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More LNG than GH2: A Swapo election billboard outside Swakopmund that echoes the ruling party’s manifesto, which relegates green hydrogen to a supporting rather than main act in their vision of the future. (John Grobler)

Namibia’s green hydrogen economy stalls as Swapo shifts focus to hydro, gas

Oxpeckers tracked 14 GH2 projects in the country and found that implementation has been slow, with the only real growth being in bureaucracy

Minister of Mines and Energy Tom Alweendo, cautioning at the summit that overly-optimistic predictions of up to 250,000 jobs by 2030 may not be realistic but what mattered was the establishing of a new type of industry that he termed the second industrialisation revolution. Photo: John Grobler

Slow walk to deliver green hydrogen talk in Namibia

Taking stock of progress on Namibia’s ambitious green hydrogen programme

Farm 58 is phase one of a three-phase project that leads to a new industrial zone known as North Port on Walvis Bay’s northern outskirts. Graphic supplied

Walvis Bay’s Cleanergy plant leads the way in green hydrogen technology

An inside look at a green hydrogen plant that has made the most visible progress of nine projects under development in Namibia

Drought-stricken: The dry vista around Bloemhof and Geluk farms, bordering on the Namib-Naukluft National Park. Photo: John Grobler
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Green energy innovations are being developed in Namibia’s desert

Green hydrogen features in projects aimed at producing carbon-free steel and ammonia fuel for shipping and rail transport

Mokoena is working on a scheme to help pupils who are struggling with their studies

Namibia violates UN sanctions against North Korea

A military project between Namibia and North Korea is in defiance the UN Security Council. severely denting Namibia’s international reputation.

North Korea’s deals in Namibia a mystery

Just why the North Koreans have a headlock over all contracts to build national monuments in Namibia on a no-bid basis remains a mystery.

Namibian civil servants recently received pay increases after strikes threatened to cripple the country.

Namibia to table budget early as state runs out of cash

Namibia’s ministry of finance has taken the unusual step of advancing the tabling of the next financial budget a month earlier than usual.

Cuba’s President Fidel Castro

Namibia’s Geingob’s comeback paves way for Swapo moderates

Namibia’s leader seems to be preparing the ground for a new political direction for the country’s ruling party after reinstating Hage Geingbo.

Teachers are frustrated by slow wage negotiations between government and their unions.

Widespread strike rattles Namibia

Teachers have ignored a court order and they have joined forces with disgruntled nurses who were reined in by the state, writes John Grobler.

Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba.

Swapo divisions come to a head

Divisions within Namibia’s ruling Swapo deepened this week after Prime Minister Nahas Angula withdrew from the presidential race.

Former Namibian president Sam Nujoma.

Battle for Namibian presidency heats up

The gloves have come off in Swapo in the increasingly acrimonious battle for the Namibian presidential nomination.

Suspected Namibian secessionist acquitted after 13 years

Rodwell Kasika Mukendwa was accused number 106 in the trial in which a remaining 110 men face 278 charges of high treason.

According to the Commission for Gender Equality’s latest report, this practice is a direct attack on HIV-positive women.

Namibian sterilisation case could open floodgates

A ruling by the Namibian High Court brought by women who alleged they were sterilised by state against their will could open door for similar cases.

For the 10% of South Africans that do not have access to piped water

Water-short Namibia strikes it rich

The discovery of a giant aquifer beneath the country’s most populous region has been amazing news, writes John Grobler.

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Questions over Namibian rhino hunt

With 251 rhinos poached so far this year in SA, the expectation is that rhino hunting, especially that of the black rhino, will be shut down.

TransNamib’s biggest mistake was to bow to political pressure and buy problematic Chinese locomotives.

TransNamib begs for state help

Namibia’s partial privatisation of non-core state services appears to be heading up a dead-end track, writes John Grobler.

The Ruacana waterfall on the Kunene River

Power crunch catches up with Namibia

Namibia has plans to become a big energy player but consumers will feel the pain this winter, writes John Grobler.

TransNamib gravy train derails

A new scandal has revealed the staggering corruption that is bleeding Namibia’s state coffers.

Himba dragon myth not just hot air

Himba dragon myth not just hot air

Scientists say the mysterious circles, also known as "fairy circles", in the Namib desert may have been caused by oxygen-depleting methane.

Pipe dreams of a cybersquatter

Pipe dreams of a cybersquatter

Namibian businessperson Simon Kapenda has been punting grandiose schemes to develop the country, though his past is tainted with fraud allegations.