Namibia to build second desalination plant in January

Drought-prone Namibia, currently facing its worst drought in over a century, will start constructing its long-awaited second desalination plant in January 2025, the minister of agriculture said on Wednesday. Approval for a second desalination plant with a capacity of about 20 million cubic metres has been granted, and the plant is expected to be commissioned by early 2027, said Calle Schlettwein, minister of agriculture, water and land reform.