A member of the OvaHerero Repatriation Day Committee, Johnathan Katjimune, says there is a need for the government to hastily inject into the development of Gam Settlement to meet the needs of the growing population.
High rates of tuberculosis infection continue to be a huge concern in Tsumkwe Constituency in the Otjozondjupa Region.
The Roads Authority continues to break new ground and bring services closer to the people.
So far, it has opened two new NaTIS centers, the latest being at Tsumkwe.
With the envisioned Grootfontein-Tsumkwe-Dobe tar road in the pipeline at Otjozondjupa Region, civil servants stationed at Dobe Border Post in Botswana want development in the area for the sake of better living and working conditions.
Youth in Tsumkwe maintain their protest over the census candidate list and demand answers.
Young people from Tsumkwe, in the Otjozondjupa Region, are steadfast in their quest to be included in mass employment by the government and its agencies. They vow to boycott and disrupt the upcoming Population and Housing Census process.
Police in the Otjozondjupa Region have arrested two men, aged 44 and 39, in the Omatako area, Tsumkwe West, as they were going to deliver another consignment of cannabis.
The drugs found on the suspects consist of 24 parcels of cannabis valued at N$123,000.
Namibia is among the top ten countries with high tuberculosis cases in the World.
Health and Social Services Minister, Dr. Kalumbi Shangula calls on community members with TB symptoms to get tested and start receiving treatment without delay.
Tuberculosis (TB) infection remains a major health challenge in Tsumkwe.
The health facilities in the area continue to record a higher number of new infections, with the Drug Resistant TB strain being the highest compared to elsewhere in the country.
As Namibia celebrates Independence Day this week, it is also an ideal moment to reflect on the country's cultural contributions.
Amid the years of the liberation struggle in 1989, a movie that would capture the hearts of many was being shot in Tsumkwe: The Gods must be Crazy.
