KATIMA MULILO: The Ministry of Urban and Rural Development has allocated over N.dollars 2.1 million to the Oshana Rural Development Project for the 2023/2024 financial year. Oshana Regional Council spokesperson Elly Ashikoto in an interview with Nampa on Tuesday stated that the primary objective of this initiative is to implement a rural sanitation programme, primarily...
November 6, 2024
Tag: sanitation
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Local authorities called to prioritise proper sanitation
Local authorities are being urged to prioritise giving residents access to fundamental services like water and proper sanitation. The Deputy Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Evelyn Nawase-Taeyele, emphasised this necessity at the commissioning and groundbreaking ceremony in Kamanjab, Kunene Region. The event marked the beginning of a significant project that will provide bulk sewerage...
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Namibia lagging behind in sanitation provision
The Minister of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform says only about half the population has access to proper toilet facilities. Speaking during the President’s media briefing earlier in the week, minister Carl Schlettwein said sanitation is a prerequisite for development. Namibia is lagging behind in UN Social Development Goal 6 on sanitation. Carl Schlettwein says...
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Swakopmund Declaration to raise profile of water and sanitation
SWAKOPMUND: The seventh Africa Sanitation and Hygiene Conference expressed concern about the number of Africans who still lack access to safely managed sanitation and basic hygiene services. Attendees of the conference, which started Monday and ended Friday, also noted the fast-fading aspiration to achieve the Africa Water Vision of “an Africa where there is an...
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African Water Facility leaders caucus on African sanitation and hygiene
By Adolf Kaure. Various stakeholders of the African Water Facility gathered in Swakopmund for the 23rd meeting of the Governing Council held alongside the seventh edition of the Africa Sanitation and Hygiene Conference (AfricaSan7) from Monday. Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, Hon Calle Schlettwein, was recently appointed as the chairperson of the African Water...
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Sanitation goals off targets – Schlettwein
Staff Reporter THE Minister of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform, Calle Schlettwein, has said that most African countries are far off target regarding the implementation of universal access to adequate and sustainable sanitation and hygiene services and the elimination of open defecation by 2030, paying special attention to the needs of women, girls, and those...