The Directorate of Water Supply within the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform plans to drill a hundred more boreholes across the country in this financial year.

Dr. Elijah Ngurare, the Deputy Executive Director for Water Supply and Sanitation Coordination, however, shared his frustration about people stealing water pumps and literally reversing government achievements.

Many communities have been and are still struggling to access potable water.

The Namibian government will soon rehabilitate eight boreholes at Duineveld Settlement in the Hardap Region.

The Director of Water Supply and Sanitation, Dr. Elijah Ngurare, says the community of Duineveld is supplied with water from a borehole that is situated on private land.

There are about 600 inhabitants at the tiny settlement of Duineveld who use this borehole, and the owner now threatens to cut off the supply because of vandalism.