Author: Steven Klukowski (Steven Klukowski )

Following the death of the one˗year old boy, allegedly at the hands of his mother at farm Buckholzburn in the Bethanie area, another four˗month old girl was discovered in a shallow grave at farm Swartberg in the Karasburg district earlier this week.

With the commencement of the 2023 academic year, government primary schools in the //Kharas region are facing challenges with the provision of space for learners, inadequate classroom furniture and waiting for stationery from government.

//Kharas Police chief Tauno Hamukoto said civilians in the region should, in light of the fact that Christmas is a time of reuniting as families, enjoy the festive season responsibly within the parameters of the law.

Members of the community as well as political and administrative leaders all heaped praise on the Government of Japan through its Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) for handing over a first-of-its kind Community Learning and Development Centre last week at this south-eastern village.

Feasibility studies are in progress on how to optimally utilise part of the Neckartal dam’s massive 857 million cubic meters of water for purposes of irrigation development, crop production and bulk water storage.

Families in the //Kharas region have for the past few months lost women at an alarming rate due to the escalating incidents of gender based violence (GBV) related murders emanating from relationship altercations.

Workers of the African Tantalum Company said retrenchments effected on them was unfair and have left them deserted 

Residents of Rosh Pinah are counting the economic loss following last week’s closure of the Rosh Pinah-Aussenkehr road due to flooding from the Orange River.

//Kharas education director /Awebahe //Hoeseb says the region is delighted with the increased interest in the newly introduced Advanced Subsidiary (AS) level examinations at secondary schools in the region.