Oxpeckers tracked 14 GH2 projects in Namibia, finding implementation has been slow and the only real growth has been in bureaucracy. John Grobler investigates With just 400, mostly temporary new jobs to show for millions spent in promoting a fossil-free…

John Grobler takes stock of progress on Namibia’s ambitious green hydrogen programme The Namibian government hosted the Global African Hydrogen Summit in Windhoek from September 3 to 5, but the reality on the ground outside the conference halls is that…

John Grobler takes an inside look at a green hydrogen project that has made the most visible progress of nine such projects currently under development in Namibia As strategic locations go to showcase cutting-edge green technology to an emerging market,…

As strategic locations go to showcase cutting-edge green technology to an emerging market, Cleanergy’s state-of-the-art green hydrogen plant on Farm 58 outside Walvis Bay could not get any better. Not only is this where the roads connecting Namibia’s three (planned)…

A group of Namibian and German entrepreneurs are developing a new smelting technology using green hydrogen that aims to reduce the negative effects of steel production. Globally the steel industry is estimated to contribute three million tonnes of carbon dioxide…

Hyphen’s ambitious GH2 venture is flawed and opaque, according to local critics. John Grobler spoke to them Two years ago, Namibian President Hage Geingob caught locals by surprise at the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow when his government appointed…

HUNDREDS of African Leadwood trees, illegally harvested four months ago in the Okombahe communal area, have been confiscated by the Directorate of Forestry, an investigation by The Namibian has established.Director of Forestry Joseph Hailwa on Wednesday confirmed the case.He said…

ABOUT 80 former Namibia Wildlife Resorts Company (NWR) workers have taken the State-owned resort operator to the Labour Court over its controversial ‘Public-Private Partnerships’ arrangement.The workers, many of whom had served more than 20 years, charge that the NWR changed…

NAMIBIA Wildlife Resorts Managing Director Tobie Aupindi was last week given a pay raise – up to N$1,674 million a year, or N$140 000 a month – in spite of mounting evidence of massive financial losses at the State-owned resort…

A SMALL but elite group of businesspeople and companies, most of whom are closely associated with Swapo, have emerged as the beneficiaries of concessions awarded over seven prime Namibia Wildlife Resorts Company (NWR) resorts from September 2007.These comprise the majority…

IN another case involving the Namundjebo family, it has emerged that Namibia Breweries Limited’s Oshikango depot was ‘sold’ to the Namundjebo-Tilahun Family Trust for N$611Ę000 – after NBL had invested more than N$7,5 million in a warehouse and Pick ‘n…

OSHAKATI businessman George Namundjebo has landed himself in some very hot legal water for illegally ‘selling’ an Ohlthaver & List property at Oshakati in December 2004 with forged company documents.With Namundjebo having sold the property for N$4,2 million to fruit…