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Heavy public criticism and petition reveal SA’s fossil fuel furore

ReconAfrica and its critics are returning to the fray as the company moves towards Namibian drilling in the very near term.

At the end of January, Canadian oil and gas company Reconnaissance Africa (ReconAfrica) discreetly announced it expected approvals shortly for a second seismic survey and the drilling of three to six additional test wells in northeastern Namibia’s Kavango Basin. Residents and environmental campaigners say the company is breaking the law. ReconAfrica is prospecting for oil […]

“Our continent cannot keep supplying the Global North. We can't.” —INA-MARIA SHIKONGO, Fridays For Future Windhoek

Will Africa Be the Last Oil Frontier? A major struggle over resources is unfolding in southern Africa. In the wildlife preserves of the Okavango Delta—home to 200,000 people and spanning parts of Namibia and Botswana—a Canadian oil company is drilling for oil over the fierce opposition of indigenous people, activists and environmental experts. The company, Reconnaissance Energy Africa—known as ReconAfrica—has a plan objectionable to virtually everyone except its investors and Namibian and Botswanan government partners who have granted permits for exploratory tests: it promises to unle...