PDM condemns housing, rural, urban budget allocation

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2025-04-20

WINDHOEK, 05 October 2024 - Popular Democratic Movement leader McHenry Venaani. (Photo by: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 20 APR (NAMPA) – Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) president, McHenry Venaani, says the piecemeal approach taken to housing and rural and urban development is concerning.
In his contributions to the Appropriation Bill debate in the parliament recently, he said while finance minister Ericah Shafudah acknowledged that housing and informal settlement upgrading are priority investment areas to unlock economic opportunities and ensure the de...

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