The Karasburg Town Council on Tuesday issued a water rationing warning following an ongoing water shortage at the town. The water rationing introduced on Tuesday is necessary due to the critically low levels of the water reservoirs and underground water sources, said Karasburg acting chief executive Lorraine Jossop. “There is no rain in this place,...
Martin Endjala One of the suspended Swapo Councillors of the Karasburg Town Council, Elia Hauwanga says the decision undertaken by the Urban and Rural Development Minister Erastus Uutoni, to suspend the entire council, has saved the town from going into the dustbin. Hauwanga told the Windhoek Observer yesterday that both the Swapo party and the...
Keetmanshoop — The recent suspension of the Karasburg town council might lead to voters losing trust in the democratic political set-up in the //Kharas region. This is the view of political analyst Rui Tyitende, who told New Era that this incident might mean any political party may capitalise on it by virtue of gaining political...
Tension gripped a meeting where the Minister of Rural and Urban Development (MURD), Erastus Uutoni, announced the suspension of the entire Karasburg Council, appointing an administrator in their place. Pandemonium broke out with heated interjections, and residents showed clear divisions over the minister’s decision to suspend the councillors. One group questioned the legality of the...
Maria David THE commissioning of a special audited investigation team has confirmed that the Karasburg Town Council faces occurrences of a lack of accountability concerning Council funds, as well as the Council generally failing to perform its mandate of delivering services to the residents as required by its establishing law. This was revealed by Minister...
Martin Endjala Urban and Rural Development Minister, Erastus Uutoni has suspended the entire Karasburg Town Council, without remuneration or allowance, with immediate effect. The drastic action followed after the council defied the directives of the Local Authority Act as well as failing to comply with the directives of the Minister which he issued last year....
Maria David THE Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni, has suspended all the members of the Karasburg Town Council with immediate effect on Friday. Uutoni indicated that their suspension follows non-compliance with ministry directives. Furthermore, Uutoni appointed Eliza Maria Laubscher as Minister representative at the Council with immediate effect. Laubscher will be supported...
Martin Endjala In a developing controversy within the Karasburg Town Council, Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Hansina Isaacks is reportedly refusing to vacate her office despite being dismissed by members of the Landless People’s Movement (LPM). An anonymous internal source disclosed that the reasons behind Isaacks’ dismissal are not fully detailed but are believed to...