The Rehoboth Town Council on Thursday met with the Hardap Regional Council, seeking stronger political and technical support to align its development plans and projects with national priorities.
The council, led by mayor Jacky Khariseb, met with Hardap governor Riaan McNab and regional councillors in what it describes as its first major stakeholder engagement of the year.
The discussions focused on how the two councils can work together to ensure that Rehoboth’s development plans fit into the Sixth National Development Plan (NDP6), which guides government spending and policy direction.
At the meeting, McNab emphasised that cooperation between local and regional authorities is critical if development is to reach communities.
“We have different layers of government, but they must work together to make planning and service delivery effective,” his personal assistant, Rainholt Cloete, told The Namibian.
He said the Hardap Regional Council will focus on seven priority areas outlined in NDP6, with agriculture and education among the key sectors.
The Hardap region has been identified by the national government as having strong potential in horticulture and small livestock farming.
Cloete adds that the regional council also plays a role in helping local authorities learn from one another by sharing best practices.
Rehoboth Town Council spokesperson Desire Pieters says the town has made progress in completing capital projects and in keeping the regional council informed of its activities.
“Working with the regional council is important because that is where resources, legitimacy and scale come from,” Pieters says.
Although there is no formal system to measure how well the two councils are working together, Pieters says cooperation is reflected through joint projects, working relationships and benchmarking visits by other local authorities in the Hardap and ||Kharas regions.
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