Residents of Tsaraxa-aibes, an informal settlement in Otjiwarongo, are calling on the municipality to attend to the uncollected waste piled up over recent years.

The residents claim that waste has not been collected for the past 2 to 3 years. 

The Altersheim Retirement Village in Otjiwarongo is encouraging family and friends of its residents to visit them as often as possible.

The Retirement Village cares for elderly residents and assists them with all their needs.

Otavi Constituency Councillor George !Garab says a portion of the resettlement farm, Neu Sommerau, must be incorporated into Kombat Settlement.

This, he said, would allow residents on the resettlement farm to acquire proper residential plots.

The Roads Authority (RA) is on a road trip to create awareness about the Mobile Vehicle Testing Station.

nbc News team visited the Otjiwarongo Roadlock, where about six vehicles were tested.

Stationary stores in Otjiwarongo are packed as parents busy themselves with back-to-school shopping. Stationery lists, some say, require them to dig deep into their pockets.

Celebrating New Year for the outgoers in Otjiwarongo was almost impossible as the police dispersed crowds' at different socialising outlets.

The night was tranquil for those who spent New Year's Eve and crossed into 2024 at church or at their homes.

With the extension of the SIM card registration, Kalkfeld residents are calling on Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) to visit their settlement again.

Councillors from the Otjiwarongo Municipality retained their positions during a swearing-in ceremony conducted by Magistrate Immanuel Udjombala.

Otavi Town Council Chief Executive Officer Wodibo Haulofu has called out NamWater for installing a water metre at the Otavi fountain.

Haulofu expressed his dissatisfaction during the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resources and Community Development hearing.

Otjozondjupa Governor James Uerikua says the regional council agrees to the writing off of historic water debts in certain cases.