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Linking up Namibia

6 days 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 visits to various ongoing road construction and upgrading projects funded...

Housing scheme will succeed – GIPF

4 weeks 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 invested N$1.38 billion into housing infrastructure projects, N$600 million into...

Homeless project to construct 30 houses in Omaheke

1 month - 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, Ignatius Kariseb, initiated the project in 2016 with the aim...

Shot in the arm for cheaper housing

1 month - 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 without water borders on magic,” said a visibly impressed Vice...

Watertoevoer bly 'n uitdaging

2 months ago - 21 January 2019 | Infrastructure

Op Groot Aub sê inwoners hulle gaan soms dae lank sonder water.Tydens 'n onlangse onderhoud met Nampa, het inwoners van die ne-dersetting wat sowat 45km suidoos van Windhoek geleë is, gesê die nimmereindigende probleme met...

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Pond vleis vir verkeersligte

2 months ago - 20 January 2019 | Infrastructure

Minder as N$250 000 is verlede jaar deur die Windhoekse stadsradad vir die herstel van 31 verkeersligte spandeer.Volgens Harold Akwenye, korporatiewe kommunikasie en bemarkingsbestuurder by...

Shelter to improve housing

3 months ago - 17 December 2018 | Infrastructure

Around 11% of households in the Kalahari constituency in the Omaheke region live in improvised housing or shacks.An assessment conducted by the constituency office discovered...

A town looking forward to change

3 months ago - 10 December 2018 | Infrastructure

Nina Cerezo - “For more than 80 years, Oranjemund was an isolated diamond town with the local economy almost completely based on the mining of...

Transboundary water project now a reality

3 months ago - 26 November 2018 | Infrastructure

More than half of the population depends on the Angola-Namibia Transboundary Water Supply Project, according to Namibia's agriculture, water and forestry minister, Alpheus !Naruseb, who...

Gemeenskap vat herstel in eie hand

4 months ago - 19 November 2018 | Infrastructure

Yolanda Nel - Die gemeenskap van Rehoboth hou asem op vir 1 Desember wanneer hulle beoog om die Reho Spa te heropen.Die Rehoboth dorpsraad het...

More residential erven outside the capital

4 months ago - 12 November 2018 | Infrastructure

Yolanda NelYet another development outside the capital proposes to use the surrounds to create a tranquil atmosphere set in a low density living environment.The intended...

Another development outside Windhoek

4 months ago - 05 November 2018 | Infrastructure

Yolanda Nel - An environmental impact assessment will be carried for another development south of Windhoek, slated to be established on Portion 1 of Farm...

Chinese bidders rule the roost

4 months ago - 29 October 2018 | Infrastructure

Yolanda Nel - Of the 32 bids received in the pre-qualification round for the construction of Trunk Road 9/1 from Windhoek to Hosea Kutako international...

Omitara receives toilets

5 months ago - 22 October 2018 | Infrastructure

The community of Omitara in the Omaheke region received newly constructed ablution facilities, constructed as part of council's capital projects earlier this week.A total of...

Resolutions tackle urban land crisis...

5 months ago - 22 October 2018 | Infrastructure

Jana-Mari SmithStakeholders concerned about Namibia’s urban housing crisis especially in regard to the explosive growth of informal settlements, have praise for some of the 55...

NamPower's monopoly secured, for now

5 months ago - 22 October 2018 | Infrastructure

Plans to break NamPower's monopoly have seemingly been delayed as government is stalling with plans to dismantle its dominance and do away with the single-buyer...

New hospital on the cards

5 months ago - 15 October 2018 | Infrastructure

The development of a new township that, amongst others, includes a hospital, is in the process of being gazetted and registered.According to a recently published...

Waste facility opens in WHK

5 months ago - 15 October 2018 | Infrastructure

The Windhoek municipality is tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that all waste generated within the city is managed so as to minimise its potential...