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Namibia’s finance minister said uranium miners are waiting for prices to recover before reviving projects in Africa’s biggest producer of the ore, which is needed for nuclear power in a world shifting away from fossil fuels. The semi-arid southwest African nation is investing in water facilities and is planning a second desalination plant to supply mines in the dry Erongo region in anticipation of higher uranium prices attracting investors, according to Finance Minister Ipumbu Shiimi.

There is significant tension not so much between the need for economic development and the need for climate action, but rather between the losses expected to be incurred as a result of climate inaction and the immense opportunities for growth that result from taking action, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) programme manager Louise Naudé has said. Speaking during a panel session at the Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association’s 2022 conference, in Johannesburg, on May 26, she said the idea that we have to somehow balance socioeconomic and environmental needs to effect a just energy transition was a false dichotomy, because pursuing climate goals would create immense socioeconomic opportunity.

Enlit Africa returns to Cape Town as a live conference and exhibition from June 7 to 9 this year, focusing on the current opportunities and challenges in the energy sector – from self-generation for municipalities and gas exploitation to renewable and energy storage solutions for the commercial and industrial sectors.

As South Africa experiences yet another period of load-shedding, the option of generating electricity for personal use is starting to look all the more attractive.

Water service utility Amatola Water, Makana municipality and consulting engineering company Bosch Projects continue to work hard to solve the water shortages in Makhanda, formerly Grahamstown, in the Eastern Cape.