PPPs drive Ondangwa growth

Despite central government slashing capital budgets by half, the Ondangwa Town Council has entered into multi-million dollar public private partnerships (PPPs) to realise its serviced land delivery goals and reduce the housing backlog, among its deliverables.Last year, the town council's budget for capital projects was slashed by the line ministry from N$7.2 million to N$3.7 million. However, the town council has entered into these strategic partnerships to meet its obligations on key development projects. The Ondangwa Town Council has over the past months attracted a number of investors and the latest is a partnership signed last week with Ark Industries Namibia committing about N$300 million for the establishment of a wastewater treatment plant.The plant, which is expected to be completed by 2019, will do away with oxidation ponds as a method of managing waste water because they are a pollution threat to underground water as well as flooding of residential areas.According to the experts, an anaerobic digestion process plant will purify and treat sewage for further use in agriculture to produce potable water, as well to generate energy.At least 50 temporary jobs will be created during the construction of the new system while 27 permanent jobs will be created once the plant becomes operational.According to the CEO of Ondangwa Town Council, Ismael Namgongo, the partnership with Ark Industries is a worthwhile project that is in sync with the town's vision to become the most industrialised in the country.The council also signed a collaboration agreement with Trans-Kalahari Logistics to develop a multi-million-dollar business park for logistics operations, commercial services and a 5 000-ton combined cold storage facility worth N$250 million.The project envisioned to be completed in two years, will create up to 100 jobs during the construction phase and 80 permanent jobs when fully operational. The company has been given two hectares of land at extension 18.According to Trans-Kalahari Logistics managing director, Joseph Mundjele, the project is in line with the government's drive to reduce unemployment and alleviate poverty as envisaged in national development objectives.Furthermore, Ondangwa earlier this year also entered into a PPP with the Sun Investment Group owned by Chinese businessman and money-laundering suspect, Jack Huang, who will service over 500 plots and construct low-cost houses at extensions 32 and 33. Huang's deal is worth about N$200 million. KENYA KAMBOWE

PPPs drive Ondangwa growth

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Namibian Sun 2025-10-24

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