Swapo Party Vice President and Presidential candidate, Netumbo Nandi Ndaitwah, has congratulated the Otjozondjupa Regional Leadership for restoring peace and unity among its members.
Nandi-Ndaitwah was speaking at the Otjiwarongo Rally held at the DRC Informal Settlement.
The Swapo Party Coordinator for the Otjozondjupa Region says the region is no longer the subject of attention from the party's headquarters and the national leaders assigned to it because of divisions that had plagued it in the past.
Housing demand continues to grow at Otavi, and the council has started with the upgrading of its three informal settlements, which were established as a result of illegal settlements.
Otavi Mayor Isaac !Hoaeb says they have started counting the zinc-structured houses for demarcation.
An artist in the heart of Tsumeb's Nomtsoub settlement in the Oshikoto Region has digitalized his hand-graphic comic artworks to raise awareness about gender-based violence and abuse of social grants.
It is the wish of Mcartney Khoeseb to spread his message widely, but he is limited by funding.
In its quest to bring positive change to the institution, the Namibian Police top brass are being trained in ethical leadership at a week-long workshop at Otjiwarongo.
The Otjozondjupa Regional Council has helped electrify 10 houses of pensioners at Otjiwarongo's informal settlements.
Otjiwarongo councillor Marlene Mbakera says the initiative aims to meet sustainable development goals 1 and 10, which speak to poverty and inequality reduction.
The Dobe Primary School in Tsumkwe is faced with a high incidence of teacher and learner absenteeism, as well as a lack of good infrastructure and furniture.
The School Board Chairperson, |Ui Jolo, told nbc News that such challenges are hampering lessons.
The Outjo Town Council has drilled a larger borehole to increase the water supply to the town and address water supply challenges.
With a rich historical backdrop and a strategic location along the B1 national road and Trans Caprivi highway, Otjozondjupa's governor emphasised the need for increased economic activities to foster development in Otavi.
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.
