Town councils urged to realign strategies with industry growth

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2025-07-12

SWAKOPMUND, 27 July 2024 - Minister of Urban and Rural Development Erastus Uutoni, the Mayor of Swakopmund Dina Namubes and other municipality officials as well as Quintessential Construction owners at the recent groundbreaking ceremony of the construction of over 140 houses in Swakopmund. The houses are to be constructed by the construction Company, through an agreement between them, the municipality of Swakopmund who approved land and the Development Bank of Namibia which gave the loan. (Photo by:Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 12 JUL, (NAMPA) – Swakop Uranium’s Head of Human Resources, Patrick Chizabulyo, has called on local authorities to strategically align their development plans with the realities and growth trajectories of major industries operating within their towns.
Speaking at a Swakopmund business meeting on Friday, Chizabulyo warned that if municipalities failed to track and harness the economic benefits brought by large-scale businesses, much of...

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