Author: Steven Klukowski (Steven Klukowski )

A total of 84 teachers from various schools in the Omusati region graduated last week from the first-ever nine-month school readiness educators’ course, organised by the Church Alliance for Orphans (Cafo).

Two Tanzanian nationals, Japhari Rashiri (22) and Juma Juma (21), appeared in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court last week on two charges of dealing in dependence-producing drugs.

The //Kharas Police have commenced road safety operations for the festive season at the major road traffic checkpoints of the B1 and B2 roads.

Recent statistics from the health ministry indicate that between August 2022 and June this year, 623 people committed suicide, of whom 511 were men, representing nearly 82% of people who opted to end their lives by suicide.

//Kharas regional governor, Aletha Frederick said the recent handing over of two classrooms, storeroom, and ablution facilities to Oosterheim Combined School by the Anglo-American Namibian Foundation (AANF) is a testament to the power of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) and collaboration in the provision of quality education.

The Keetmanshoop municipal council will remain unchanged after the mayor, deputy mayor and three management committee (MC) members were re-elected yesterday.

//Kharas regional governor Aletha Frederick has expressed her utmost concern about the fact that less than 10 learners applied to write the Advanced Subsidiary (AS) level examinations for the current academic calendar year at the Oosterheim Combined School in this south-eastern village.

The increase in the number of stock theft cases in Bethanie is worrisome and detrimental to the development of the community.

Keetmanshoop mayor McDonald Hanse said the provision of civil services is a crucial step in ensuring that the town’s community thrives and their needs are met with efficiency and effectiveness.

The prosecutor general is unable to decide on the case in which two police officers of the Special Reserve Force (SRF) Unit are accused of killing a Keetmanshoop resident, because investigations remain incomplete.