South Africa and Namibia are due to discuss shared water-resource priorities during Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina’s 10–14 November working visit.
The programme includes a meeting with Namibia’s minister Inge Zaamwani and the Permanent Water Commission on Wednesday, 11 November. The commission advises the two countries on developing and using water resources of common interest.
A government report published on Tuesday, citing department spokesperson Wisane Mavasa, also lists an address at the Namibia Regional Water Symposium in Swakopmund. That symposium is scheduled for 10–13 November.
Majodina is expected to discuss regional governance, climate resilience and investment in water infrastructure and technology. The programme is a statement of planned engagements, not confirmation of a new agreement.
The two ministers are also scheduled to visit Akoande in the Oshikoto Region on Friday, 13 November. The report says Rand Water is implementing a drought-relief support programme there, funded by South Africa through the Africa Renaissance Fund.
The visit preview does not establish completed talks, new funding commitments or the outcome of the planned site visit.
Contextual archive photograph of the E-rand reservoir and water tower in Midrand, South Africa, taken on 10 May 2014; not infrastructure in Namibia or a project visited on this trip. Photo: Ossewa (Igmar Grewar) / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johannesburg_Water_E-rand_Reservoir.jpg . Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ . Cropped and resized for display; adapted image shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
