Outjo Magistrate Elphins Maloboka has denied bail to three accused persons in the murder of 21-year-old Florencia Jakobs, whose body was found dumped naked and head severely smashed alongside a church fence on 31 January 2026 in Outjo.
 

To help boost learning outcomes for vulnerable school-going children, Hangala Foods has donated bags of maize meal to two school feeding programmes at Otavi.

The Outjo Municipality is exploring setting up high mast lights and surveillance systems across crime hot spots in the town to help curb violent crimes in the town.

The Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture Minister says there is a need to strengthen supervision in school hostels and premises to ensure learners' safety.

Dr. Sanet Steenkamp's call follows a recent report of a teacher accused of sexually molesting boys at Grootfontein Primary School.

To help mitigate the spread of the cholera outbreak in Grootfontein, its municipality has started providing water at different points as they look at addressing sanitation.

This was confirmed by Grootfontein mayor Moritz Gaingob during a briefing with Otjozondjupa Governor John ||Khamuseb.

Otjozondjupa Governor John ||Khamuseb has raised concerns over challenges in implementing capital projects in the health and sanitation sectors.

He voiced this during a courtesy call by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Gender Equality, Health and Social Welfare at Otjiwarongo.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says the government is deliberating on enforcing that all ministries look into absorbing graduates of the National Youth Services (NYS). 

Plans are underway to relocate a number of households in Tsumeb's largest informal settlement to pave the way for construction of what will be the 'Kuvukiland' Kindergarten. 

Some community members of the Etoshapoort informal settlement in Outjo, under the banner of the Pots of Hope organisation, marked the Human Rights Day by honouring victims and survivors of gender-based violence.

The Tsumeb Municipality says it is pleased with the progress reached in constructing key roads and in routine maintenance works that have been completed. 

Some are set to remain in the works until 2026.