Gobabis needs a complete facelift

WALLACE FINNIES WRITES:The pride and, indeed, the capital of the great Omaheke region urgently needs a complete facelift.I remember visiting this town as a young boy with my mother for the first time in the mid-nineties, and wow, what a beauty it was.But nowadays, whenever I visit Gobabis, also known as #Hoandawes, as a result of my agricultural activities, I am saddened by the waste and unhygienic situation prevailing at Gobabis, the capital city of the Omaheke region.If I, an ordinary Namibian, am disturbed by this deteriorating situation, how much more so by other visitors?I think it’s high time that the Gobabis municipality be held directly accountable for what is happening in this strategically located town, which is the gateway to the rest of Southern Africa.For more than 30 years, taxpayers’ money has been diverted to this town for developmental purposes, yet there is only one tarred road running through it on your way to the B6. The premises of Gobabis municipality are an eyesore.There are no toilet facilities at major retailers and businesses in Gobabis. There are basically no public toilets in Gobabis apart from the payable ones at filling stations.I wonder when Namibia’s health minister will visit Gobabis to come and experience first-hand the poor service delivery and filth at Gobabis State Hospital and Epako Clinic, not to mention the treatment and language used when addressing the San people.The image displayed by Gobabis is that of a big village being in fluxed by people from surrounding farms and settlements.Gobabis genuinely needs a complete facelift to restore the beautiful smile on the face of the “great Omaheke region”.Please give the bull at the entrance of Gobabis a Drink O Pop!* Rubrieke, meningstukke, briewe en SMS’e deur lesers en meningvormers weerspieël nie noodwendig die siening van Republikein of Namibia Media Holdings (NMH) nie. As mediahuis onderskryf NMH die etiese kode vir Namibiese media, soos toegepas deur die Media-ombudsman.

Gobabis needs a complete facelift

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Republikein 2026-02-03

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