SWAKOPMUND – The Erongo Desalination Plant, one of Namibia’s key strategic water assets, marked its 15 years in existence on Friday. The utility, which to date has supplied more than 123 million cubic litres of water to mines and households in the region, also celebrated the fact that this was done safely — without a...
HENTIES BAY – The Henties Bay municipality is tackling its serviced land shortage head-on by offering 600 square metres of fully serviced plots for just N$1 600 to ultra-low-income residents. The initiative was sparked by the demand for affordable housing at the town. The programme includes a strict vetting process to ensure land goes to...
SWAKOPMUND – Urban and Rural Development Minister James Sankwasa has raised concern over widespread financial and administrative mismanagement at both regional and local authority levels. Sankwasa was addressing governors, regional and local councillors, as well as CEOs from the Erongo, Omusati, Ohangwena, Oshana, Kavango East, Zambezi, Kavango West and Kunene regions yesterday during a high-level...
SWAKOPMUND – The Swakopmund Municipality has successfully risen above political interference and pressure, leading to meaningful development that continues to benefit both residents and the town’s economy. This is the fervent position of CEO Archie Benjamin, who attributed their success largely to political maturity among councillors, who chose to put their differences aside in favour...
!GOMENǁGAMS – !Gomenǁgams !Ā!khōmais ge ǀgaisa marisihuib, N$75 miljuns diba Ministeris Kai!ā tsî !Garo!ā Omkhâisens disa xu ge !khō!oa, îs Green Valley ti hâ ǁanǁguib, !nāsase Farm 37 ti ǀgui a ǂansaba ǂnuwi. Nēsa xu ra !huises ge Dana Sîsenǂuira Mâisas, Victoria Kapendasa ǁîs !ereamsa tani hâ ministerisa ǀgūǀkhā tsî !ā!khōmais !Garo!ā 37 ǀkha ūhâ...
SWAKOPMUND – When he is not running one of the country’s busiest local authorities or attending to his family and friends, he is deep into his thoughts, recording and penning. For Swakopmund CEO Alfeus Benjamin, writing is more than just a hobby. It is a personal outlet, a leadership tool and a way of documenting...
WALVIS BAY – The fishing industry has been cautioned against employee ‘poaching’ or luring workers employed by another company to come to work for them, as it destabilises the industry. The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform Inge Zaamwani says the practice also undermines the government’s employment interventions. Zaamwani cautioned the industry over...
WALVIS BAY – Namibian correctional facilities have seen a significant decline in terms of cellphone smuggling following the introduction of the Telio Inmate Telephone System. Telio provides inmates with secure communication capabilities while maintaining security and control within correctional facilities. It focuses on one-way calls from inmates to approved contact numbers, recording all calls, and...
WALVIS BAY – The Walvis Bay Municipality has received a massive financial boost of N$75 million from the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development for the development of Green Valley, also known as Farm 37. As a result, the current CEO, Victoria Kapenda, approached the line ministry to accelerate council plans for Farm 37. Making...
WALVIS BAY – After years of protests, arrests and a petrol bomb, the Daure Daman community’s cries for accountability have finally reached the government’s ears. Urban and Rural Development Minister James Sankwasa has now stepped in – ordering the authority’s chief, Zacharias Seibeb, to respond to serious allegations of financial mismanagement under his watch. Seibeb...