More than 130 supplementary voter registration points will be set up across the ||Kharas Region to give prospective voters a chance to register for the upcoming Regional Councils and Local Authorities elections, slated for November.

Maintaining a positive attitude, adopting healthy lifestyles and serving others are the key components required for longevity. 

These were some of the remarks made by the Director of Health in the ||Kharas Region, Sandra Owoses, during a tree planting ceremony at the Keetmanshoop hospital.

The bail application of Charmaine Cloete, one of the three accused facing two counts of contravention of the Prevention of Organised Crime and illicit trafficking of goods under the Diamond Act, has been postponed for continuation on 1 July.

A resident of Keetmanshoop has increased her civil claim against the town's magistrate, Unchen Konjore, from N$200,000 to N$500,000.

The case, filed by Lucia Hamana at the Windhoek High Court, stems from a 2023 maintenance hearing presided over by Konjore involving Hamana and her husband.

The Landless People's Movement (LPM) leader, Bernadus Swartbooi, has urged young people to become the drivers of change in society. 

Swartbooi made the call at the celebration of the party's youth command element at Youth Day at Keetmanshoop. 

The election for the next bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia got off to a smooth start this morning at the Ebenhaeser Parish in Keetmanshoop.

Of the 30 registered voters, only 22 cast their votes.

Vice-President Lucia Witbooi and Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare paid homage to the bereaved family of the late liberation struggle veteran Emeritus Dean Stephanus Tiboth in Keetmanshoop.

Tiboth died on Monday at the age of 80.

A group of about 12 temporary workers in the Department of Roads Maintenance and Storm Water at the Keetmanshoop Municipality have expressed dissatisfaction over what they term unfair treatment at work.

The group alleges incidents of harassment and bullying at the local authority.

Learners from schools in Keetmanshoop staged a peaceful demonstration to condemn the recent tragic killings of three young girls in Okahandja.

They expressed sympathy with the community of Okahandja for the pain and suffering caused by these brutal acts.

Keetmanshoop-based long-distance taxi operators have condemned the recent ministerial directive permitting seven-seater vehicles to operate on long-distance routes. 

The Minister of Works and Transport, Veiko Nekundi, recently issued the directive.