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Windhoek Informal Settlement Upgrading Pilot Project

above all commitment, which then translates into a desire to do and learn. The technical tools can be learned over time, while the rest, that kind of attitude mentioned above, is more difficult.”

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the awards were live streamed from Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 28 October to simultaneous events held in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.

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The 2020-2021 winners are:

First Place (Awarded a 12 month post graduate scholarship at Poly.Design – Polytechnic di Milano, in Milan, Italy)

Laone Kaelo Rahele (Botswana) Valerie Lamiel (Canada) Juliana Bonita Fredericks (Namibia) Tebogo Shaun Ledwaba (South Africa) Second Place (12-month Artisan hands-on jewellery manufacturing training with Akapo Jewellers)

Yozikee Juliet Kariambahe (Botswana) Virgina Muralt (Canada) Gilliem Gurirab (Namibia) Kgaugelo Pinyana Mphela (South Africa) Third Place (Three-month De Beers internship in the respective country’s)

Boitshoko Kebakile (Botswana) Emily Vander Vlugt (Canada) Delmeine Delicia Einbeck (Namibia) Roelien Geldenhuys (South Africa) The 2022-2023 Shining Light Awards gala will be hosted in South Africa, where the De Beers Group Designers Initiative was born 26 years ago.

South African Shining Light Awards Winners (from left) Second place Kaugelo Pinyana Mphela, First place Tebogo Shaun Ledwaba, Third place Roelien Geldenhuys

ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE (131) HOUSES CONSTRUCTED

The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, honourable Erastus Uutoni handed over of a batch of one hundred and thirty one (131) completed houses units on the 19th July 2021, under the Windhoek Informal Settlement Upgrading Pilot project.

The minister applauded and appreciated the joint collaboration between Ministry of Urban and Rural Development, the Khomas Regional Council, the Windhoek Municipality and the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) for having decided to join hands to pilot a low income, ultra-low and ultra-ultra-low income-centric housing initiative called Informal Settlements Upgrading.

"I want to reiterate that the need for improved coordination and a collaborative approach has become even more important in the face of obvious increased challenges of low economic growth and reduced fiscal space, which have been worsened by the huge negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Today, I am pleased to inform this gathering that we have achieved our goal of delivering 200 houses in phase one", the minister stated. The minister also thanked those members of the public who have already signed up to the project, which offers a viable solution, and called on other residents in Windhoek to come on board. "As a ministry, we are also pursuing and implementing other complementing interventions to scale up and accelerate access to tenure security, proper sanitation and housing", said the minister.

The minister appealed to the business community especially the ones supplying building material to join them and follow the example of BUCO Hardware and Buildware which pledged to reduce prices on the materials used for the construction of the houses. He urged all beneficiaries to maintain the houses and encouraged other residents to join this wonderful initiative.

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