The Minister of Urban and Rural Development (MURD), James Sankwasa, has received the Best Exceptional Achievement in Southern Africa in Housing and Urban Development, 2025, from the Africa Housing Awards.
He received the award in Abuja, Nigeria, on Friday.
There is progress in the implementation of the National Informal Settlement Upgrading Project at Swakopmund and Walvis Bay.
This is according to the National Housing Enterprise (NHE), which has appointed a pool of contractors to speed up the construction of houses.
The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Sankwasa James Sankwasa, has launched the ministry's revised Customer Service Charter, aimed at improving service delivery and strengthening accountability within the institution.
Deputy Minister of Urban and Rural Development Evelyn !Nawases-Taeyele has called on municipalities to fast-track the process of land delivery for housing.
She argued that land delivery is one of the critical enablers of development in any town.
Administrators of the City of Windhoek briefed the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Economy, Industry, Public Administration and Planning on urban development, infrastructure, and market plans.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has promised to ensure the decongestion of overpopulated informal settlements through the informal settlement upgrading programme.
President Nandi-Ndaitwah promised this during a meet-and-greet of Swapo Party members and sympathisers along the B1 road in Otavi.
Deputy Minister of Urban and Rural Development Evelyn !Nawases-Tayele has stressed that Kombat is a settlement under the administration of the Otjozondjupa Regional Council and has not been considered for proclamation as a town or village council.
The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, James Sankwasa, has called for a renewed commitment to ethical leadership as a cornerstone for Africa's economic transformation.
The Walvis Bay Municipality has allocated approximately 2,500 plots to different housing schemes in the town.
At Outapi in the Omusati Region, officials held a handover ceremony for certificates of landhold titles under the Flexible Land Tenure system, where over 200 project beneficiaries from Outapi received their certificates.
