Namibia has reiterated its concerns that the Lesotho Highlands Water Project LHWP could affect downstream irrigation along the Orange River in the Karas region, home to the countrys budding Aussenkehr table grape area.
In a statement issued on Friday, Namibia's current minister of agriculture, fisheries, water and land reform, Ingenesia Inge Zaamwani, said the government of President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah was still waiting for a response from South Africa about the potential impact that Phase 2 of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project could have on Namibias agricultural interests.
As a result, Zaamwanis department has made it clear it has not issued a no objection to Phase 2 of the project.
