About 29 reed houses have been destroyed in a fire at Aussenkehr settlement in ||Kharas Region this week.
The acting Police Regional Crime Coordinator for ||Kharas, Detective Chief Inspector Jochobetha Angukku, confirmed the fire incident that broke out on Tuesday morning.
Three Swapo Party ||Kharas Regional Council office bearers are challenging the council's decision to relieve them of their duties without remuneration.
They are Lazarus Nangolo, Suzan Ndjaleka, and Taimi Amakali.
The Mariental Municipality has warned members of the public about scammers calling residents and requesting payments for their municipal services, such as water and electricity supply, not to be disconnected.
A family of eight at Keetmanshoop in the ||Kharas Region had a narrow escape after the roof of their house was blown off by heavy winds accompanied by rain on Saturday.
The ||Kharas Regional Council has explained the reasons for its decision to relieve three Swapo Party councillors of their council duties.
The Swapo Party has called on the Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni, to intervene in the ||Kharas Regional Council's state of affairs, whose management committee has been dysfunctional since June last year.
3,129 offenders have been sentenced to community service since the full implementation of the Community Service Order (CSO) programme in 2010.
Out of this figure, 2,781 offenders successfully completed their sentencing conditions by December 31, 2023, while 286 breached the conditions.
A resident of Keetmanshoop, Hans Jaartze, was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for a knife murder.
26-year-old Jaartze pleaded guilty to a murder charge at the start of his trial in the Keetmanshoop Regional Court.
He blamed alcohol for taking the life of his victim.
The inaction of the ||Kharas Regional Council Management Committee remains the biggest governance challenge impeding socio-economic development in the region.
The ||Kharas Education Directorate plans to install pre-paid water and electricity metres at its buildings in the new financial year in an effort to reduce utility expenses.
The regional director, Jesmine Magermann, said this during the principals' meeting held recently at Keetmanshoop.
