The City of Windhoek conducted site visits to ongoing electrification projects across the capital to assess progress on the rollout of the electricity infrastructure that will benefit over 1,200 households.
The project, which is 80% completed, is expected to be finalised in September.
The government has allocated N$12 million towards the electrification of peri-urban households in the ||Kharas and Hardap regions.
Residents of the Katima Mulilo Extension 27 and those of Choto Extensions Seven and Eight in the Zambezi Region who have been living without electricity will soon have their houses electrified.
The Ministry of Urban and Rural Development, the Omaruru Town Council, and Erongo RED have co-funded a project worth N$28 million to electrify 290 homes in the Hakahana settlement at Omaruru.
Life was difficult for residents in the Hakahana settlement before they had access to electricity.
A public-private electrification project is transforming the lives of 257 families in the Usab Informal Settlement at Karibib.
Residents in the Usab Informal settlement used to suffer when they had no access to electricity.
The City of Windhoek aims to electrify about 2,000 houses in the informal settlements of Katutura.
So far, 113 houses have been electrified in Windhoek's Katutura areas of Babylon and three blocks in Istanbul Road in Otjomuise.
The Northern Regional Electricity Distributor (NORED) has electrified 50 houses that were recently handed over to the owners through the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia in the Zambezi Region's Bukalo village.
The electrified houses are part of phase one of an ongoing two-phase construction project.
Over 170 houses were electrified at the Twalitumeli Compound, under the Shack Dwellers Federation in the Zambezi Region's Kongola Constituency.
The beneficiaries expressed gratitude for the vital service.
Induna George Muatuli also witnessed the occasion.
Erongo RED, in collaboration with the Ministry of Mines and Energy, has electrified 151 houses in Harambee Informal Settlement's Extension 8 in Karibib for N$3.6 million.
The electrification of rural areas will be a main priority for the Otjozondjupa Regional Council in 2024.
The regional authority aims to electrify the Tsumkwe and Gam settlements first.
