Local authorities are being urged to prioritise giving residents access to fundamental services like water and proper sanitation.

Deputy Minister of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare (MGEPESW),  Bernadette Jagger, recently emphasised the ministry's ongoing dedication to providing housing for people with disabilities.

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.

The Municipality of Omaruru has resolved to address its 117-year-old sewerage system and get all its residential and business areas connected to the main sewerage line.

Currently, residents are served by two trucks that collect sewerage waste throughout the day.

Electrical, water, and sewer connections have been completed for ultra-low-income housing units built by the Omaruru Municipality.

The houses were built to accommodate families relocated in June this year from dilapidated single-quarter houses.

The National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) says the party has a lot to do to improve its national-level rankings ahead of the November 2024 elections.

The Roads Authority continues to break new ground and bring services closer to the people. 

So far, it has opened  two new NaTIS centers, the latest being at Tsumkwe.

Housing and land delivery for low-income earners in the Kunene Region, including the upgrading of the informal settlements, is taking shape.

At Khorixas, 445 plots were handed over to the residents of the Ada-||Naugu informal settlement to build their houses.

Swapo Party Secretary General, Sophia Shaningwa, has called for the government and institutions to make more use of local investors to enable money to circulate within the country.

Shaningwa was speaking at a recent Swapo Party roundtable discussion at Otjiwarongo.

Swapo Party Vice President and the party's next presidential candidate Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says there is a need to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor.

This, she says, is done by adding value to the country's resources and creating more jobs locally.