Residents of Keetmanshoop have urged the government to step up action against the growing crisis of gender-based violence (GBV). 

The ||Kharas Regional Council has been defying a court order of N$318,000 that was issued by the High Court in September 2020.

The court order relates to a tender signed between the Regional Council and Integrity Trading Enterprises for the construction of ablution facilities in Koës for N$2.3 million.

Stakeholders in ||Kharas Region have voiced diverse views of the draft National Upstream Petroleum Policy aimed at shaping the future of the emerging oil and gas industry. 

The Upstream Petroleum Unit under the Office of the President held the consultation in Keetmanshoop. 

The Namibian government kicked off its stakeholder consultations on the draft National Upstream Petroleum Policy in Luderitz, marking the start of a host of such engagements nationwide, aimed at shaping the future of the oil and gas sector.

The Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund, in partnership with the Law Reform Commission, has engaged stakeholders in the  ||Kharas  Region to provide their input on the proposed amendments to the MVA Fund Act. 

The consultative meeting was held in Keetmanshoop. 

The Southern Corridor Development Initiative in the ||Kharas Region is set to become the heart of Namibia's green hydrogen revolution. 

Young people have gathered at the Captain Reverend Dr. Hendrik Witbooi Primary School in Gibeon, located in the Hardap Region, for the launch of the third round of TVET scholarship applications for youth from the Hardap and ||Kharas regions.

The Deputy Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs, Charles Mubita, has dismissed allegations of pandemic corruption in the ministry and on August 26, a company wholly owned by the ministry.

The deputy minister was responding to questions posed by AR leader Job Amupanda.

The Office of the ||Kharas Governor handed over gardening equipment and seeds to identified rural community gardening initiatives in the region. The equipment and seeds were donated by Mefuta Enterprises.

Community members of Vaalgras Village in the ||Kharas Region converged at the tiny village over the weekend to pay homage to their fallen heroes during the annual festival.