Namibia must lead Africa’s energy independence shift: Ithete

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2025-04-09

SWAKOPMUND, 09 April 2025 - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industrialisation, Mines and Energy Natangwe Ithete (front second left), Erongo Governor Neville Andre Itope (front far left), Swakopmund Mayor Blasius Goraseb (standing right), Chairperson of RERA Skhumbuzo Tsabedze (sitting second right), photographed with Electricity Control Board CEO Robert Kahimise (far right sitting) and ECB Deputy Board Chairperson Tiama Tjivikua (standing left) at the opening of the Regional Energy Regulators Association of Southern Africa (RERA) annual conference in Swakopmund on Wednesday. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 09 APR (NAMPA) – “Africa, and in particular Namibia, must produce its own electricity; we cannot afford to remain dependent on external sources while our citizens face rising tariffs and unreliable access.”
These were the sentiments expressed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Mines, Energy and Industry, Natangwe Ithete, at the opening of the Regional Energy Regulators Association of Southern Africa (RERA) annual conference in S...

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