The Deputy Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Evelyn !Nawases-Taeyele said nine new townships in Keetmanshopp, Mariental and Koes had been approved. 

The Regional and Urban Planning Board has provisionally approved the formalisation of existing townships within Berseba Village in ||Kharas Region.

Raymond Jossop, Acting Village Council LED Manager, revealed this at the Regional Development Coordination Committee meeting at Keetmanshoop.