Otavi residents owe municipality N.dollars 75.4 million

NAMPA

2024-09-22

OTAVI, 19 April 2021 - The Otavi Town Council office complex. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) MAMPA

By Uakutura Kambaekua
OTAVI, 22 SEP (NAMPA) – Residents of Otavi owe the municipality N.dollars 75.4 million in unpaid water, erven, and other council utility fees.
The vast majority of these debts are equally attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic’s government decree, which required councils and municipalities to provide water to all citizens, regardless of whether they were in arrears.
According to Otavi municipal Chief Executive Officer (CEO)...

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