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Is it development or displacement? Reinhold Mangundu explores the hidden costs of uranium mining near the Stampriet Aquifer. While profits and jobs are often promised, the long-term risks to Namibia’s groundwater—the foundation of survival for 50,000 people—cannot be ignored. This article examines the blurred lines between corporate influence and environmental governance, asking a vital question: Will we protect our ecological lifelines or sacrifice them for short-term gain?

Is Namibia’s "Wings Project" a flight to disaster? Our latest piece explores the "Schlettwein Legacy"—a stand against the industrial exploitation of the Stampriet Aquifer. With 70+ illegal boreholes already flagged, the risk to our water sovereignty, "Brand Namibia" exports like Kalahari Lamb, and the Gondwana tourism experience is too high. We can't trade a permanent agricultural engine for a 25-year mining mirage. Our water is our future. Let’s keep it pure.

Namibia faces a "Point of No Return". Mining companies claim In-Situ Recovery (ISR) uranium mining is safe, but global data shows that once an aquifer is contaminated, it cannot be "un-poisoned". This isn't just local; the Stampriet is a transboundary system sustaining Botswana and South Africa. We are gambling with water security for a short-term payday. We can survive without uranium, but we cannot survive without clean water.

SAUMA engages with the IAEA on the proposed uranium in situ leaching mining project in Omaheke. Learn about groundwater risks, environmental concerns, and the call for an independent hydrogeological study.

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process should ensure that any development project in Namibia is socially just.

Namibian government has awarded uranium prospecting licenses to several mining companies across the aquifer system.