The Hardap Region's political leadership described the death of the region's first female governor and former Minister of Education, Arts, and Culture as a great loss. 

Katrina Hanse-Himarwa (57) died on Sunday morning after battling cancer. 

Gaob Hendrik Ismael Witbooi of the |Khowese Clan has expressed disappointment that the Witbooi Traditional Authority was made to wait for hours for the scheduled meeting for the consultations on the shrine erection motion with the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource and Community Development. 

The Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) has expanded its footprint in the Hardap Region with the opening of a satellite office at Mariental.