Three conservancies in Namibia and their joint venture partner are trying to fight off a mine that threatens wildlife and community welfare because it will ruin tourism.
The blurb for an editorial in The Namibian newspaper on 9 November read: “From Kavango to Kunene, down south across the breadth and width of Namibia, the scramble for the country’s mineral, oil and energy sources is in overdrive.”
The article ended: “Government officials have turned Namibia into an unsustainable El Dorado with a vicious cycle of short-term searches for riches dishing out mining exploration licences to a select few.”
As you read this, graders, excavators and tipper trucks are hacking a road through three conservancies famous for their conservation…
