Namibia Pulp Paper Plans to Start Up Bathroom Tissue Mill in Gobabis, Namibia

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It is designed to help Namibia reduce its dependence on pulp and paper imports from South Africa. The planned pulp paper factory will also turn pulp into serviettes, toilet paper and facial tissues, among others. Currently, government spends about N$3 million (US$200,000) a month on toilet paper for all its ministries, offices and agencies.

Hiskia Tjatjitua said his idea of setting up the Namibia Pulp Paper started as early as 1998 after he observed that Namibia exports a lot of recovered paper to South Africa. The estimated total cost of the project is N$20 million (US$1.3 million), all costs inclusive. This amount, he says, would be used to acquire equipment and machinery from China, build the mill, purchase vehicles for operations and meet the operational costs during the first six months of production.

Namibia's tissue consumption was around 7,000 tonnes in 2015, all based on imports. South Africa accounts for 98-99% of the total import quantity.

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