Namibia and Windhoek will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Berlin-Windhoek sister city partnership this week.
A delegation led by the Mayor of Berlin, Dr. Kai Wegner, is expected in Windhoek on Wednesday.
Residents of Katutura Central, who have been grappling with a sanitation crisis for years, escalated the situation on Monday morning by disposing of sewage-contaminated waste at the City of Windhoek's headquarters as a protest against their perceived "seven years of neglect".
A team of experts from the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture is assessing the condition of infrastructure of tertiary public institutions to identify gaps and develop a national plan for such facilities.
Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare stressed that disasters are not merely acts of nature but often the result of human choices.
Dr. Ngurare was speaking during the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction in the capital.
The Rehoboth Mayor Justin Coetzee described the handing over of the Kaptein's House as a bridge between the past and the present.
Coetzee said the Baster community built a society in Rehoboth grounded in discipline, faith, and self-governance.
