Windhoek is about to welcome some exciting upgrades across multiple city initiatives. The European Union-backed AfriFoodLinks project will pump nearly three-quarters of a million dollars into Farm Okukuna, an urban agriculture project at Goreangab. The Agriculture Ministry will sweeten the deal by donating three electric solar-powered motorcycles, helping project participants boost food production for personal use and income generation.
City leaders have green-lit a new science and technology center at the UN Plaza Community Complex. The Namibia Centre for Research, Science, and Technology nabbed renovation rights for the complex's restaurant building. After the municipal council approves a N$2.3 million renovation plan, they'll lease the space for five years with a potential extension.
Windhoek's municipal council just reshaped its Institutional Land Policy with some serious restrictions. Property buyers and their successors can't switch up land use or transfer property without council approval for three decades after purchase. The new rules lock down land strictly for its original intended purpose.
Kicking off May first, the city will launch a massive property valuation project. Researchers will comb through every rateable property, collecting and analyzing data to update property values. The comprehensive effort carries a N$4.7 million price tag and should wrap up in about a year. Meanwhile, the council's pushing forward with the Move Windhoek Project, reviving low-carbon public transport by investigating electric bus routes. Funded by the Green Planet Fund, the initiative aims to cut traffic, clean up air quality, and push Windhoek toward a smarter, greener future.
City leaders have green-lit a new science and technology center at the UN Plaza Community Complex. The Namibia Centre for Research, Science, and Technology nabbed renovation rights for the complex's restaurant building. After the municipal council approves a N$2.3 million renovation plan, they'll lease the space for five years with a potential extension.
Windhoek's municipal council just reshaped its Institutional Land Policy with some serious restrictions. Property buyers and their successors can't switch up land use or transfer property without council approval for three decades after purchase. The new rules lock down land strictly for its original intended purpose.
Kicking off May first, the city will launch a massive property valuation project. Researchers will comb through every rateable property, collecting and analyzing data to update property values. The comprehensive effort carries a N$4.7 million price tag and should wrap up in about a year. Meanwhile, the council's pushing forward with the Move Windhoek Project, reviving low-carbon public transport by investigating electric bus routes. Funded by the Green Planet Fund, the initiative aims to cut traffic, clean up air quality, and push Windhoek toward a smarter, greener future.
