The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni, urged local authorities to refrain from collecting debt from their clients via third-party enforcers and rather educate residents on their services and their responsibilities to ensure such services remain available.
He said this during the handover of houses in Nkurenkuru's Kakuro location in Kavango West Region.
National power utility, NamPower’s debt collection plans have been cut short after Cabinet intervention.
NamPower was due to affect Stage 2 of power cuts on Monday and Tuesday this week, between 17H00 and 21H00.
Cabinet, however, directed the power utility not to continue with its debt collection plan, saying that the line ministries would meet and discuss the huge debt owed to Nampower by local authorities and NORED.
Nampower last week defied the Cabinet directive and forged ahead with the power cuts.
NamPower will waive all interest on outstanding debt accumulated over the past twelve months, provided that customers settle outstanding amounts before the end of this month.
Customers owe the power utility over a billion dollars, with N$842 million overdue.
