The residents of Okahandja have reiterated their appeal to the council, urging them to revoke the decision to appoint Red Force Debt Collection. 

They urgently request the Minister of Urban and Rural Development Minister Erastus Uutoni to intervene.

The residents staged another demonstration in the town, protesting against several issues. 

These include the lack of face-to-face communication between the town council and the residents, as well as overall development concerns.

Residents of the Babylon informal settlement in the Tobias Hainyeko Constituency have voiced their concerns regarding a decision by the City of Windhoek to divide plots where they currently reside to accommodate more informal settlers.

Some are feeling aggrieved, as they believe that the plots they are being allocated are too small to accommodate their large families.

Angry residents have reached out to the nbc News team to express their concerns regarding the actions taken by the City of Windhoek.

Officials of the Bamunu Conservancy in the Zambezi Region fear residents of Muketela village in the Linyanti constituency will not have a good harvest as wildlife continues to destroy their crops.

It is reported that the community of Muketela faced attacks, with large numbers of elephants spotted recently.

The guards say that although this is a yearly occurrence, the number of elephants seems to have increased, causing even more damage than they've seen in previous years.

Residents of Oshakati can breathe a sigh of relief as there will be no tariff increase for this financial year.

The announcement was made during the tabling of the council's 2023–2024 budget, amounting to N$214 million.

The council says it took note of the current global and local economic situation in the town.

Against this background, the council, he says, decided not to effect any tariff increase on water, sewerage, or refuse removal.

Over a hundred residents of Katutura in the capital, through a committee, are demanding from the City of Windhoek that they write off their water and electricity debts.

The committee also wants the removal of Red Force as a debt collector.

Speaking at a media briefing, the Chairperson of the Committee, Benistus Kandundu, said the City of Windhoek's account estimation policy is old-fashioned and needs to be abolished.

The Okahandja Town Municipality finally received the petition of the aggrieved residents yesterday after failing to do so on five occasions.

Residents want to discuss the appointment of a debt collector, the lack of development as well as the prepaid water system.

The municipality hired Red Force to collect debt on its behalf.

These residents say, the municipality never approached them regarding the work of Red Force.

The acting Chief Executive Officer of CENORED, Gawie Awaseb, has assured the residents of Okahandja that the power supply will not be disconnected.

This follows NamPower's announcement of the electricity disconnection of all its defaulting clients.

Awaseb clarified that CENORED does not owe NamPower money, but the joint venture company, CENORED Okahandja JV, and Okahandja Municipality. 

CENORED owed NamPower over N$60 million in 2017, which Awaseb says has since been reduced to N$2 million.

Residents of the Kavango West Region are now satisfied with NORED's response in addressing the constant power outages in the region.

The town's residents raised concerns about continuous power cuts at a stakeholders' meeting at Nkurenkuru last week.

They said the frequent power outages are affecting their daily activities at businesses, schools and hospitals.

At the previous meeting, the residents called on NamPower to introduce a second supply line to the Kavango West and a dedicated kilovolt line for Nkurenkuru.

Easter weekend went by in relative peace and quiet in the |Khomas Region, with police reporting a decline in criminal activity compared to what is normally the case over the holidays.

The Namibian Police's Commander in |Khomas, Commissioner David Indongo commended residents for their good behaviour over the long weekend, describing the holidays as calm.

The nbc News team caught up with Commissioner Indongo at the Okapuka police checkpoint between Okahandja and Windhoek.

The City of Windhoek has refuted claims of relocating some residents to an area where the |Khomanin Traditional Authority claimed to have several gravesites.

The Authority visited a once-forgotten grave site last week in the Moses ||Gäroeb Constituency.

The grave is that of Ouma Amalia |Hones, who died in 1963.

The |Khomanin Traditional Authority says that |Hones is of royal descent; her grave was discovered in 2020 by city officials during a relocation process before they moved residents from the Havana Four-Way.