagab Mine in the Sorris Sorris Conservancy in the Kunene region, “in violation of a court interdict”.

On Saturday, Cowley told The Namibian that Timoteus Mashuna and Ottilie Ndimulunde, who have mining claims in the area – supported by Nexus, Sinco Holdings and Birca Mining – went to the mining site with heavy machinery last Thursday and removed mined…