National Housing Enterprise (NHE)

23 Sep

Residential development dominates August building statistics

ObserverObserver MoneyNational Housing Enterprise (NHE), Simonis Storm Securities

Martin Endjala Residential development in Windhoek and Swakopmund dominated building statistics during August, with construction activities in both cities continuing to show growth. According to a report by Simonis Storm Securities, construction activity remained modest in both Windhoek and Swakopmund, with continued development in both regions. Windhoek recorded an increase in approvals from 189 in July 2024 to 222 in August 2024, the highest on record for the year. Swakopmund also saw a rise in approvals, jumping from 39 to 64 during the same period. Despite this increase in construction activity, the overall value of completed projects experienced a sharp…

10 Aug

City to start with housing unit in informal areas

ObserverNational News400 houses, City of Windhoek (CoW), National Housing Enterprise (NHE)

Tujoromajo Kasuto The National Housing Enterprise (NHE) has called on Windhoek residents living in the informal areas to register for the construction of affordable houses, on Saturday, 13 August 2022. The Informal Settlement Upgrading project is an initiative of the Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni, in conjunction with the City of Windhoek (COW), NHE and the Khomas Regional Council. The initiative has constructed close to 400 houses since its inception in 2020. The NHE team will be stationed at Stop and Shop in Okuryangava, Katutura, from 08h00 to 12h00. According to NHE spokesperson Tuafi Shafombabi prospective clients…

03 Nov

Jooste to recommend NHE board recruits this month

ObserverObserver MoneyLeon Jooste, National Housing Enterprise (NHE)

Eba Kandovazu THE recruitment of incoming board members at the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) is at an advanced stage, State Owned Enterprises Minister, Leon Jooste, says. Jooste will be submitting the recommendation to Cabinet before the end of this month. The term of the current board, chaired by Sam Shivute, was extended from October 1st, after it expired in September. “Their term was extended to allow for the recruitment process of the new board to be concluded. The process is advanced and I expect to submit the recommendation to Cabinet before the end of this month,”Jooste says. Other board mmbers…

16 Apr

Uutoni, Jooste in the dark over NHE suspensions

ObserverObserver MoneyNational Housing Enterprise (NHE)

Rose-Mary Haufiku The two line ministers under which the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) falls under, Erastus Uutoni and Leone Jooste are not aware that the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Gisbertus Mukulu, had suspend four of the enterprise’s senior managers. Mukulu’s action, which has been seen as retaliation, comes after the managers had formally written a letter to company’s board chaired by recently appointed NamRa boss, Sam Shivute, questioning the CEO’s competence. Public Enterprises Minister, Leone Jooste whose ministry is charged with ensuring corporate governance is followed in government institutions, said he had not been consulted on the decision. “I…

14 Apr

I have failed – Sam Shivute . . . as employees demand NHE CEO exit

ObserverObserver MoneyNamRA Commissioner, National Housing Enterprise (NHE), Sam Shivute

Kandjemuni Kamuiiri and Rose-Mary Haufiku National Housing Enterprise (NHE) Board Chairperson, Sam Shivute, has admitted failure in providing low cost housing. The admittance by the recently appointed NamRA Commissioner comes as the NHE is in crisis over the Board’s decision to renew Chief Executive Officer(CEO), Gisbertus Mukulu’s term for another five years amid allegations of incompetence. The former Okahao Town council CEO was appointed in 2016 without Cabinet’s approval, amidst assertion that former Omusati Governor, former Local Government minister, and current Swapo Secretary General, Sophia Shaningwa, had a hand in the appointment. “Yes, we did not build the 1250 houses…

13 Apr

NHE board calls for crisis meeting

ObserverObserver MoneyGisbertus Mukulu, National Housing Enterprise (NHE), Sam Shivute

Maria Hamutenya and Andrew Kathindi The National Housing Enterprise (NHE) Board has scheduled a crisis meeting with the organisation’s managers following the surfacing of a damning letter where they accused Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Gisbertus Mukulu, of incompetence. In the letter, company management stated that the employment contract of the CEO must not be renewed when it ends on 30 June, pointing out that since the appointment of Makulu as CEO, the NHE failed to achieve two critical objectives of its strategic plan, growing the loan book and building 1250 houses annually. According to the approved NHE strategic plan 2017-2022…

18 Jun

Lack of land hamstrings NHE

ObserverObserver MoneyNational Housing Enterprise (NHE), NHE, Public Private Partnership (PPP)

Andrew Kathindi The National Housing Enterprise (NHE) says the lack of land has been a hindrance in delivering on its mandate. Speaking to Windhoek Observer, NHE corporate communications manager, Eric Libongani, said the NHE has no special access and has to compete for land just like private developers, in a country where the scarcity of viable land for housing development is a challenge. “We do not want to look like we are pointing fingers but I think what is critical, we need to realize that the institution that is given the sole mandate on behalf of government to construct houses…