Namibia: No Preventative Maintenance Policy – More Bridges to Collapse

During the recent strategic planning workshop of the Ministry of Works and Transport, the minister, Hon Veikko Nekundi said the government needs a policy reform to maintain its public infrastructure.

According to Nekundi, having a preventative maintenance policy is a cost-effective approach to take care of public infrastructure.

“We don’t have a preventative maintenance policy in place. How can we as a government have such big infrastructure, yet we don’t have a maintenance plan or policy? We must…