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November 6, 2024
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About 15,000 households in Kavango East food insecure
Communities in Kayova Village within the Ndiyona Constituency in Kavango East celebrated a belated World Food Day. The day aims to raise worldwide awareness and action for the elimination of hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition. Statistics from the Office of the Prime Minister’s Drought Relief Programme reveal that 15,000 households in Kavango East are food...
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Close to 5,000 rural households to benefit from drought relief in Khomas
Staff Reporter THE Drought Relief Programme, which entails food distribution to the most marginalized households in the country, will benefit a total of 4,832 households from 38 farms in the Khomas region. This was stated by Laura Mcleod-Katjirua, the Khomas Regional Governor, at the launch of the drought relief programme this week at Farm Baumgartbrunn...
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Over 50% of households headed by elderly, persons with disabilities
A report by the United Nations has revealed that about 56% of households in Nambia are headed by people over the age of 60 or persons with disabilities. This was revealed during the Bank of Namibia’s 24th annual symposium hosted in the capital recently under the theme ‘Transformation of the Rural Economy in Namibia’. “The...
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94.5% of households enumerated during the population census
Namibia’s Statistics Agency (NSA) this week said overall, 94.5% of households were enumerated and completed by 9 October. The remaining 5.5% of households (including untouched and partially completed) are expected to be completed during the mop-up period (09 to 15 October), NSA Statistician-General, Alex Shimuafeni said in an update statement. “The NSA is also busy...
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Thirty households relocated from Omaruru’s dilapidated single quarters
The Omaruru Municipality has relocated over 30 households from the dilapidated single quarters to Extensions 5 and 6 in the town’s Kapekaha Road. The decision to demolish the N.dollars 2.2 million single quarters was taken in 2014 after it was discovered that the houses were poorly constructed by a local contractor between 2006 and 2013....
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CoW plans to electrify 4,000 informal settlement households – Windhoek Observer
Martin Endjala The City of Windhoek (CoW) municipal council has greenlit a plan to provide electricity to approximately 4,000 households within Windhoek’s informal settlements from 2023 to 2028. This five-year electrification initiative is an expansion of the prior plan that spanned 2017 to 2022. Since 2017, the city has been on a mission to electrify...
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City of Windhoek Municipal Council to Electrify 4,000 Informal Settlement Households
Staff Reporter THE Windhoek Municipal Council has approved a plan to electrify approximately 4,000 households in Windhoek’s informal settlements over the next five years (2023 to 2028). The implementation of the 2023-2028 electrification plan is expected to cost between N$15 million and N$20 million per annum. The Five-Year Electrification Plan intends to build upon the...
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Households expected to face food insecurity
172,000 households are expected to face high levels of acute food insecurity between March 2023 and June 2024 and will require urgent humanitarian assistance. This was stated by Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila when she briefed MPs in the National Assembly today on the outcome of the Namibia Livelihood Vulnerability Assessment and Analysis. The below-normal and...