The government says it is looking at desalinating water and tapping from the Okavango River as long-term sustainability measures to address the threatening water shortage in the country. Last week Cabinet approved the prioritisation of the long-term water supply solutions through tapping from Okavango-Link and Desalination projects, to ensure water supply security to the North...
Okavango- en Oranje-riviervlakke styg Vloei in die Kunene-rivier by Ruacana het skerp gedaal na 261,2 kubieke meter water per sekonde en beweeg nou nader aan die vlakke wat verlede jaar dieselfde tyd aangeteken is. Die vorige lesing was amper 320 kubieke meter water per sekonde. Die Namibiese Hidrologiese Diens sê vlakke by die Zambezi-rivier by...
Harare — The newly appointed CEO of Canada’s Reconnaissance Energy Africa (ReconAfrica) Brian Reinsborough, rejected environmental groups’ criticism of the project on Thursday, October 12, 2023 announcing that the company will launch a new drilling campaign early in 2024 close to Namibia’s protected Okavango Delta, Reuters reports. Although communities and environmentalists in Namibia have harshly...
The governments of Namibia and Botswana may be risking their water resources for oil and gas revenue. They have licensed a Canadian firm, ReconAfrica, to prospect for oil in the Cubango Okavango River Basin in an area covering 34 000km2. In total, the river basin covers 700 000km2, encompassing a network of river systems across Angola,...
The Namibian and Botswana governments may be risking their water resources for oil and gas revenue. They have licensed a Canadian firm, ReconAfrica, to prospect for oil in the Cubango Okavango River Basin, in an area covering 34,000km². In total, the river basin covers 700,000km², encompassing a network of river systems across Angola, Namibia and...