In a rare gesture, former Swakopmund mayor Dina Namubes has donated her access to her guesthouse and sewing machines to offer free dressmaking training to women and girls.

The initiative aims to empower the community.

The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, James Sankwasa, has confronted the Katima Mulilo Town Council over a controversial land-vehicle exchange.

The minister demanded an immediate review of the procedure for valuing the exchanged vehicles versus the land.

African Vocals, a male a cappella group from Swakopmund, is gearing up for exposure through a two-month tour in Germany.

Ensembled in 2012 from the streets of Mondesa, Swakopmund, African Vocals is a 16-member a cappella male group.

The Organisation for the Empowerment of Widows/Widowers and Orphans of HIV/AIDS in Namibia (OEWONA) handed over bedding, toys, and clothing, among other things, to orphans and vulnerable members of society in the Omusati, Ohangwena, and Kavango West regions.

Members of Parliament in the National Assembly have expressed worries about the lack of natural resource beneficiation for local Namibians.

These sentiments were shared during the Ministry of Industrialisation, Mines and Energy's budget debate.