The Gobabis municipality has commenced the transition from conventional meters for both water and electricity to pre-paid meters.
This exercise is done to help it meet the municipality's financial obligations with bulk service providers such as NamPower and NamWater.
Telecom Namibia attributes last week's network disruptions to simultaneous failures in its international connectivity links through South Africa, coupled with ageing local infrastructure.
Namibia and Botswana are pushing ahead with plans for a major railway project, with the completion of the feasibility study expected in June.
The proposed Trans-Kalahari Railway will create a new export route to global markets by linking Botswana's mineral-rich regions to Namibia's port at Walvis Bay.
Botswana has launched a 500MW solar photovoltaic plant alongside a 500MWh battery energy storage system in the Ngamiland District. This project aims to reduce dependence on electricity imports and position Botswana as a net electricity exporter by 2030.
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has called for the rapid conclusion of financing negotiations for the Angolan portion of the Angola/Namibia Power Interconnector. This project involves constructing a 166km, 440kV transmission line linking the Kunene substation in Namibia to Cahama in Angola.
The Deputy Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, Dino Ballotti, is disappointed at the snail's pace of the construction of the Nkurenkuru Multipurpose Youth Resource Center.
He expressed this at the handover of the material to the Rural Youth Enterprises at Nkurenkuru.
A power outage struck Canchana Village in the Kavango West Region, disrupting water supply to Raina Mungungu Combined School and the entire community.
This has been ongoing since last month.
The Deputy Minister of Industries, Mines, and Energy, Gaudentia Kröhne, has inaugurated a fully fledged computer lab at the Minna Sachs Primary School in Keetmanshoop.
The school received 20 computers and printers valued at more than N$350,000 from the Swakop Uranium Foundation.
Suiderlig Secondary School in Keetmanshoop has received a donation of N$250,000 from the Swakop Uranium Foundation for the repair of the school hostel. This contribution was pledged during the school’s gala dinner on 1 August 2025.
The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, James Sankwasa, has urged China Henan International Cooperation Group (CHICO) to complete a project they are currently working on within the next five months.
