The Minister of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, Indileni Daniel, has stated that the government supports community conservation through programmes that help to manage natural resources, protect wildlife, and benefit from tourism and sustainable resource use.

Motorists travelling between Usakos and Swakopmund could soon be monitored around the clock through a live surveillance system aimed at improving road safety and emergency response.

A N$552 million road infrastructure project covering 31 kilometres between Karibib and Usakos has been completed.

A new electronic payment system will see court users making payments at Magistrates' Courts through point-of-sale facilities, reducing the judiciary's reliance on cash transactions.

The recent Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak has dealt a major blow to the Keetmanshoop Agricultural Industrial and Tourism Expo (KAITE), forcing organisers to drop the livestock section at this year's Expo.

The expo is scheduled from 27 to 31 October.