The National Unity Democratic Organisation and Gobabis Residence Association say the Gobabis Municipality is set to lose its electricity distribution license, if dilapidated electrical network is not attended to as a matter of urgency.

This was shared by leaders of both NUDO and GRA at a press conference at Gobabis.

NUDO's Elvire Theron accused the municipality of withholding the services of an electrical consultant engineer.

The consultant was appointed to mantain the aging network, which has now and then been causing several power outages.

The service reliability of TransNamib has been significantly affected by ageing and unreliable rolling stock.

Bertus Eksteen, TransNamib's Executive for Engineering and Technical Services, revealed this during a meeting with the Standing Committee on Economics and Public Accounts in Keetmanshoop.

For its daily freight operations, the state-owned railway utility necessitates a total of 34 locomotives. Typically, there are around 20 to 26 locomotives operational on any given day.