Two people died in a trail derail near Keemanshoop this morning.
The deceased have been identified as South African national Hendrik Du Plessis and Richard Wimmerth who were the drivers.
The accident occurred along the railway line between Seeheim and Holoog 68 kilometers near Keetmanshoop.
Stakeholders in the ||Kharas Region have welcomed the Commission for Alternative Dispute Resolution Draft Bill, describing it as long overdue.
They shared their sentiments on the sidelines of a stakeholder consultative meeting held at Keetmanshoop.
The Governor of ||Kharas Region, has called on the first intake of the Keetmanshoop Vocational Training Centre to become advocates of change driving progress and development.
Farmer Renee Knupp has denied allegations of blocking a neighbour's access to a proclaimed road running through his farm, Kwaggapoort, in the ||Kharas Region. The dispute has escalated to the regional leadership, prompting an on-site intervention.
Potential investors have conducted a fact-finding mission to the Neckartal Dam in the ||Kharas Region, as plans gain momentum for the second phase of the irrigation scheme’s development.
The ||Kharas Regional Directorate has awarded the best top Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary Level performers and best-performing teachers at the ||Kharas regional prize-giving ceremony held in Keetmanshoop.
The chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Economy and Industry, Public Administration and Planning has also appealed for completion of the upgrading of the Sandverhaar-Buchholzbrunn railway in the ||Kharas Region, without further delay.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Economy, Industry, Public Administration and Planning has called for suitable land to be made available to initiate phase two of the Neckertal Dam Irrigation Scheme.
The Standing Committee on Economy, Industry, and Public Administration paid a courtesy visit to the office of the ||Kharas Governor, Dawid Gertze, this morning.
The government has allocated N$12 million towards the electrification of peri-urban households in the ||Kharas and Hardap regions.
