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SMS Of The Day * MINISTRY of Gender and Child Welfare, TEARS are rolling down as I write this SMS. The killing of women in Namibia is now like reciting a poem. Are we really getting the protection we deserve while women not being treated as part of this c
Food For Thought * SO the Zimbabwe elections were free and peaceful and not free and fair?
Bouquets And Brickbats * NURSES at Katutura Hospital must stop wearing those big plastic sandals at work because they are not the official working shoes. We want to see you looking smart and beautiful with your full uniform.
SMS Of The Day * THIS nation is in dire need of a massive conference on housing. When we experienced a crisis in the education sector a crisis-control brain-storming conference was organised which resulted in the best deal ever for the Namibian child, nam
Food For Thought * BOURGEOISIE has become a daily occupation if not the order of the day of the upper-echelons, President Hifikepunye Pohamba we urge you to revisit this unpatriotic geocentricism among your staff and the well-connected, for everybody to r
Bouquets And Brickbats * COMMISSIONER of Prisons, can you please explain the strategies you use to appoint officers to certain positions? It is my observation that you are being fed with wrong information then you just promote individuals without making p
SMS Of The Day * I THINK Paulus ‘The Rock’ Ambunda lost his belt because of this promoter and trainer. How can a world champion still be training at the Katutura Youth Complex where there is not enough equipment. I think they must follow the example of Ha
Food For Thought * NAMIBIA Dairies are unable to match low prices of imported milk and this ultimately means the consumer will have to pay more for local milk. Look at the prices of the local chicken. All these profits are going in the pockets of a few in
Bouquets And Brickbats * I AM pleased to hear that Cabinet has responded positively to the proposal of Namibia Dairies to support the industry. The restrictions which support the industry by reducing competition to ensure the survival of the industry is a
SMS Of The Day * CEO’s golden handshakes. Somewhere on our statute books there must be a provision that if a board of directors suspends/dismisses a CEO without due regard to legal provision (substantive/procedural law) such board must carry the costs for
Food For Thought * JACKY Asheeke was so right with her last column- why are the fathers of the dead children not being prosecuted? (Reference to the children who died in shack fires last week) Our justice system still protects men over women. In this cont
Bouquets And Brickbats * ALEXACTUS Kaure, your column in Friday’s newspaper opened my eyes. One hardly finds impartial case study analysers in Namibia. Let’s not destroy the Polytechnic’s strong foundation (Tjivikua) as yet. At least wait until the transf

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NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-08-01

Windhoek water and electricity tariffs to stay

Nomhle Kangootui

WINDHOEK residents will feel the pinch of the recent tariff hikes, come end of August, when the first bills after increases will be enforced.

The City of Windhoek said that, although the Khomas Regional Council (KRC) has attempted to recall the hikes, they weren’t able to stop municipality from implementing the new tariffs.

Spokesperson of the municipality Joshua Amukugo said residents will be paying the new increases.

“Like we said, there is nothing the KRC can do. So far we are still waiting for the consultative meeting and nothing has come off that,” Amukugo said.

The Deputy Mayor of Windhoek, Muezee Kazapua, said they won’t give in to the recall of the budget.

“We did the consultation, unless people don’t understand what consultation means. On the 27 March this year we wrote a letter [requesting] for a meeting with the Khomas Regional Council but they did not attend until it was time for us to table our budget. What could we have done if the council was not available,” Kazapua said.

Meanwhile, the chairperson of the KRC, Zulu Shitongeni, said he is currently in the north and therefore cannot comment on any recent developments. “Talk to the chief regional officer Ben Mulongeni. He will shed more light on that issue,” he said.

However, Mulongeni told The Namibian that he had not been present in the meeting.

“I think the best people to assist you will be the councillors, not me. I have no idea how far that meeting and the recalling of the budget is,” Mulongeni said.

When contacted for comment, councillor for the Khomasdal-North constituency Margaret Mensah-Williams referred The Namibian back to Shitongeni. “Please talk to the chairperson. He has the result of the meeting,” she said.

If a resident was previously paying N$200 per month for water usage, he/she will now be paying N$230.00, as 15% of the initial price make up the additional N$30. The calculation depends on the average usage per day. Electricity Prepaid N$ 100 will get the consumer 63.69 units.