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Save water – or else, City of Windhoek warns

1 month - 07 July 2019 | Government

An increase of 5% on the majority of water tariffs along with a drought tariff structure came into effect on 1 July after approval by the City of Windhoek (CoW) last week. This is in...

Reho soek inwoners aan stuur

4 months ago - 14 April 2019 | Government

Rehoboth • Yolanda NelDie soektog duur voort vir 'n geskikte kandidaat om die pos van uitvoerende hoof van die Rehoboth dorpsraad te vul. Intussen is inwoners hoopvol dat iemand van die dorp dié pos binnekort...

Gobabis spog met junior dorpsraad

5 months ago - 17 March 2019 | Government

Gobabis • Yolanda Nel Die Gobabis dorspraad spog vir die eerste keer met ’n junior dorpsraad wat uit 12 leerlinge van drie plaaslike skole bestaan.Volgens die skakelbeampte van die Gobabis dorpsraad, Frederick Ueitele, word daar...

CoW backtracks on water bills

5 months ago - 10 March 2019 | Government

After many residents queried their high water bills, the City of Windhoek has undertaken to rectify the backdated charges of single household consumers.“A water scarcity was declared on 1 August last year. The declaration of...

/Goagoses vs residents

5 months ago - 24 February 2019 | Government

Rehoboth • Jemima Beukes While it seems some Rehoboth residents are praising the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development's (MURD) representative in the Rehoboth Town Council, Nathalia /Goagoses, others do not share the sentiment./Goagoses announced...

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Okahandja sit met hande in die hare

6 months ago - 03 February 2019 | Government

Yolanda Nel • OkahandjaDie uitvoerende hoof van die Okahandja-munisipaliteit is gefrustreerd oor raadslede wat nie ingehuldig word nie.“Die raad is verdeel,” het me. Martha Mutilifa...

City's capped budget safe for residents

6 months ago - 03 February 2019 | Government

Jana-Mari Smit • WindhoekRural and urban development minister Peya Mushelenga confirmed this week that the painstaking and nearly six-month approach he adopted before he approved...

Christmas lunch for Windhoek’s elderly

8 months ago - 17 December 2018 | Government

Windhoek’s mayor last week hosted a Christmas lunch for the city’s elderly residents at the Katutura multipurpose centre field.Speaking at the event, mayor Muesee Kazapua...

Town planners want ad requirements altered

8 months ago - 03 December 2018 | Government

Yolanda Nel - Your neighbour plans on erecting a three-storey dwelling next door that will block your view.The person across the street wants to rezone...

Okh-dorpsraad se waardasies te hoog

8 months ago - 26 November 2018 | Government

Yolanda Nel - Talle huiseienaars op Okahandja is moedeloos ná die munisipaliteit glo erken het dat sekere munisipale waardasies nie reg is nie, maar weier...

Windhoekers wasting water

8 months ago - 26 November 2018 | Government

Given the heat wave the country is currently experiencing, it can be expected that water consumption has increased. However, this has dire consequences for the...

Water and electricity still on ... for now

9 months ago - 12 November 2018 | Government

Yolanda Nel - The education ministry owes the City of Windhoek more than N$32 million in outstanding water and electricity debt.This is according to Harold...

Resolusies aanvaar

10 months ago - 08 October 2018 | Government

Elvira Hattingh - Die grondkonferensie het Vrydagaand afgesluit met pres. Hage Geingob wat Namibiërs die versekering gegee het dat merkwaardige veranderinge in grondhervorming voorts gesien...

Heroes honoured in WHK

10 months ago - 08 October 2018 | Government

Yolanda Nel - Several streets in the capital were renamed during a mass street renaming ceremony hosted by the City of Windhoek last week.Council made...

City to ease burden on...

10 months ago - 08 October 2018 | Government

Jana-Mari Smith - The City of Windhoek announced the imminent electrification of parts of Okahandja Park and Havana as well as six priority areas in...

Nuwe HUB gesoek

10 months ago - 01 October 2018 | Government

Die Rehoboth dorpsraad (RTC) sal op 1 November hopelik weer teen November ’n nuwe hoof uitvoerende beampte (HUB) hê, ná Christoph |Uirab vroeër vanjaar aangedui...

Agreement between CoW and NUST

10 months ago - 01 October 2018 | Government

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the City of Windhoek (CoW) and the University of Science and Technology (NUST) was approved during council meeting on...

City sued

11 months ago - 17 September 2018 | Government

Marc Springer - The developers of the Elisenheim estate have sued the Windhoek City Council for alleged breach of contract, saying that they lost interest...