Otjiwarongo Municipality has officially handed over the C28 route for rehabilitation, as part of a tripartite agreement with the Road Fund Administration and the Roads Authority.
The road links the industrial area to the major routes of Outjo and Kalkfeld.
Otjiwarongo Municipality has highlighted that it is still sourcing funds to set up an open market for street vendors scattered around the town.
Currently, Otjiwarongo is without a functional open market, which has left vendors trading along busy intersections and pathways.
The Otjiwarongo Municipality has launched its 'roads and resurfacing' project for several pothole-ridden roads around town.
The Road Funds Administration will fund the N$92 million project, which will see the Libertine Amadhila tar road stripped down and repaved.
The Otjiwarongo Municipality has announced that it will begin impounding livestock found roaming the streets and central business district of the town on Sunday.
The announcement was made during a meeting with nearly 80 illegal farmers at Camp Five on Saturday.
As plans for waste treatment and waste-to-energy plants gain fruition, Otjiwarongo Municipality has engaged Germany's GIZ and its City Climate Gap Fund for resources to execute its development goals.
The Omake Charity Organisation joined the world in commemorating World Cerebral Palsy Day.
The commemoration is aimed at raising awareness about the condition as it affects millions of people worldwide.
The Otjiwarongo Municipality says it will continue working hard to address road maintenance as it remains a vital component of infrastructure development for the town's thriving economy.
The Otjiwarongo Municipality has entered into an agreement with the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) as part of its formalisation of five informal settlements.
The agreement will see the council issuing 2,605 landhold titles to build houses.
An executive at TransNamib, Mberipura Hifitikeko, has been appointed the new Chief Executive Officer of the Otjiwarongo Municipality.
The appointment comes after almost a year without a CEO.
The Otjiwarongo Municipality has started cleaning up areas in the informal settlements that residents have described as health hazards.
