Tsumeb Mall
Thursday, 3 April 2014
Namibia Telecom extends 3G+, 4G network to Tsumeb
Namibia Telecom extends 3G+, 4G network to Tsumeb
Tuesday 1 April 2014 | 11:48 CET | News
Telecom Namibia's mobile unit, tn mobile, has extended its 3G+ and 4G (LTE) services to Tsumeb in the Oshikoto region. Overall tn mobile's 3G+ and 4G LTE network is now available in 10 major towns across the country. Towns covered by the same network are the capital city of Windhoek and surrounding areas, as well as Walvis Bay, Swakopmund, Langstrand and Henties Bay in the Erongo Region. Other towns are Ondangwa, Ongwediva and Oshakati in Oshana Region, as well as Ohangwena and Oshikango in Ohangwena Region. Omuthiya, the regional capital of Oshikoto Region, was connected to tn mobile's 3G+ service on 20 March. The four new LTE and six new 3G+ sites will be commissioned by the second week of April.
Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Tsumeb builds 300 houses
TSUMEB – The Tsumeb Town Council has constructed
300 low-cost houses for its inhabitants, while council has enlisted the
services of property developers to speed up housing delivery.
Re-elected Tsumeb mayor Ndangi Linekela Shetekela
revealed this on Tuesday when he was sworn-in for another term in office in
accordance with Section 11 and Section 21 of the Local Authorities Act (Act No.
23 of 1992). “The construction of low-cost housing spearheaded by the Shack
Dwellers Association of Namibia remains a major success and has so far managed
to build about 300 houses for low-income groups in our community,” he said.
“The council has also allocated more tasks to various developers to construct
low-, semi-, as well as high-income housing in order to address the housing
backlog at the town. The projects will commence as soon as standard procedures
have been completed,” Shetekela said. The Tsumeb municipality on Tuesday held
its annual swearing-in ceremony for office bearers where six of the seven
office bearers took the oath of office. Speaking at the event Shetekela
remarked on the overall performance of the municipality, as well as the
challenges and achievements recorded during the period under review. According
to Shetekela as elected leaders the councillors committed themselves to the
principles of participatory democracy, good governance, sustainable
socio-economic development, justice and peace. “I want to [acknowledge] the
hard work shown by our council and the residents of Tsumeb who [worked]
together diligently to bring about improvements in their surroundings, and as a
council we hope that we can still work together to achieve more successes in
2014 and beyond,” Shetekela further said. He outlined the importance of
achieving the goals that the council has set for itself, as well as the
importance of remaining united in its purpose to create an industrialized,
stable and peaceful Tsumeb and Namibia at large. He said the progress achieved
so far in Tsumeb is largely due to the new and innovative ideas that the
elected political office bearers have put in motion.
The Tsumeb mayor said the 2013 Tsumeb Copper Festival,
which witnessed the introduction of the new element of diversity was a great
success. “The festival-cum-trade fair is our annual calendar event that is
being organized primarily to unite all the residents of the town and visitors,
whilst at the same time creating opportunities for SME’s and business
enterprises to market and showcase their products,” he explained. The council
also managed to successfully lure various long-overdue investments to render
much needed services to residents, according to the mayor. The big investment
by Dundee Precious Metals, the new prospects of mining by Weatherly Mining, the
N$107 million Tsumeb Mall and a modern Tsumeb Airport are all new opportunities
for job creation and for economic growth he said. Shetekela conceded that the
town is not a utopia and faces challenges, including the influx of many people
seeking economic opportunities and prosperity and other developmental
constraints, such as inadequate infrastructure, which the town council is
prepared to face head on in its quest to improve service delivery. He said some
of the infrastructure developments in the pipeline include the tarring of more
roads and the development of housing and business spaces, as well as the need
for sanitation in informal settlements like Kuvuki. “Local stakeholders such as
Dundee Precious Metals through its community trust continue to make a positive
contribution to the development of our SMEs, schools and the social welfare of
our town in general. As chairperson of the council I would like to advise the
council and management to expedite the development of a municipal company that
will engage strategic partners for further economic development in order to
allow us to provide much needed services to our people,” Shetekela said.
By John Travolter Matali
Wednesday, 8 January 2014
Construction News
The single level shopping mall
will be covered. Selected areas will be
semi-covered to embrace the culture of protecting the native indigenous trees
that are synonymous with the region.
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