Residents of Okahandja's informal settlements spent the night at the Okahandja Municipality, demanding a meeting with Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni, and Mayor Beatrice Koutogondo.
The Electricity Control Board (ECB) has announced that electricity tariffs for the 2024–2025 period will remain unchanged until June 2025.
This decision comes as part of the government's subsidy programme aimed at lessening the financial impact on consumers.
Residents who were recently allocated plots of land at the Brukaros informal settlement in Keetmanshoop are still lacking basic services, despite promises made nearly two years ago.
Angola has indicated that it can supply Namibia with electricity.
Namibia's Ambassador to Angola, Patrick Nandago, said this during an interview with nbc News.
According to Ambassador Nandago, Angola is close to becoming self-sufficient in energy generation and distribution.
The Namibia Premier League encounter between Orlando Pirates and Life Fighters, originally postponed due to electricity challenges at the Independence Stadium, have now been rescheduled.
Namibia's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, observed a minute of silence in solidarity with the people of Palestine, calling on the international community to act.
South Africa's Minister of Electricity has pledged his country's commitment to continue supplying electricity to Namibia.
The anticipated establishment of an electricity supply and distribution company for the southern regions has raised the ire of residents, who say they were not consulted.
The Karasburg community also raised its concerns with the minister regarding the alleged irregularities at the Town Council.
These include the dormancy of the Council's Built Together Housing Programme, irregular appointments, and water and electricity issues.
Residents of the ||Kharas Region have thrown their support behind the motion on the writing-off of water and electricity debts that local authorities owe bulk suppliers, NamWater and NamPower.
