Author: Steven Klukowski (Steven Klukowski )

The vast swarm of locusts, which have decimated vital crops and grassland in the south of the country, has also been linked to the latest road accident which claimed three lives on Friday outside Keetmanshoop. 

To increase advocacy and public education, the ministries of health, education and information, in collaboration with other development partners, this week officially launched the learners’ Covid-19 vaccination campaign at the Keetmanshoop Secondary School. 

Swapo’s //Kharas regional coordinator Matheus Mumbala has put the blame for the poor delivery of services to residents, squarely in the hands of the Landless People’s Movement.

Residents hailing from Gainachas, Tses, Kutenhos and Berseba received goats, brick making machines, cement and poultry farming equipment worth more than N$100 000 from the office of Berseba councillor Jeremias Goeieman. 

Realising the needs of the Lüderitz community and //Kharas region at large, Reverend Jan Scholtz at the weekend launched a foundation which seeks to advocate for economic development. 

The Keetmanshoop municipality has been operating in the absence of a fully constituted management committee since January this year.

Youth members of the Landless People’s Movement took to the streets recently in protest against the Keetmanshoop municipality’s alleged unwillingness to bring one of its senior managers to book for reportedly harassing his female subordinate. 

Endowed with a variety of minerals and gems, fish species and agricultural produce, the //Kharas region has steadily developed as an important economic powerhouse since independence.

Keetmanshoop entrepreneurs are concerned about their relationship with the local council and the level of service delivery.