CoW to electrify 4 000 households in informal settlements

The City of Windhoek (CoW) municipal council has approved a plan to electrify approximately 4 000 households in Windhoek’s informal settlements over the next five years.

The council in a statement said the five-year electrification plan intends to expand on the previous plan which ran from 2017 to 2022. Since 2017, 3 515 service connections have been completed in Otjomuise, Havana, Goreangab, One Nation, Okahandja Park, Ongulumbashe, Babilon and Kilimandjaro.

‘The electrification projects under the 2017-2022 plan were funded by the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development and NamPower, with a total capital investment of around N.dollars 45 million,’ it said.

The proposed areas for electrification consideration will be limited to demarcated erven situated within the informal settlements, identified in consultation with the Department of Housing Property Management and Human Settlement in accordance with the development and upgrading policy.

The 2023-2028 electrification plan is expected to cost between
N.dollars 15 million and N.dollars 20 million per annum, the council stated.

Source: Namibia Press Agency