Swakop gardener urges support for backyard farming

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Community gardener and resident of Swakopmund's DRC informal settlement, Reinhard Gariseb, is urging the government to support backyard garden initiatives. 

Gariseb said training unemployed and interested young people in gardening can help with food security and address joblessness. 

Murder suspect wanted

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A 21-year-old man was stabbed to death by unknown suspects over the weekend. 

Ui-Basen !Nowaseb was on his way home from a pub with two friends at Swakopmund's DRC informal settlement.

!Nowaseb was reportedly walking ahead of his companions when he was attacked by an unknown man.

Swakopmund Soup kitchen pleads for dining hall

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A soup kitchen on the outskirts of Swakopmund in the DRC informal settlement is pleading with good Samaritans to assist in building a dining hall as more than 300 children have to endure all types of weather conditions when collecting their meals from an open area.