The Minister of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform, Calle Schlettwein, says that the completion of the second phase of the Neckartal Dam Irrigation Scheme on the outskirts of Keetmanshoop in the ||Kharas Region has the capacity to provide more than 10,000 employment opportunities.
In an effort to improve sanitation in rural communities, the Directorate of Water Supply and Sanitation Coordination in the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform recently handed over a newly constructed communal ablution facility at Mungunda Village in Kavango East.
Mariental residents are complaining about the brown color of the water in the town, which they fear could pose a health risk.
The Namibia Water Corporation will ration water supply from the 7th of March due to the upgrading of the raw water pumps at the Oshakati Water Treatment Plant and distribution system.
The National Horticulture Support Project and the Poultry Value Chain Development Scheme, which provide subsidized services to horticulture farmers, are geared towards job creation and increasing the household income of beneficiaries.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform, in conjunction with NamWater and the African Development Bank, will implement a water support program for bulk water supply.
The program's completion will cost N$4.8 billion.
Selected villages and settlements will soon have access to clean drinking water following the signing of an agreement between the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform and the Environmental Investment Fund (EIF).
The Khorixas Town Council has provided water and electricity to residents in extensions 11 and 12 of the informal settlement, better known as Donkerhoek.
This was revealed by Khorixas Mayor, Lena ǂGaeses, during an interview with nbc News.
The provision of potable water and electricity remains a challenge in Maltahohe and Aranos.
Residents in those areas live in corrugated shelters and share one public- tap.
The President of the African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW) has called on African countries to appropriately place water at the top of their socioeconomic development agenda.
