Sade Gawanas – Windhoek Observer

Appointment of CEO biggest headache for COW<br>…. Minister key to ending chamber wars

28 Oct

Appointment of CEO biggest headache for COW
…. Minister key to ending chamber wars

ObserverNational NewsAppointment of CEO biggest headache for COW …. Minister key to ending chamber wars, Erastus Uutoni, Sade Gawanas

Obrein Simasiku City mayor Sade Gawanas has admitted that the cancer of having no Chief Executive Officer inherited by the current leadership has left council and staff members divided and unending boardroom fights. In her admission, she said, this was the toughest challenge since the new coalition which wrestled powers from the Swapo Party, took over in December 2020, though commending the leadership for having succeeded to finally resolve the bickering, which now only awaits the Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni to approve the recommended CEO. The mayor says a submission to the minister was made in…

26 Oct

EU funds waste project worth N$36.8 million

ObserverNational NewsEU funds waste project worth N$36.8 million, Improving Solid Waste Management in Windhoek, Sade Gawanas

Staff Writer Mayor of City of Windhoek, Sade Gawanas and the Ambassador of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Namibia, Sinikka Antila signed an agreement for the construction of two waste buy back centres in Katutura, as part of EU-funded project to improve solid waste management in Windhoek under a project titled: “Improving Solid Waste Management in Windhoek” The “Improving Solid Waste Management in Windhoek” is a four-year project implemented within the framework of the Windhoek-Bremen Sister Cities Cooperation funded by the EU to the tune of N$36.8 million. The project is expected to recycle 2000 tons of waste, with…

16 Sep

CoW kicks-off housing scheme

ObserverNational NewsCity of Windhoek Affordable Housing Programme, CoW kicks-off housing scheme, Sade Gawanas

Obrein Simasiku The City of Windhoek began with the construction of the houses, with eight of the 1200 planned units to be delivered in six months. CoW Mayor, Sade Gawanas earlier this week made the ground breaking ceremony casting the first brick where eight houses will be built in Khomasdal and to be sold only to first time home buyers, who are on the municipality’s housing waiting list. The price includes both the house and land, with the cheapest a 312 square metres going for N$850 000. “The houses are the first batch of the 1200 houses planned to be…

IPC blamed for uncertainty around CEO recruitment<br>..council and management committee butt heads

27 Jul

IPC blamed for uncertainty around CEO recruitment
..council and management committee butt heads

ObserverNational NewsCEO, Chief Executive Officer position, George Mayumbelo, r MC Chairperson Ndeshihafela Larandja of IPC, Sade Gawanas

Tujoromajo Kasuto The City of Windhoek municipal council and management committee are at each other’s throat after the council blocked attempts by the management committee (MC) to usurped council authority for the recruitment process of Windhoek’s Chief Executive Officer position, which has been vacant for nearly two years. According to CoW Mayor and Chair of Council Sade Gawanas, the decision to continue with the recruitment process is not the responsibility of the management committee, because the committee is only authorised to make recommendations to Council. ‘’As the matter stands currently, the Management Committee is usurping powers which as a sub-committee,…

23 Jul

LPM exonerates Gawanas from double dipping….blames CoW ambiguous policies

ObserverNational NewsCity of Windhoek, LPM exonerates Gawanas from double dipping….blames CoW ambiguous policies, Sade Gawanas

Obrein Simasiku The Landless People’s Movement that has shown intolerance to the breaking of rules, especially when it comes to favouritism and nepotism, is now turning a blind eye to wrong doing which favoured one of its own. Windhoek mayor, Sade Gawanas, serving on the LPM ticket on the council has been the subject of accusations of double dipping which is benefitting from generous transport allowance while having full-time use to an official vehicles of the City of Windhoek. The public has condemned Gawanas, but the municipality’s management committee has ignored the ratepayers and rewarded her with a N$9 500…