KEETMANSHOOP – The Keetmanshoop police station in town has been temporarily closed for 48 hours since Tuesday afternoon following the visit of a positive tested Covid-19 public member at the facility. According to the //Kharas regional commander, Commissioner David Indongo, the person has been admitted at the Keetmanshoop hospital after presenting symptoms of the coronavirus. “He...
KEETMANSHOOP – Government has ordered an investigation into the abandoned Fonteintjie fish farm project in the //Kharas region, which was supposed to be completed more than three years ago. Works minister John Mutorwa, who was part of a high-level government delegation that visited the project recently, said it was regrettable that authorities now have to...
KEETMANSHOOP –//Kharas governor Aletha Frederick says the region is committed to ensuring quality education and lifelong learning for all its inhabitants. “Education is the indispensable variable for //Kharas region’s social progression and economic development,” said the governor during her maiden state of the region address recently. She said the region has made significant strides to...
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...
//Kharas regional governor Aletha Frederick feels it is time to unleash the region’s full economic potential and showcase it to the world. She made this urgent plea while delivering her maiden state of the region address (SORA) in Keetmanshoop on Wednesday. “As a region, we have the means to take full advantage of economic opportunities...
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...
AUSSENKEHR – The Minister of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Creation, Utoni Nujoma, is of the view that employers, employees, trade unions and the government should all join hands in the spirit of tripartism to fully develop Aussenkehr to the optimum benefit of all to heed the call for inclusivity by President Hage Geingob. He...