AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoSanitation & health access: Namibia’s marginalised households are still being left behind, with the NSA reporting 68.4% of marginalised-community households without toilets. Housing & land delivery: A growing backlog of more than 300,000 homes is being blamed less on building capacity and more on slow land governance, servicing and planning. Child wellbeing & school dropouts: A Windhoek grandmother is caring for six grandchildren who fell out of school after their mother and breadwinner died, with no pension grant yet. Public health infrastructure: Japan-backed upgrades at Khorixas are nearing completion, including school sanitation work and new equipment for Khorixas State Hospital’s children’s wards. Nuclear regulation: Consultations on Namibia’s Nuclear Bill are underway, with low public turnout noted; the draft aims to modernise regulation for peaceful nuclear uses like diagnostics and cancer treatment. Livestock & disease control: Namibia is keeping strict foot-and-mouth disease border measures in place as South Africa faces outbreaks. Water security: NamWater has started the Naute–Keetmanshoop pipeline replacement project (over N$219m) to support communities, schools and clinics. Social worker strain: The welfare ministry warns social workers are under unsustainable pressure due to staff shortages and heavy, traumatic case loads.
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