Windhoek City Council – Windhoek Observer

07 Sep

Council to roll out housing project

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Staff Writer THE Windhoek City Council has set aside N$22 million to start a council-funded affordable housing project and will therefore not tolerate landless people who occupy land illegally any more. Windhoek Mayor, Job Amupanda, says. This was during a media briefing on Tuesday to announce lasting solutions to the land and housing challenge the residents of the city face. This follows a five-day workshop that the municipality hosted to find permanent solutions to its perennial land problem. “Illegal land occupation will not be happening because we now have a clear plan on what should be done. We cannot be…

City demands apology over story

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Staff Writer THE Windhoek City Council has dismissed as factually incorrect a story published by The Namibian last week concerning allowances for councilors demanding an apology. In a media release on 24 August by the Office of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the Council is taking issue with an article titled “Fat salaries for city bosses”. The story alleges that Windhoek Mayor, Job Amupanda, is set to be paid a monthly allowance of more than N$70 000 – at least N$5 000 more than his predecessors. Amupanda will also be entitled to numerous perks, including an annual entertainment allowance of…

Opposition want answers on Ndeitunga threats

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TUJOROMAJO KASUTO THE Affirmative Repositioning movement has instructed its lawyers to demand clarification from Urban and Rural Development Minister Erastus Uutoni on allegations that he intends dissolving the Windhoek City Council. This is in reaction to threats by Police Inspector General Sebastian Ndeitunga that they will take over the City Council of Windhoek to clear chaos and lawlessness which he blamed on the council. Popular Democratic Movement yesterday also sent the minster a letter to demanding that he states his stance on Ndeitunga’s threats in the face of land occupations that have escalated over the past few weeks. The AR,…