AB InBev Namibia says it has invested N$2.1 million towards the commissioning of a water storage plant in Okahandja’s Eshetu Number 2 area. The project, done in collaboration with the Municipality of Okahandja, will increase the current production and supply of water to the town’s informal settlements by 30%. Ab InBev’s acting Plant Manager Bernd...
Niël Terblanché During the early hours of a Sunday morning, the residents of Smarties Extension 9 in Okahandja were shaken awake by an explosion before being engulfed in darkness once again. As the sun rose, the grim reality became apparent: three copper cables, lifelines of electricity to their homes, were severed from a transformer, leaving...
Copper cable theft has been on the rise in Namibia, causing significant problems for electricity distribution companies and the communities they serve. The town of Okahandja has become a hotspot for this dangerous criminal activity. In the early morning hours of Sunday, residents of Smarties extension 9 in Okahandja were awakened by a loud sound,...
Niël Terblanché NamPower has successfully restored electricity to Okahandja and its surrounding areas after a disruptive outage that began on the morning of Tuesday. The power cut, which plunged the town and surrounding areas into darkness for almost two days, was traced back to vandalism at the Okahandja Substation which is a critical juncture in...
Okahandja se ligte is weer aan Okahandja se kragtoevoer is ongeveer half-agt Woensdagaand herstel. Dit volg na ‘n kragonderbreking sedert vroeg Dinsdagoggend. ‘n Tydelike transformator is na die dorp gebring en met moeite gekoppel. Die stukkende transformator sal nou deur NamPower uitgebou word en ‘n nuwe transformator is reeds op pad na die dorp. Dan...
Staff Reporter THE Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower) technical team is still working to restore electricity to Okahandja and its surrounding areas following a power outage yesterday. Yesterday, NamPower’s technical team tried to identify the cause of the outage. Today, they have determined that a fault in the transformer at the Okahandja substation is responsible for...
Okahandja kry dalk eers môre krag Dit wil voorkom asof die hooftransformator wat Okahandja van elektrisiteit voorsien, die einde van sy lewe bereik het. Nampower het probeer om ‘n mobiele transformator te installeer, maar tot dusver was dit onsuksesvol. Raadslid Charl Coetzee sê hulle is nou besig om die ou transformator te vervang en ‘n...
Okahandja ervaar reuse-uitdagings met lang kragonderbreking Daar blyk om reuse-uitdagings te wees met kragvoorsiening na Okahandja en die omliggende gebiede. Volgens NamPower is die krag sedert vroeg Dinsdagoggend af en die tegniese spanne sukkel met ‘n transformator. Dit is onbekend of die huidige oplossing wat ondersoek word, sal werk. Charl Coetzee van die inwoners-vereniging op...
Staff Reporter THE Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower) has announced that Okahandja and surrounding areas have been without power since this morning, 19 March, at 08:06. “NamPower technical personnel are currently on the ground to determine the cause of the outage and to attend to it,” NamPower assured. The national electric power utility company urged the...