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Katali to lead delegation Mines and Energy Minister Isak Katali will lead a delegation to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) High-Level Regional Infrastructure Investment Conference, taking place from June 26 to 28 in Maputo, Mozambique. President of the Republic of Mozambique, Armando Emilio Guebuza, who is the current chairperson of the SADC, will host the event under the theme 'Accelerating infrastructure investment through sustainable and innovative financing'. The SADC Secretariat said this week that the conference is a major step towards showcasing and implementing regional infrastructure projects. “The objective of the conference is to bring to the table a number of bankable projects for consideration and possible funding,” it said. Keetmans to sort out NHE houses The Keetmanshoop Municipality will start servicing 47 plots in the Kronlein residential area next month, including 14 plots on which National Housing Enterprise (NHE) houses were built. The owners of the NHE houses, which were left without sewerage systems because the plots were not serviced, have been demanding answers since November last year. The 14 houses will be connected to the town's water and sewerage network, paving the way for the owners to finally occupy their homes. The acting chief executive officer of the municipality, Hermanus Losper, said N$8,6 million of the 2013/2014 Targeted Intervention Programme for Employment and Economic Growth (Tipeeg) funds will be used to service the 47 plots. He, however, stated that some of the funds will also be used to service plots in the Ileni informal settlement.