BY: HANS-CHRISTIAN MAHNKE, 19 September 2024 | From 28 to 30 August 2024, over 40 Namibian and South African community activists and CSOs gathered in Windhoek to learn more about Green Hydrogen under the workshop theme “Shared Energy Futures: Civil society and community voices on Green Hydrogen”. The workshop took place in Windhoek and was organised by the Namibia Development Trust, Economic and Social Justice Trust and Frack Free Namibia, with support from the Heinrich Boell Foundation, Cape Town Office. The participants came from areas affected by Green Hydrogen developments in Namibia and South Africa. Namibian participants included Civic+264, LAC, IPPR, NDT, ESJT, CCN, MUN, TUCNA, FrackFree Namibia, Rights Not Rescue Trust, various conservancy representatives, the Erongo Regional Conservancy Association, Hanganeni...
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BY: RINAANI MUSUTUA & BEN SCHERNICK, 4 October 2024 | Following nationwide protests, the last one taking place on Heroes Day, 26th August 2024, petitions for a Universal/Unconditional Basic Income Grant (U-BIG) were handed to representatives of the Namibian government. A delegation from the BIG Coalition had this week (4 Sept.’24) met with the Minister of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare and high-ranking officials from her Ministry to discuss the need for, benefits of, and ways towards implementing such Universal Basic Income in Namibia. The discussions were fruitful, and the Ministry gave an update on the background and status quo of current social protection mechanisms, as well as on identified challenges towards a truly Universal Basic Income Grant from...
