Advertising the tender to complete the construction of the Dr. Hifikepunye Pohamba Highway will result in delays that can cause congestion and road accidents.
The Minister of Works and Transport, John Mutorwa, says the current contractor should be allowed to complete the construction.
The tarring of the Uis-Henties Bay Road is 52% complete, despite several delays.
The Roads Authority's (RA) Chief Executive Officer, Conrad Lutombi, says the project was supposed to be completed this year but was underfunded.
The Omaheke regional leadership has proposed resilient-related programmes to assist in the event of disasters like drought, fire outbreaks, and hailstorms, amongst others.
This was shared during a consultative engagement with the Deputy Prime Minister, John Mutorwa, at Gobabis in the Omaheke Region.
The Minister of Works and Transport, John Mutorwa, has announced that plans to construct the Impalila Island Airdrome have advanced as the bid evaluation process for consultancy services was concluded in April this year, with bidders already notified of the evaluation outcome.
The Deputy Prime Minister, John Mutorwa, is pleased with the drought relief food distribution in the Kavango West Region.
Mutorwa embarked on a visit to all 14 regions to assess the distribution of drought relief aid.
A group of cyclists from Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa, raising awareness about the significance of the Trans-Kalahari Corridor, has arrived in Namibia.
The cycling initiative is a first step toward the elimination of tariff barriers erected at the borders and within countries.
Deputy Prime Minister John Mutorwa is concerned about the delays in the distribution of drought relief food in the regions.
Mutorwa visited the Kavango East Region to acquaint himself with the exercise.
Namibia's Minister of Works and Transport and his Botswana counterpart are happy with the progress made so far with the implementation of the Trans-Kalahari Railway Line Project.
The two ministers briefed the media on the development at Swakopmund during a Joint Ministerial Committee meeting.
The Minister of Works and Transport had an extensive briefing on Wednesday with his senior staff and CEOs of parastatals that fall under his ministry.
After welcoming the staff for the new year, John Mutorwa had to answer a number of questions posed by the media.
The Minister of Health and Social Services (MoHSS), Dr. Kalumbi Shangula, has raised concern over the pressure that road traffic accidents put on the health care system.
