Walvis Bay residents are mobilising themselves to legally fight the municipality over the Red Force contract.

The Red Force debt collection contract was reinstated last week after the matter between the Walvis Bay municipality and the debt collectors was settled in the High Court last week.

The Community of Outjo is calling for the withdrawal of the re-advertised position for the municipality's Chief Executive Officer, claiming that the requirements were relaxed to suit the council's preferred candidate.

Members of the Nalitungwe Community Savings Foundation have become new landowners at Farm 37 on the outskirts of Walvis Bay.

The municipality has allocated them portion 12, which will need to be serviced. 

The lack of water is being felt almost nationwide.

Due to poor rainfall in the catchments, Gobabis residents will now experience water rationing.

This has affected water sources like Otjivero Dam, which supplies water to Gobabis.

Walvis Bay residents have demanded that the municipality remove RedForce as a debt collector.

The residents say their municipal debts have significantly increased while some of the houses were disconnected from the water supply by RedForce.
 

In an effort to improve the lives of Okahandja residents, the town's municipality has launched a five-year strategic plan.

The strategic plan aims to provide basic and affordable service to residents, and accelerate land and housing delivery as well as water provision to the residents. 

Melba Tjozongoro of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) and Nona Gorases of the Swapo Party both retained their positions as Mayor and Deputy Mayor, respectively, at the Gobabis Town Council.

The Swakopmund Municipality, through the Mayoral Development Fund, has donated N$200,000 to all schools in Swakopmund.

Mayor Dina Namubes believes education is an important tool to eradicate poverty.

The donation was handed over at a ceremony attended by all the beneficiary schools.

The hunt for a new Chief Executive Officer to head the Outjo Municipality is in its final stages.

This was confirmed by the current CEO, Josef |Urib, who initially retired in December 2022 but was given an extension to run the council until a new top official is appointed.

The Swakopmund Municipality has appealed to the public to donate food and other items to local soup kitchens instead of people who beg on the streets.

This, it says, will get people off the streets and better cared for.