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The services that the Regional
Council provides for the Karas Region can
be encapsulated as The assurance that the Karas
Region is being developed to its optimal captivity
to the benefit of the community of the Karas Region. This being achieved by concentration,
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Regional development |
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Participatory democracy |
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Town/settlement planning and development |
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Water & electricity supply |
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Housing |
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Projects |
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Representation at National Council Level. |
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service provided to the Karas Region is assured by |
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Involving maximum number of stakeholders, such as
Ministries, NGO's and private sector |
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Empowering the community of Karas for self-governance |
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Applying principles of good governance in the
administrative duties |
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Employing high caliber of human resources |
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Regular reviewing the performance of the Regional
Council against this Mission statement |
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Council structure supported |
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It is set up |
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Weakness |
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Very demotivated staff leading
to poor team work, negative attitudes |
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Poor skills and lacking
training |
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Management skill lacking
resulting in poor communication and lack of
co-ordination |
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Hiv/Aids |
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Councillors not always clear of
their roles which leads to interference in
administrative work of RC |
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Staff members goals not aligned
with RC goals and vision |
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Racism, cliques and favouritism |
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Opportunities |
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Wealth of the region with
regard to mining, fishing, agriculture allows for
investment opportunities. |
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Funds are generally made
available |
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Willingness to decentralize and
the spin-offs associated therewith i.e.
involvement at grass-root level, etc |
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Business opportunities due to
good infrastructure i.e. airport, harbour, roads
and railway lines. |
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Threats |
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Perception that
willingness/readiness from Central Government is
not visible |
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Poverty in region and
inequality of wealth distribution |
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Vastness of area and scarce
population |
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HIV/Aids |
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Commitment to fruitful
decentralization by councillors/community |
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The
SWOT Analysis was done by semi-anonymous method
and the above summary is a reflection of the
general trend that was common in the overall
analysis. |
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Wheeler Street, Namibia |
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Postal Address: P O Box 384,
Keetmanshoop |
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Telephone: |
(+264
63) 221900 |
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Fax: |
(+264 63) 223538 |
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E-mail:
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karas@iafrica.com.na |
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