Keeping Namibia clean … second national clean-up held at Rundu

RUNDU – The deputy minister of environment and tourism, Bernadette Jagger, on Saturday launched the national cleaning campaign at Rundu.

Speaking at the event at the Rundu Stadium, Jagger said the national clean-up campaign is an initiative that was started by president Hage Geingob in 2018, leading to the first annual national clean-up campaign held in Windhoek last year.

“Just as last year, today we are coming together as Namibians from all spheres of life and in all regions to unite under one common goal, that is to make Namibia clean,” she said.

“Rundu is a vibrant economic town and a tourist centre–hence it needs to be kept clean as it will help attract businesses and tourists to the region and lead to the improved quality of life of the town’s residents,” the deputy minister said.

The campaign is coordinated by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and held under the theme ‘Namibia, Healthy and Clean’.

Jagger urged all regional councils and local authority councils to hold regular clean-up activities.

“Let this not be a once-off activity.

Local authorities in other countries have earmarked the last Saturday every month to do their cleaning.

I think we can copy from them,” she stressed.

She called on Namibians to be innovative and adopt regular clean-up activities.

The bulk of the waste generated in the country ends up in illegal dumpsites which is a serious concern to, and the ministry is committed to enhancing education and awareness regarding proper waste management and control, Jagger said. “However, each of us has a role to play in changing our attitudes and mindsets towards the littering of our environment,” she highlighted.

OTJIWARONGO

more than 800 residents of Otjiwarongo residents, including pupils from different schools, turned up for the national clean-up campaign at the town on Saturday.

The participants, led by the Otjozondjupa governor, Otto Ipinge, gathered at Etambi Township shortly after 07h00, where they started with their cleaning activities.

“Education and awareness on cleanliness are an important vehicle that would assist us in facilitating a long-term culture of proper waste management so that we can easily achieve our goal of keeping Namibia clean,” said Ipinge.

He urged the residents in the region to become environment ambassadors and volunteers who would protect nature from any harm, plant trees, hold regular cleaning exercises and campaign against littering.

– Nampa.

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