A significant contributing factor to the lack of rehabilitation of closed mining sites in Namibia is a weakness in the mining and environmental legislation.

The Outjo Municipality has drilled three more boreholes in an effort to address the water shortage in the town.

For the past four years, the underground water in Outjo has been going down as a result of subduction.

Wards at the Mariental State Hospital will undergo rehabilitation, thanks to the Turkish Cooperation and Development Agency and the Office of the Hardap Governor Salomon April.