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Oil refinery in the pipeline

1 week ago - 07 July 2019 | Infrastructure

Walvis Bay • Otis Finck Clasox Petroleum has applied to acquire 10 ha of land behind Dune 7 at Farm 58 for the construction of an oil refinery. The Namibian-registered company...

Air Nam back in the skies

2 weeks ago - 30 June 2019 | Infrastructure

Air Namibia announced that the frequency of some flights that were suspended earlier this month, have been restored. This development came about thanks to one of the airline's A319s having completed its maintenance checks.In June,...

Small plant, big impact

2 weeks ago - 30 June 2019 | Infrastructure

Windhoek • Clemens von Alten Without adequate energy, sustainable development is impossible – a huge challenge in a large, sparsely populated country like Namibia. Nevertheless, small investments can make a big difference, as a project...

Building bridges

3 weeks ago - 23 June 2019 | Infrastructure

Construction work continues on the Windhoek - Hosea Kutako International Airport road, with works set to start again on the bridge over Frank Fredericks drive in Kleine Kuppe. In a notice published by the China...

Hundreds of houses unoccupied

1 month - 16 June 2019 | Infrastructure

A total of 1 201 houses constructed under the government’s Mass Housing Project countrywide are unoccupied either because they are incomplete, dilapidated, unaffordable or faulty. This is based on figures provided earlier this week by...

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Windhoekers owe millions

1 month - 09 June 2019 | Infrastructure

Elvira HattinghResidents whose accounts are 120 days and more in arrears, owe the municipality (CoW) around N$450 million.According to the city's PRO, Lydia Amutenya, individuals...

New Safari development on the cards

1 month - 09 June 2019 | Infrastructure

A notice inviting interested and affected parties to attend a public meeting on the proposed development of a mixed use complex located on the property...

Toilet in hotel se plek

2 months ago - 19 May 2019 | Infrastructure

Okahandja • Yolanda NelTwee maande ná die Okahandja Hotel-gebou stil-stil in die dorp gesloop is, het inwoners nou 'n nuwe hoofpyn, met die rommel wat...

Stadsraad grootste water morsjorse

2 months ago - 05 May 2019 | Infrastructure

Yolanda NelTwee maande ná ’n lekkasie by die munisipaliteit aangemeld is, het die navraag uiteindelik aandag geniet en is dit herstel.’n Inwoner van Windhoek sê...

Amendments bring more erven

2 months ago - 05 May 2019 | Infrastructure

Yolanda NelPlans to amend the general plan for Cimbebasia Extension 4 will see close to 200 erven that will be made available to the public.The...

Housing upgrades in pilot phase

2 months ago - 28 April 2019 | Infrastructure

The informal settlement upgrade pilot project (ISUPP) will be rolled out in the Katutura and Otjomuise residential areas in due course. In the meantime, this...

Only unoccupied structures to go

3 months ago - 15 April 2019 | Infrastructure

Yolanda Nel The bid to remove illegal structures on municipal land only refers to unauthorised incomplete and unoccupied structures. In an effort to clear the...

Here's how to buy a...

3 months ago - 07 April 2019 | Infrastructure

In reaction to government's efforts to alleviate the housing shortage and to reduce the housing backlog, Bank Windhoek announced that it will offer financing to...

Nog huise kom vir Otjomuise

3 months ago - 24 March 2019 | Infrastructure

Windhoek • Yolanda Nel Terwyl honderde huise in Otjomuise uitbreiding 10 nog steeds leeg staan ná dit gebou is in die hoop om die behuisingsnood...

Linking up Namibia

4 months ago - 17 March 2019 | Infrastructure

Swakopmund • Otis Finck The minister of works and transport, John Mutorwa, and the deputy minister of national planning, Piet van der Walt, conducted site...

Housing scheme will succeed –...

4 months ago - 22 February 2019 | Infrastructure

Ogone Tlhage • Windhoek The Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) of Namibia is confident that its investment into housing will succeed.To date, the GIPF has...

Homeless project to construct 30...

5 months ago - 17 February 2019 | Infrastructure

About 30 destitute inhabitants of the Kalahari constituency will soon own decent houses thanks to the Kalahari Homeless Shelter project.The regional councillor for Kalahari constituency,...

Shot in the arm for...

5 months ago - 10 February 2019 | Infrastructure

Clemens von Alten • WindhoekThe Polycare Research Technology Namibia factory brings the hope of finally addressing Namibia's housing crisis. “Building houses from desert sand and...