Author: Steven Klukowski (Steven Klukowski )

The Namibia Industrial and Development Agency is in the process of closing down all small and medium enterprises stalls in the country of tenants operating at its facilities, who failed to honour their monthly rent. 

Residents of Aus, Lüderitz, Rosh Pinah and Oranjemund were negatively affected by winter rain, accompanied by cold temperatures and strong winds experienced in parts of the //Kharas region last week. 

In the face of challenges presented by the Covid-19 pandemic, impacting learner preparation and performance between 2020 and 2022, the //Kharas region recorded some notable achievements. 

Government, through the gender equality and information ministries, is in the process of establishing preventative measures against sexual and other related forms of exploitation against children while using the Internet. 

//Kharas governor Aletha Frederick on Wednesday paid a courtesy visit to console the bereaved family of 11-year-old Michael Boois, who committed suicide late last week as an alleged result of bullying at a primary school in this southern town.

Swapo’s //Kharas coordinator Matheus Mumbala said the roles women played to ensure the country gain independence will be engraved in the nation’s memories forever.

Nama Traditional Leaders’ Association (NTLA) chairperson Gaob Johannes Isaack said the association, together with the Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA), will keep on fighting for their inalienable right of self-representation during ongoing genocide negotiations.

Jeremias Goeieman, Berseba constituency councillor said it is disheartening that residents in the constituency are living in utmost poverty whilst it is endowed with rich natural resources.

The 2023 edition of the Nama Cultural Festival (NCF) should aim to unite residents, irrespective of race, culture or political ideology in the //Kharas region and the country at large. 

Newly elected Keetmanshoop rural constituency councillor Willem Labuschagne, who ran on the ticket of the Landless People’s Movement (LPM), said plans on the way forward will not be his exclusively, but rather those that were strategised by the party.