The Omaheke Regional Council has acquired a 7,000-hectare piece of land to extend the boundaries of the Buitepost settlement in the Kalahari Constituency.

The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), in partnership with the Gobabis municipality, has embarked on a N$1.4 million sustainable harvest and empowerment project, aimed at food security and generating employment for the locals.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said the Omaheke Region is a strategic hub for cattle farming and serves as a major economic driver for both the local economy and Namibia's trading relations within markets abroad.

Farming communities in the Omaheke Region have shared their concerns with President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, pointing to the conditions they believe are holding the sector back.

Out of 11,475 applications received from all 14 regions for the National Youth Development Fund (NYDF), only 42 successful projects are set to benefit from the government-backed financial rollout initiative.

Each region has three projects that will benefit from the fund.

The Omaheke Region is home to over a hundred thousand inhabitants. This is according to the latest reports of the National Statistics Agency Population and Housing census of 2023. The data revealed that males dominate in number in the region.

The Namibia National Farmers Union Board Chairperson Vetuundja Kazapua has called upon private sectors in Omaheke to contribute meaningfully towards agricultural-related activities in the region.

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform, Inge Zaamwani, has applauded the Otjombinde farming communities for breeding quality livestock despite various challenges faced by the sector, such as climatic pattern changes, bush encroachment and the unstable market, amongst others.

The Minister of Works and Transport, Veikko Nekundi, is pleased with the progress made by the Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA) on the upgrading of the Trans Kalahari One Stop Border Post project.

The project aims to enhance trade facilitation.

The Leonardville Village Council, through the Build Together programme, is set to complete 14 houses before the end of this year.

According to the Village Council Chairperson, Petra Witbooi, the council decided to revive the project to address the housing backlog.