1. DRILLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF MONITORING BOREHOLES ALONG THE MOHOKARE RIVER
  2. Construction of Three (3) Hydrometric Stations for Department of Water Affairs
  3. Press release- ORASECOM welcomes new head, Executive Secretary – Molosiwa
  4. Consulting Services to provide technical support and facilitate private sector engagement within the Orange-Senqu River Basin
  5. Executive Secretary: Orange Senqu River Commission
  6. TERMS OF REFERENCE For The Appointment of a Service Provider for The Review of The Estuarine Management Plan (EMP) For The Orange – Senqu River Mouth Estuary
  7. PROCUREMENT, SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF EQUIPMENT FOR /AI- /AIS NATIONAL PARK AND DREIHUK PROSOPIS HARVESTING SITES, IN NAMIBIA
  8. Consultancy services to facilitate the marketing and sales of prosopis products for /ai-/ais, dreihuk, gibeon and mariental pilot sites
  9. Support to the Orange River Mouth rehabilitation project
  10. Namibia prepares for combating Prosopis
  11. ORASECOM is hiring consultants
  12. 4th SADC Groundwater Conference 10-12 November 2021
  13. Botswana Desalination Plant Project Launched
  14. 39th IAHR World Congress
  15. Water is a matter of life and death – Opinion piece
  16. Webinar: Transboundary Water Management under conditions of Climate and Political Uncertainty: Middle Eastern and South African Perspectives
  17. World Water Week Groundwater Webinar
  18. Interview with Lenka Thamae, Executive Secretary of ORASECOM on the Lesotho-Botswana Water Transfer scheme
  19. Webinar Series: Groundwater – Base Rock of Resilience
  20. Climate Resilient Water Resources Investment Strategy & Plan & Lesotho-Botswana Water Transfer (L-BWT) Project
  21. GIZ
  22. Joint Water Resources Quality Survey (JBS)
  23. FGEF Support
  24. Water Information System (WIS)
  25. Joint Irrigation Authority (JIA)
  26. Water Information System (WIS)
  27. Adequate Rainfall Predicted for SADC October-December Season
  28. Orange-Senqu Basin Wide Groundwater Survey
  29. Fundraising for the Lesotho-Botswana Water Transfer Project
  30. Orange-Senqu River Awareness Kit
  31. International Conference on FRESH WATER GOVERNANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, 5th – 7th November, 2012, Champagne Sports Resort, Central Drakensburg (KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa
  32. 4th Orange-Senqu River Basin Symposium, 6th – 7th June 2012, Campus of the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
  33. The African Transboundary River Basin Support Programme came to an end
  34. Towards Transboundary Evironmental Assessment Guidelines for the Orange-Senqu River Basin
  35. ORASECOM initiates work on the Orange-Senqu River Learning Box
  36. The ORASECOM Secretariat takes delivery of a three dimensional map of the basin
  37. ORASECOM publishes its “State of the Orange-Senqu River System” Report
  38. ORASECOM initiates work on the Orange-Senqu River Learning Box
  39. Training on Aquatic Ecosystem Health Monitoring
  40. The Urban Pollution Workshop at Mohale Dam
  41. Phase 2 of an IWRM Plan Development Project came to an end
  42. ORASECOM opens the Secretariat offices
  43. ORASECOM is visited by the Volta Basin Authority
  44. Training on Water Resources Yield Simulation Models
  45. ORASECOM at the 3rd Africa Water Week in Addis Ababa
  46. ORASECOM comes of age at 10!
  47. ORASECOM participates in the 13th International RiverSymposium
  48. ORASECOM works with the Benguela Current Commission
  49. Environmental Flows Requirements Site selection and survey for Caledon, Kraai, South Africa & Lesotho
  50. First Delphi Workshop, June 2010, North West, South Africa
  51. ORASECOM Prepares for the Joint Basin Survey – 1
  52. Workshop on Stakeholder Participation – Maseru, Lesotho
  53. Visit of the Nile Equatorial Subsidiary Action Plan group
  54. Visit to Lesotho Flow Gauging Stations

Press release- ORASECOM welcomes new head, Executive Secretary – Molosiwa

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Press release

ORASECOM welcomes new head, Executive Secretary – Molosiwa

The transboundary river basin organisation of four countries, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa, Orange – Senqu River Commission (ORASECOM) welcomes the new chief accounting officer and Secretariat head, Executive Secretary (ES), Mr Comfort Molosiwa, a national of the Republic of Botswana.

Mr Molosiwa takes over as the first Botswana citizen to occupy this executive position after the inaugural ORASECOM Executive Secretary, Mr Lenka Thamae from the Kingdom of Lesotho. The new Executive Secretary assumed his position on the 01st of May 2024, on a five-year contract.

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Mr Molosiwa holds a Master’s degree in Hydrogeology from the University of London, a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology and Geophysics from the University of Connecticut and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Hydrogeology from the University College London. He brings a wealth of experience in the water and natural resources field to ORASECOM, with over 40 years working in the public service, private sector, and international organisations.

Executive Secretary joins ORASECOM at a critical time when the organisation is undergoing the review of its environmental Strategic Action Plan (SAP) as it draws to conclusion and to develop a new 10 year SAP. The ORASECOM’s all-encompassing Integrated Water Resources Management Plan (IWRMP) is also ending this year, hence the arrival of Mr Molosiwa is ideal as he is expected to spearhead the development of the new one and its execution.

The new Executive Secretary, Mr. Molosiwa steps into ORASECOM at a pivotal juncture as the organisation strives to operationalise its Integrated Water Resource Management Plan. With the formulation of an infrastructure investment plan and certain basin-wide strategies completed, ORASECOM is gearing up to convene a donor conference later this year to secure financing for implementation. The new Executive Secretary, Mr. Molosiwa will play a crucial role in driving resource mobilization efforts and strategically positioning the organization to provide robust support to State Parties in executing these plans.

In his inaugural address to the Secretariat staff at the ORASECOM Head Office in Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa, Mr Molosiwa said, “I would like to thank you all, especially the former Executive Secretary Thamae for taking this organisation from infancy to being a well-established river basin organisation”

He added that he was delighted to join an already strong team which will assist him in taking the organisation to greater hights and attain the aspirations and vision of ORASECOM.

Furthermore, Executive Secretary Molosiwa had an opportunity to pay a courtesy call to South Africa’s Ms Lindiwe Lusenga, the acting Substantive Chairperson of the ORASECOM’s Council of Commissioners, as well as visit the ORASECOM Lesotho office in Maseru. The office is managing the Lesotho–Botswana Water Transfer Project. He also met with delegates from the Ministry of Natural Resources.

During his visit, the Executive Secretary seized the chance to explore the proposed dam site for the Lesotho–Botswana Water Transfer project. He emphasised the crucial need to accelerate feasibility studies, underscoring how this project could significantly enhance communities and stimulate economic growth across Botswana, Lesotho, and South Africa.

During his meeting with the Lesotho delegation from the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Executive Secretary expressed gratitude for their steadfast involvement in ORASECOM’s initiatives. He emphasized the importance of sustained engagement from the commissioners and called upon them to collaborate in overcoming obstacles, especially in expediting the completion of feasibility studies for the Lesotho-Botswana Water Transfer Project.

ORASECOM was formed to among other things promote the equitable and sustainable development of the resources of the Orange-Senqu River. ORASECOM provides a forum for consultation and coordination between the riparian states to promote integrated water resources management and development within the basin.

 

ENDS.