The Landless People's Movement (LPM) has suspended its councilor on the ||Kharas Regional Council, Gerrit Witbooi, for a period of three months.
Witbooi has been on the council since his election as Keetmanshoop Rural Constituency Councillor in 2020.
||Kharas Regional Council's acting Chief Regional Officer, Benedictus Diergaardt, is concerned over alleged absenteeism among some teachers from Keetmanshoop's Kronlein Primary School.
The Acting Chief Regional Officer of the ||Kharas Regional Council, Benny Diergaardt, says about 90 households at Snyfontein will soon be connected to electricity.
The Ministry of Mines and Energy and the ||Kharas Regional Council are the custodians of the project.
The Chairperson of the ||Kharas Regional Council, Josef Isaacks, has accused Shanxi Construction and Investment Group of irregularly hiring and firing workers at will.
The company is currently constructing the N$110 million Keetmanshoop Vocational Training Centre.
The ||Kharas Regional Council has condemned the naming of a 15,02-carat diamond, which was recently unveiled by Namdia, as Egumbo Star.
Council's Chairperson Joseph Isaack said the naming of the diamond in the Oshiwambo language smacks of undermining the inhabitants of the region.
