485 Sikondo homesteads to be electrified

NAMPA

2025-03-26

RUNDU, 25 March 2025 - NORED Engineer Petrus Mafungwe handing over the electrification contract of Sikondo village to the contractor. (Photo by: Sawi Hausiku) NAMPA

RUNDU, 26 MAR (NAMPA) – Residents of close to 485 homesteads at Sikondo Village in the Kavango West Region will soon do away with the use of candles for lighting and firewood for cooking as the village will soon be electrified.
Over the past six years and with the assistance of Gondwana Collection and the Kavango West Regional Council, the community raised N.dollars 400 000 towards the electrification of their village that has been without electr...

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