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The National Housing Enterprise (NHE) has so far constructed 144 houses to the value of N$59.5 million in the Oshana, Oshikoto and Omusati regions.

Member of Parliament Paul Isaak has moved that local authorities devise mechanisms to give the urban poor and landless free land for housing, and perhaps only charge for land servicing.

Minister of Urban and Rural Development Erastus Uutoni said he was disturbed by disputes within some of the traditional communities that have “really” reached an alarming rate.

The Rani Group has put aside N$1.4 million for 70 bursaries as part initiative to educate a Namibian child.

Government and stakeholders are working tirelessly to reach the most vulnerable communities who are at risk due to weather-related impacts and to unlock Namibia’s agricultural potential.

Several farmers in the Omaheke region on Thursday took to the streets of Gobabis, opposing bail to individuals forming part of an alleged stock theft “syndicate”.

Omusati region has seen an alarming increase in cases of assault, stock theft, and break-ins, Omusati police revealed.

A total of 26 000 people in the northern regions are in demand of National Housing Enterprises (NHE) houses.

The only long-term answer for Namibia’s adequate water solution is to install desalination facilities, as Agriculture Minister Calle Schlettwein forewarned yesterday that climate change is also eating away at the water sector.

With the end of 2023 drawing near, President Hage Geingob and his administration reflected on the events of the year yesterday.