Keetmanshoop residents living in peri-urban areas have expressed gratitude for receiving food parcels under the government's drought relief programme.

Hardap Governor Salomon April has called for collaborative approaches to realise inclusive economic growth in the region. 

While delivering the State of the Region Address, April said, that only then will the region address issues of poverty, unemployment, drought, and quality service delivery. 

The ||Kharas Regional Council has introduced the flexible land tenure scheme at Aussenkehr Settlement to improve the living conditions of locals, most of them still living in reed houses.

||Kharas Governor Aletha Frederick said this in her regional development report on Tuesday. 

||Kharas Governor Aletha Frederick has called for concerted efforts to address the needs of all citizens in the region. 

She made the call during the regional development report at Keetmanshoop. 

The Swapo Party National Leader assigned to the ||Kharas Region, Tom Alweendo, has urged the electorate to entrust the party with another term of office come the 27 November national and presidential elections.

The ||Kharas Region's Swapo Party branch has generated more than N$500,000 in pledges towards the national elections campaign during a fundraising dinner at Oranjemund. 

The Swapo Party Central Committee member, Usko Nghaamwa, pledged the highest amount of N$100,000.

One of the councillors affected by the decision taken by the ||Kharas Regional Council Chairperson, Joseph Isaack, to suspend the salaries of three councillors representing the Swapo Party on the council, Lazarus Nangolo, has described the suspension of their salaries as illegal. 

The ||Kharas Regional Council Chairperson, Joseph Isaack, says he won't back down from his recent decision to suspend the salaries of three councillors representing the Swapo Party in council amid a legal threat. 

The councillors are Lazarus Nangolo, Suzan Ndjaleka, and Taaimy Amakali. 

The Namibia Training Authority (NTA) aims to establish formal technical vocational education and training (TVET) systems in its endeavour to address the issue of unemployment. 

With only about two days to go before the voter registration ends, the Keetmanshoop Urban Constituency still has the lowest voter registration turnout among the seven constituencies in the ||Kharas Region.