Author: Steven Klukowski (Steven Klukowski )

Daniel Apollus, a pensioner residing in Klein Vaalgras, said it is challenging for him to collect water at a point far from his home due to his deteriorating health and lack of resources.

Residents of the southern village of Vaalgras in the //Kharas region are split on the question of whether a possible oil discovery in the area would benefit the community.

Landless People’s Movement leader Bernadus Swartbooi said when the party promised voters to withdraw councillors who are not performing or living up to their mandate, it meant exactly that, in the literal sense of the word.

Despite NamWater releasing 400 cubic metres of water per second last weekend from the Naute Dam outside Keetmanshoop, catchment areas further down south has not been affected yet.

GRÜNAU – After struggling for years to source funding, residents of //Gamaseb and !Gawachab conservancies in //Kharas region could not hide their joy when they recently received N$3 million from the European Union (EU) through the Environmental Investment Fund (EIF). Johannes Markus, the chairperson of the group said, “We optimally benefit from wildlife in our conservancy through...

With government’s recent decision to gradually reopen borders previously closed because of Covid-19, the Mata Mata and Klein Menassa borders present some challenges to both visitors and residents. When New Era visited these facilities recently, it became evident that it posed health and safety hazards. Personnel, who spoke on condition of anonymity, bemoaned the lack...

KEETMANSHOOP – Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) statistician general Alex Shimuafeni said the State could prosecute residents who refuse to provide information to enumerators during the process of census.  Shimuafeni said this during a visit to the south last week to give an update on the census mapping exercise taking place in the //Kharas region.  “The...

It is imperative that the government assists citizens who are in need to make them self-sustainable, especially in these challenging economic times of the Covid-19 pandemic, said Keetmanshoop rural constituency councillor Elias Kharugab. Kharugab made these remarks while undertaking follow- up visits at ongoing income-generating activity projects (IGAs) initiated through the office in the constituency. ...

KEETMANSHOOP – Staff members from the headquarters of //Kharas Regional Council and the Directorate of Education might be possibly placed under quarantine pending the outcome of the Covid-19 results of one female staff member at the premises. In a press statement availed to New Era, public relations officer Johanna Ileka-Nangolo said a spouse of one...