Groot Aub residents say they no longer have confidence in the City of Windhoek to deliver services.
They now want to handle their own administration for faster development at the settlement.
To date, the City of Windhoek has electrified 4,215 households in Windhoek's informal settlements.
This was revealed at the inauguration of the Informal Areas Electrification Project in Windhoek today.
The City of Windhoek's employees are demanding a 10 percent salary and wage increment for 2023–24 to cope with the ever-increasing cost of living.
Protestors say necessities such as fuel and food have become costly while their salaries have remained stagnant for the past four years.
The City of Windhoek remains unmoved by a recent petition delivered by the Katutura Residents Committee. The residents took to the streets a fortnight ago to air their frustrations with high utility bills and the municipality's use of Red Force to collect debt.
The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Utoni, has urged local authority leaders to avoid political affiliation when carrying out their duties.
Six primary and pre-primary schools in Windhoek that took part in a recycling competition were awarded cash prizes for their best recycling initiatives.
The award ceremony took place at Otjomuise Primary School.
The City of Windhoek (CoW) has launched the Ebike4Windhoek pilot project as part of its effort to reduce carbon emissions and increase transport options.
The City of Windhoek finds itself embroiled in a web of financial complexities, encompassing a loan default conundrum, a public-private partnership (PPP) scandal, and the revelation of a forged invoice linked to double-dipping.
Residents of Okapale in Windhoek's Goreangab informal settlement have been pleading for a taxi and bus rank for more than ten years now.
The City of Windhoek (CoW) has implemented an average electricity tariff increase of 8.9%, effective August 1st.
The increase comes after bulk electricity supplier NamPower pushed up its electricity tariff from N$1.82 to N$2.12 per kilowatt for the 2023–2024 financial year.
