Accident damage to traffic infrastructure costs CoW N$1.5 million

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2026-07-28

HENTIES BAY, 14 November 2025 - The newly installed and first ever traffic lights in the city centre of Henties Bay. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 28 JUL (NAMPA) - The City of Windhoek has spent approximately N$1.5 million over the past two years on repairing traffic and streetlights damaged in motor vehicle accidents, with officials expressing concern over the growing cost of damage to public infrastructure and the high number of hit and run cases.
In a recent interview with Nampa, City of Windhoek Corporate Communications and Public Relations Practitioner, Lydia Amutenya, said t...

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