Deep threats of drilling the Orange Basin
Climate change, over-fishing and oil-related pollution are collapsing the marine environment off the West Coast. Now there’s the added threat of off-shore oil and gas exploration...
14 November, 2025
Namibian poaching links
The Boegoeberg Blues: A small Nama tribe holds the key to the Orange Oil Basin’s future
A landmark ConCourt ruling has made the Nama people the gate-keepers of ambitious plans to turn the Northern Cape into an energy and mining hub. John Grobler investigates...
18 July, 2025
Namibia plans to become an energy powerhouse – but is it realistic?
Namibia is pinning its economic hopes on development of the Orange Oil Basin. What does this mean for a small economy not ready for a major oil rush? John Grobler...
30 April, 2025
Elections take the shine off green hydrogen
Oxpeckers tracked 14 GH2 projects in Namibia, finding implementation has been slow and the only real growth has been in bureaucracy. John Grobler investigates...
11 October, 2024
Slow walk to deliver GH2 talk in Namibia
John Grobler takes stock of progress on Namibia’s ambitious green hydrogen programme...
10 September, 2024
‘Future-proofing’ green hydrogen investments
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...
07 August, 2024
Green energy innovations in the desert
Green hydrogen features in Namibian projects aimed at producing carbon-free steel and ammonia fuel for shipping and rail transport. John Grobler reports...
05 July, 2024
Where’s the water for GH2 plan in Namib Desert?
John Grobler travels to the Daures Green Hydrogen Village pilot project in Namibia to find some answers...
23 January, 2024
How green is this hydrogen valley?
Puros is the northern-most of three ‘hydrogen valleys’ identified in the Namibian government’s GH2 masterplan. John Grobler visited to find out why...
18 January, 2024
Green concerns over green hydrogen
Namibia’s ambitious GH2 project poses threats to a sensitive biodiversity hotspot and local communities, critics say. John Grobler investigates...
17 November, 2023