Large scale land acquisitions by foreign investors in Africa for agricultural purposes continue to capture attention worldwide. In recent years Namibia has received some proposals from multi-national agricultural corporations to develop large scale irrigation projects, mainly in Namibia's water rich northeastern regions. However, to date none of these proposed large scale projects have materialized. But, while foreign investors might not have been making headways into acquiring land in Namibia's communal areas, another form of "land grabbing" driven by politically well-connected locals is taking place.