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Friday, 24 April 2026
A daily Namibian brief · Est. 2026
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Organization

National Housing Enterprise

Also known as: NHE · National Housing Enterprises

State-owned housing developer delivering low-cost homes to low-income Namibians; 2024/25 reported N$23m profit but delivered only 191 houses against national backlog of 300,000.

Politics

Minister rejects housing enterprise CEO contract extension

The News

Minister of Urban and Rural Development James Sankwasa has rejected the National Housing Enterprise board's request to extend the contract of chief executive Gisbertus Mukulu beyond its June 2026 expiry, declining to publicly explain the decision. The rejection comes amid criticism of NHE's slow housing delivery—the organisation delivered only 445 houses in 2023/24 despite a national housing backlog of about 300,000 units.

26 January 2026 · The Namibian →

Monday 26 January

  1. Minister rejects housing enterprise CEO contract extension

    Minister of Urban and Rural Development James Sankwasa has rejected the National Housing Enterprise board's request to extend the contract of chief executive Gisbertus Mukulu beyond its June 2026 expiry, declining to publicly explain the decision. The rejection comes amid criticism of NHE's slow housing delivery—the organisation delivered only 445 houses in 2023/24 despite a national housing backlog of about 300,000 units.

    26 January 2026 · The Namibian →

Thursday 22 January

  1. Swakopmund to donate 165 residential plots to DRC residents

    Swakopmund Municipality plans to donate 165 single residential erven to residents of the Democratic Resettlement Community as part of a decongestion and land regularisation process. Beneficiaries, some of whom have lived in DRC for more than 28 years, will pay only a N$1,000 transfer fee instead of market value.

    22 January 2026 · New Era →

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