May 20

• Namibia: Dordabis Pleads for Communal Tap

  Residents of Dordabis have appealed to government to provide them with a communal tap since they only get their water from the police station and from the houses of teachers in the... Read more »

May 8

• Namibia: SPYL Wants Explanation On Water Tariff Hike

  The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL), Ongwediva District branch members have requested the Ongwediva Town Council to provide a thorough explanation for the recent steep water tariff... Read more »

• Namibia: Floods Subside in Caprivi

  Although floodwaters have generally started to recede, people displaced in the wake of this year's floods in the Caprivi Region have not yet left the flood relocation camps. Read more »

May 7

• Namibia: Berseba Water Supply Cut Over Debt

  About 9 000 customers, including essential services, in the Berseba Constituency are without water after the bulk water supplier Namwater disconnected the water supply to the... Read more »

• Namibia: Indebted Village Councils Want Bailout

  Some village councils in the Karas and Hardap regions have appealed to the Ministry of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development to intervene with regard to the... Read more »

April 24

• Namibia: Villages Sink in Water Debt

  The Namibian Association of Local Authority Officers (NALAO) says almost all the villages in the south could face water cuts any time in the next two months. Read more »

April 17

• Namibia: Proposed 40 Percent Hike in Water Tariff Riles Residents

  Residents of Ongwediva are unhappy with the town council's decision to increase water tariffs by 40 percent as from July 01 this year. Read more »

April 13

• Namibia: Kavango To Build 160 Toilets For Rural Residents

  More than half of the people living in the densely populated northeastern Kavango do not have access to adequate sanitation and toilet facilities. Read more »

• Namibia: Rundu Incurs Huge Water Debt

  NamWater has issued an ultimatum to the town of Rundu to settle its N$14.2 million water debt or to have the water supply to the entire town disconnected. Read more »

April 10

• Namibia: Thousands Receive Flood Relief in Caprivi

  The Disaster Relief Emergency Fund of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has donated over N$2.7 million to support the Namibia Red Cross Society... Read more »

• Namibia: Finland Provides Dry Toilets

  The Embassy of Finland in partnership with the government handed over 14 dry toilets to Nuwe Fontein and /Aub !Gaos communities in the Karas Region where the provision of water is... Read more »

April 4

• Namibia: Wider Access to Water and Sanitation

  About 80 percent of all Namibian households have access to safe drinking water. However, the figure changes when split between rural and urban households. Read more »

• Namibia: Water Sector to Receive Hefty N$2.8 Billion Budget

  Government will pump N$2.8 billion in the water sector for the next three years out of a total of N$7.1 billion allocated to the agriculture ministry over the Medium-Term... Read more »

March 27

• Namibia: Namibia Observes World Water Day

  The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry is observing World Water Day in Oranjemund today. The day will be observed under the theme "Cooperation for Water and Wetlands and... Read more »

March 12

• Namibia: Floods Do Bring Plenty of Fish

  Despite floods in Caprivi causing damage to property and crops, there is an overwhelming sense of relief and optimism. Read more »

February 26

• Namibia: Windhoek Faces Water Crisis

  The poor rainy season has serious water shortage implications for the entire City of Windhoek that could face water rationing for the first time in many years. Read more »

February 22

• Namibia: Businesswoman Rigs Water Meter

  A Rundu woman was fined N$4 000 yesterday by the Rundu Town Council for rigging a water meter on the water pipeline supplying water to her multi-roomed residence in Rundu's... Read more »

February 20

• Namibia: Caprivi Villagers Await Evacuation

  The Caprivi Regional Disaster Risk Management Committee (CRDRM) says it is unable to evacuate villagers affected by floods in the Kabbe Constituency following the rapid rise of the... Read more »

February 6

• Namibia: Katima Restores Water to Chotto

  Disgruntled residents of the three informal settlements of Chotto, Cowboy and Mahohoma in Katima Mulilo accuse the town council of supplying them with untreated water from the... Read more »

January 30

• Namibia: Kabbe Readies for Mass Evacuation

  The Caprivi Regional Disaster Risk Management Committee (CRDRM) is fully prepared to evacuate villagers in the flood-hit Kabbe Constituency following the rapid rise of the Zambezi... Read more »

January 29

• Namibia: Chotto, Cowboy Without Water

  Three informal settlements in Katima Mulilo - Chotto, Mahohoma and Cowboy - were without potable water from Sunday until late yesterday. Read more »

January 8

• Namibia: Residents Fed Up With Dirty Toilets

  The lack of enough public toilet facilities in the Havana 2 informal settlement on the outskirts of Windhoek, have residents at each others' throats, with accusations and counter... Read more »

November 27, 2012

• Namibia: Windhoek Elects New Mayor

  Long-serving City Council member Agnes Kafula was yesterday elected as Windhoek's new mayor. Read more »

November 22, 2012

• Namibia: Arsenic Contamination At Tsumeb 'Insignificant'

  Reports about arsenic contaminated water, as a result of the operations of Namibia Custom Smelter, in the Tsumeb district and in the town are based on a typographic error in the... Read more »

• Namibia: Experts to Determine Tapping of Ancient Aquifer

  The decision on how to harvest water from the huge aquifer discovered in the northern part of the country, could take as long as six years. Read more »