The City of Windhoek has rejected calls for a municipal payment boycott, warning residents that failure to pay for water and electricity services could result in legal action, interest charges, and continued disconnections.
Windhoek residents will have to come up with funds, and urgently so, or face water and electricity disconnection.
Some elderly residents NBC News spoke to expressed concern.
Sixty-eight-year-old Anna Doeses relies almost entirely on her pension grant.
The City of Windhoek Council has approved several major development initiatives aimed at boosting the local economy, enhancing infrastructure, and improving public safety across the capital, as well as a new residential township in Cimbebasia.
Residents of Nile Street in Windhoek's Wanaheda area have been waiting for answers over delays in the completion of a road upgrade that has left them living with dust and concerns about damaged water pipelines and electricity cables.
Lack of sufficient public toilets in Windhoek's informal settlements continues to persist.
This has resulted in some residents allegedly privatising toilets as most of them are out of order and not repaired for years.
Windhoek residents were given an opportunity to experience public transport for free today, as the City of Windhoek marked Public Transport Awareness Day.
Illegal waste dumping and uncollected refuse continue to affect some parts of the City of Windhoek.
Residents are unhappy and want to see improved waste collection and management.
Activists Michael Amushelelo and Shaun Gariseb have called on the City of Windhoek to carry out its mandate with transparency and accountability.
The two activists made the call during a media briefing in Windhoek.
For many businesses, getting their products to the potential customers remains a challenge.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Urban and Rural Development is assessing the progress on the relocation of vendors around Windhoek's Havana 4-Way relocation, as the City of Windhoek moves ahead with plans to upgrade the Eneas Peter Nanyemba Road and transform the busy area.
