The increasing demand for water is straining the two boreholes in the Neu Samarou Settlement, located in the Kombat area of the Otjozondjupa Region, as the population has surged to approximately 2,000 residents.
Residents queue for water every day, as the two boreholes no longer meet the demand.
Residents of the remote Gainatseb area in the Kamanjab Constituency, who frequently travel long distances to access essential government and financial services, received support during a recent two-day stakeholder engagement.
Faster land reform, higher food production, and urgent action on unemployment were among the main issues raised by the Governor of the Otjozondjupa Region John ||Khamuseb in his second State of the Region Address on Monday.
The Popular Democratic Movement's (PDM) Women and Youth League representatives completed a leadership and capacity-building indaba at Otjiwarongo.
Nurses and healthcare workers in Tsumeb benefited from a specialised palliative care training programme.
The training was aimed at strengthening the delivery of home-based healthcare services.
A 40-year-old Congolese national has been arrested in Otjiwarongo after police allegedly discovered pharmaceutical products and baby formula being sold illegally from his tuck shop in Orwetoveni.
The new leadership of the Outjo Constituency Youth Forum under the National Youth Council has engaged young people in the constituency to identify activities aimed at empowering and uplifting them.
The new leadership will serve until 2028.
Petrosol Petroleum Solutions co-owner Johan Botes says creating an enabling environment for the private sector to grow is key to job creation and poverty reduction in Namibia.
Botes made the remarks during the company's 25th corporate anniversary gala held at Otjiwarongo.
All residents evicted from the Endobo area in Tsumeb have been permanently relocated to a newly established settlement on a portion of Portion 49-761.
Sixty learners at !Guxa-eibes Primary School has received winter school uniforms through funds raised during a community fun run at Otjiwarongo.
The initiative, spearheaded by the organiser Rauna Shilunga, raised N$10,000 towards the purchase of winter uniforms as temperatures continue to drop.
