Okahandja Police Station has a new commander, Tjarimba Mathais. This follows the retirement of David Scott, who served the community in that post for the past three years.
Mathias served in the police for 18 years.
Miss Namibia 2025, Johanna Swartbooi, arrived to a warm welcome in the Osona residential area on Saturday.
Family, friends, and supporters greeted Swartbooi upon her return from Ongwediva, the site of the pageant.
Land disputes have escalated in Okahandja, with activist Johannes |Gaseb accusing the Town Council of political favouritism in the recent allocation of erven, a claim the municipality denies.
The three accused in the recent discovery of a 1.5-hectare dagga plantation at a farm near Okahandja are set to appear in court on Thursday for the bail hearing.
The National Youth Council (NYC) will sponsor two Miss Namibia 2025 finalists, Johanna Swartbooi and Alica Mokhatu, who both represent Okahandja.
The sponsorship came about after the contestants approached Okahandja Mayor Beatrice Katungondo, who referred them to NYC.
The opening of the fourth boys' leadership camp outside Okahandja was graced by dignitaries who encouraged the Namibian boy-child to be disciplined and focused.
Fifteen-year-old Beyonce !Kharuxas, the last of the three young girls who were brutally murdered at Okahandja, was buried today.
Beyoncé was remembered as a shy introvert and often isolated teenager.
The grandmother of the recently murdered 5-year-old Ingrid Maasdorp has expressed dismay over the lack of support the family received from the government and the police after the disappearance of the Grade 0 learner at Okahandja.
The United Nations Namibia has joined the chorus and condemned the killing of three girls in Okahandja.
The UN office in the country has described the murders as a national tragedy and a violation of children's rights.
A wave of grief and desperation swept through the town of Okahandja today, as hundreds, if not thousands, of residents, learners, and community leaders took to the streets in a mass protest over the horrific murders of three young girls.
Two of them were five and six years old, while the other was 15.
