Following the successful implementation of the use of national identity cards as documents for cross-border travel between Namibia and Botswana, authorities in the neighbouring country are using the lessons from the agreement to launch similar arrangements with other countries in the region.

The Kavango West Region has introduced a number of projects to address socio-economic developments such as unemployment, poverty, food insecurity, and climate-related vulnerabilities, among others.

The Keetmanshoop Town Council has suspended acting CEO Deseree Boois, who holds the Financial Strategic Executive position, with full salary pending an investigation into alleged financial irregularities.

Council resolved Boois’s suspension at a meeting on Tuesday.

Two hundred and twenty-nine people have died since the start of the year as a result of motor vehicle accidents across the country.

The Motor Vehicle Accident Fund said personal responsibility from every road user is the only way to reverse the trend.

More than N$218 million in unclaimed pension benefits could be sitting in institutional accounts while thousands of beneficiaries remain unaware that money is legally owed to them.