A pensioner and his family from Silumbi Village in the Katima Rural Constituency in the Zambezi Region lost everything that was kept in a hut that was used as a kitchen, which caught fire and burned down in the early hours of Monday.

With the worsening living conditions of the less fortunate, who live in corrugated iron shelters in Namibia, the face of poverty regularly produces resilient individuals who, on a daily basis, struggle to feed their families.

The Otjozondjupa Regional Council has helped electrify 10 houses of pensioners at Otjiwarongo's informal settlements.

Otjiwarongo councillor Marlene Mbakera says the initiative aims to meet sustainable development goals 1 and 10, which speak to poverty and inequality reduction.