7 June 2021
RUNDU – Communal land boards across the country are facing a challenge of many requests for land in their areas, with over 30 000 applications yet to be processed, land reform minister Calle Schlettwein has said. Applications for both existing and new customary land rights have increasingly gone…
17 May 2021
The restitution of ancestral land rights in Namibia has since independence divided opinions. Some argue it is a fitting process in dealing with colonial era land dispossessions, while others are concerned about the complexity of implementing this kind of restitution. At independence, the Namibian…
11 May 2021
Namibians allege ReconAfrica disposed of wastewater unsafely, without permits, and ignored concerns about potential impact of oil drilling on water and wildlife. ReconAfrica, a Canadian company exploring for oil and gas in Namibia upstream of a world-famous UNESCO World Heritage site that’s home…
Value: $23,100,000.00
Donors: United States Agency for International Development
Value: $61,000.00
Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Value: $12,100,000.00
Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Value: $5,270,000.00
Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Value: $18,990,000.00
Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Value: $3,700,000.00
Donors: European Union
It is recognised that Namibia’s future is predominantly urban. In 2018 50% of the population lived in urban areas, increasing from 28% at independence.
14 December 2018
Land governance covers all activities associated with the management of land and natural resources that are required to fulfil political and social objectives. Good and transparent land governance will serve a country's national resources management, the rights of its citizens, and lead to a…
Around the world, insecure property rights prevent families from feeling confident about the future, businesses from investing, and communities from becoming more productive. Hundreds of millions of us lack property security. This makes the world poorer, less free, and less just. There is a growing…
