Oil and gas conference

In our race for progress – we cannot forget that sustainable development is not ONLY about technological advancement. Presentation by Corinna van Wyk at the Oil and Gas Conference It is ultimately about the nurturing, protecting and levelling the core of progress: Our natural resources and its custodians without which development cannot...

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Urban Land Reform

What is Namibia doing about Urban Land Reform? Background For the best part of the first two decades after Namibia’s independence, the Namibian government has focused on commercial agricultural land reform. The Agricultural (Commercial) Land Reform Act was enacted in 1995, five years after Namibia gained independence. Against the political rhetoric that the...

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Kashela Case Presentation

Following the October 2021 Stakeholder engagement breakfast meeting, the Land, Environment and Sustainable Development Department (LEAD) presented the same case to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources after being invited by Hon Tweya who could not attend the first meeting, to share the same discussion with the whole committee...

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Communal Land and Local Authorities

Today the LAC held a stakeholder engagement event regarding “Communal Land and Local Authorities” with the presence of the newly appointed Ombudsman Basilius Dyakugha. The Ombudsman The Ombudsman LAC at work Willem Odendaal Frieda Andreas Corinna van Wyk The presentation and discussions were focused around the ruling of the Supreme Court on Kashela Vs Katima...

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