Reho Spa flooded by sewage JEMIMA BEUKES The once popular Reho Spa is now standing in a lake of sewage as a result of blocked drains in the area.
Plans to renovate and upgrade the facility have been postponed indefinitely while the Rehoboth Community Trust looks for investors to kick-start the project.
The Rehoboth Community Trust signed a 12-year lease agreement with Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) in 2014, but since this agreement the facility has deteriorated.
At the time the trust promised that renovations would start in November that year and that the facility would be opened to the public by May 2015. That never happned.
When contacted for comment, RCT chairperson Ronald Kubas said he was aware that the facility was flooded, but pointed out that the spa was not in use at the moment.
“We are still busy sorting out the finances – N$26 million. We have submitted business plans to financial institutions and are still waiting for answers. We are not going to do anything until we find an investor,” said Kubas.
The Reho Spa closed its doors in April 2011 after the company, Reho Spa Ltd, at the time owned by former National Youth Council acting secretary general Ralph Blaauw and Polytechnic of Namibia registrar Corneels Japhta, ran up huge unpaid municipal bills and failed to fulfil its obligations towards NWR.