How were 41 Mineral Exploration Licenses In The Okavango Delta issued?

We would not have known had it not been for a team of international researchers who sounded the alarm, and one National geographic filmmaker with a passion for the Okavango, that our government has issued 41 mineral exploration licenses in the Okavango Delta alone.


 Work has begun and companies have been investing their technology and financial resources on mineral explorations around the Okavango. The Okavango Delta has been shown to possess minable deposits of diamonds, uranium, iron ore, coal bed methane, as well as oil deposits, according to information unearthed by The Monitor.

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Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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