The National Housing Enterprise (NHE), in collaboration with the Gobabis Municipality, constructed 65 houses with the aim of ensuring that low-income earners in Gobabis have a roof over their heads.
Gobabis Mayor Melba Tjozongoro says the council is working tirelessly with various key stakeholders to bring much-needed development to town.
The escalating population growth is putting pressure on the City of Windhoek (CoW) municipal infrastructure, intensifying demand for service delivery, and underscoring the need for government intervention.
Among the ongoing initiatives, CoW Mayor Queen Kamati unveiled the "Informal Settlement Upgrading Pilot Project," which involves constructing 113 houses in Goreangab ext. 4.
The Informal Settlement Upgrading Affordable Housing Pilot Project is about to reduce the housing backlog by 113 houses as construction begins.
The houses will be constructed in Windhoek's Greenwell Matongo Extension 4.
The late President Hage Geingob once said that the living conditions in the informal settlements should be declared a national humanitarian crisis.
The Deputy Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Evelyn !Nawases-Taeyele, reminded those in attendance of his words.
The Chief Regional Officer of the Otjozondjupa Region, Agatha Mweti, has rubbished as false the claim that the council has not demarcated land to build houses since 2018.
At a media briefing, Mweti says the council is currently busy with informal settlement upgrades there.
Mweti explained that the land demarcation project aims to ensure that plots are numbered before they are allocated to residents.
Council is also in the process of entering into an agreement with the National Housing Enterprise to construct low-cost housing at the settlement.
Employees of the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) will embark on a legal strike on Friday following a wage negotiation deadlock.
The Public Service Union of Namibia (PSUN) Deputy Secretary General, Ujama Kaahangoro, guaranteed workers' protection should anything arise as a result of the industrial action.
90% of NHE employees voted in favor of a strike two weeks ago after the entity failed to give them a once-off payment.
The National Housing Enterprise (NHE) is currently constructing 65 houses at Gobabis, 50 at Omuthiya, 70 at Okahao, 33 at Tsandi, and 24 at Ondangwa.
The houses will be constructed predominantly through phase 2 of the NHE’s turnkey construction model (RFP) and are expected to cost N$75 million.
Through this model, NHE contracts with private developers on a turnkey basis. This model requires NHE to partner with private financiers who construct houses using their own capital and are only paid after the sale of the constructed houses.
The construction of more than 300 houses at Extension 8, in Swakopmund's Matutura Residential Areas, which had been put on hold for five years due to a court dispute, will soon resume.
