After two years of abandonment, the Keetmanshoop public swimming pool is about to reopen. 

The town's mayor, Annelize Knaus, announced this in an interview with NBC News. 

The Keetmanshoop Town Council elected Councillor Annelize Knaus of the Landless People's Movement (LPM) as the new mayor during today's annual mayoral election. 

Councillor Easter Isaak nominated Knaus for the mayor position, and former Mayor McDonald Hanse seconded the nomination.