The Keetmanshoop Municipality has acquired and commissioned new earthmoving equipment valued at nearly N$6 million.
At the unveiling of the new yellow fleet, Mayor Annelize Knaus noted that the journey to acquire this equipment faced several challenges.
The Keetmanshoop Municipality has introduced the Performance Management System (PMS) to monitor and enhance the overall efficiency of its staff.
The PMS's objective is to facilitate increased accountability, learning, and improvement as well as decision-making.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Accounts has directed the Keetmanshoop Municipality and Namibia Industrial Development Agency (NIDA) to expedite their discussions to prevent further water and electricity supply disruption to the !Homs-Ai community market.
The Keetmanshoop Municipality has officially handed over ten houses to beneficiaries under the decentralised build-together housing programme.
These ten two-bedroom houses, each valued at N$80,000, were presented to the beneficiaries by Keetmanshoop's deputy mayor, Anneline Knaus.
The Keetmanshoop Municipality has applied for an N$11.9 million loan from the Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) to upgrade its electricity infrastructure.
This transpired at the presentation of the municipality's ministerial-approved N$296.8 million operational budget to residents on Tuesday.
The Keetmanshoop Municipality has sent a warning to panel beaters and mechanical workshops not to repair vehicles belonging to the council without an official order.
The reminder comes after a council vehicle was found being repaired without authorisation by a local panel beater last week.
Keetmanshoop Town Council is embarking on an aggressive campaign to recover outstanding municipal water debt, running into millions of dollars.
Residents, government institutions, and businesses owe the town council a combined total of N$212 million in unpaid water bills.
The Keetmanshoop Municipality has opted to outsource the operations and management of its Oxpass Tower to PowerCom, a subsidiary of Telecom Namibia Limited.
A Swedish couple who is in Namibia on vacation has donated food items and toiletries for distribution among vulnerable households at Keetmanshoop's |Gereres Informal Settlement.
A strike is looming at the Keetmanshoop Municipality after wage negotiations reached a deadlock.
Regional Coordinator for the Namibia Public Workers Union (NAPWU) in ||Kharas Region, Kleophas Katuuo told nbc News that municipal workers voted in favor of industrial action.
