The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Sankwasa James Sankwasa, has launched the ministry's revised Customer Service Charter, aimed at improving service delivery and strengthening accountability within the institution.
Deputy Minister of Urban and Rural Development Evelyn !Nawases-Taeyele has called on municipalities to fast-track the process of land delivery for housing.
She argued that land delivery is one of the critical enablers of development in any town.
Administrators of the City of Windhoek briefed the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Economy, Industry, Public Administration and Planning on urban development, infrastructure, and market plans.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has promised to ensure the decongestion of overpopulated informal settlements through the informal settlement upgrading programme.
President Nandi-Ndaitwah promised this during a meet-and-greet of Swapo Party members and sympathisers along the B1 road in Otavi.
Deputy Minister of Urban and Rural Development Evelyn !Nawases-Tayele has stressed that Kombat is a settlement under the administration of the Otjozondjupa Regional Council and has not been considered for proclamation as a town or village council.
The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, James Sankwasa, has called for a renewed commitment to ethical leadership as a cornerstone for Africa's economic transformation.
The Walvis Bay Municipality has allocated approximately 2,500 plots to different housing schemes in the town.
At Outapi in the Omusati Region, officials held a handover ceremony for certificates of landhold titles under the Flexible Land Tenure system, where over 200 project beneficiaries from Outapi received their certificates.
The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, James Sankwasa, says the ministry is yet to establish a formula on how funds are distributed to local authorities, which will be done by the next financial year.
The leadership of the City of Windhoek, together with the Deputy Minister of Urban and Rural Development, took a ride on Wednesday morning to experience the challenges commuters face with public transport.
The goal was to comprehend and tackle the everyday obstacles faced by city commuters.
