Internal Growth

2022 Annual Event The 2022 annual event was held on Friday 4th February 2022 with the venue filled with about 85 attendees from EXCO members, HoDs, Deputy HoDs, Superintendents, team leaders, award winners and the BEC representation.The annual event is traditionally organized to reflect on business performance and to...

EXCO and HODs carry out Covid-19 joint VFL On 14th Dec, EXCO and HODs carried out a joint VFL for the COVID-19 measures, the VFL covered both mine area and Husab tower, during the VFL have many findings that gave “negative surprise” to the team, some employees not wearing masks or use masks incorrectly, also the social distance are not don...

SU Employees Receive Bagful of Goodies Jingle Bells Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way… Santa sent his elf’s early this year to make a stop at Swakop Uranium and add some Christmas cheer to the festive season.In the spirit of Christmas, the company has prepared a gift for each employee as a token of appreciation for the hard work and ded...

November Birthday Celebration The November Kings and Queens of SU were celebrated on 30th November 2021. A total of 129 employees were born in November, with 48 employees attending the celebration.Every Birthday is special in its unique way. Our November-born brothers and sisters walked into the venue with a special touch of ser...

Q3 Manco Meeting To align with the changes in business operations, quarterly MANCO meetings have transformed into a platform for communication and information sharing between EXCO, HODs and superintendents to establish common understanding on the key management issues.The Q3 MANCO meeting convened on 23 November. Mr...

CEO Sees off Retiring Employee It’s bittersweet moment as Oom John Cloete bits farewell to the SU family after 6 and a half years. John is going off to the golden time of retirement. He is excited to start a new life, but sad to say goodbye to his SU family. Retirement can be lonely after a life with spent with dear colleagues a...

Safety Awareness Week 25 – 29 October 2021 With the increase in Safety Incidents, The Health and Safety Section held a Safety Awareness Week under the theme “Safety begins with me”. The objective of the Campaign was to raise awareness and drive personal accountability for employees and contractors alike. The following activities were condu...

A Family Celebration The SU Family gathered on the 27th of October 2021 for the SU Birthday Celebration Event, under the theme “Grow with the Company” to celebrate employees born during October.The month of October has a total of 150 SU birthday celebrants of which fifty-two were randomly selected from all departments...

SU Family Celebrates September Birthday Together ‘Grow with the company’ was the theme of the day as the company kicked off its first Birthday Celebration event on 30 September 2021.Birthday anniversaries are traditionally celebrated as they mark the beginning of life and bring hope for the future. As a family, we celebrate together, we care for...

SU brings comfort and support to SU warriors and bereaved families COVID-19 has devastated us all. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd waves have affected us all in some way or another. The Company has launched a Get Well Campaign to support to all of our employees that have lost their loved ones, the families of our late employees, and our COVID-19 survivors. Each of our employ...

An interview with a successful SU bursar—Tessa An interview with a successful SU bursar—Tessa Place of birth, educationFrom humble beginnings, born and raised in Elim, a village inOmusati region. Just like an ordinary village girl, I grew up collecting firewood, feeding chicken and pounding Omahangu. I started my childhood educationat Elim Juni...

The Smiling Diesel Mechanic – Hertha Namadhila Ruben The Smiling Diesel Mechanic – Hertha Namadhila Ruben HerthaNamadhila Ruben is 28 years of age and is employed as a Diesel Mechanic in the AncillaryWorkshop in the Mining Maintenance department on the Husab Mine.  Growing upshe spent most of her time around her dad and mimicked everything ...

Elize Driving Haul Truck--Mining is women’s too Baster Meisie from Rehoboth Operating Big Machine – Miningis women’s tooMeetthe versatile, working wife and mom, operating a 960E Haul truck on the Husabmine.  Juggling 3 shifts totaling 21 days a month, Elize Malander is one of themany Super women on the Husab mine.  As a Haul Truck Ope...

BURSARY SCHEME—Laying the Foundation for Successful Careers  BURSARY SCHEME—Laying the Foundation for SuccessfulCareers Annually we offer financial assistance in a form of abursary to previously Disadvantaged Namibian students to obtain a formal under– graduate degree from a reputable tertiary institution within Namibia or SouthAfrica. Our scheme aims...

Pride of the SU Graduate Program - Iyaloo Eila Amadhila Prideof the SU Graduate Program - Iyaloo Eila Amadhila“Theysay tough times never last, but tough people do” Eila, as her colleagues in theMining Department fondly call her, narrates that her road to becoming a MiningEngineer was definitely not an easy one.  The many obstacles on her road tobe...