The government has allocated N$12 million towards the electrification of peri-urban households in the ||Kharas and Hardap regions. 

The Minister of Industries, Mines and Energy (MIME), Modestus Amutse, has reiterated the government's aim to ensure 70% of the country's citizens have access to electricity by 2030. 

The Governor of the ||Kharas Region, Dawid Gertze, has urged Komsberg fire survivors to be part of the solution in preventing future fire incidents.

The Keetmanshoop Regional Court has sentenced 24-year-old Flora Van Kent to 10 years’ imprisonment for stabbing to death a nineteen-month old baby.
 
Van Kent, a mother of two, inflicted two stab wounds to the baby girl, causing her death.
 

The regional councillor of the ǃNamiǂNûs Constituency, Suzan Ndjaleka, has called for the immediate installation of speed humps on a section of the B4 road that runs through Aus settlement.
  

Detective Inspector Frans Job has denied claims the task team investigating the Namdia heist is biased.

He said this when cross-examined by bail applicant George Cloete during the bail application hearing in the Keetmanshoop Magistrates' Court on Friday.  

The Keetmanshoop Magistrate's Court has dismissed a discharge application brought by the suspended NamDia employee Charles Rhoman. 

Rhoman's legal representative, Theo Carolus, applied for the release of his client following an arrest during the early hours of Wednesday. 

Suspended NAMDIA employee Charles Roman appeared in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate's Court today on charges of defeating the ends of justice and contravening the Prevention of Organised Crime Act.

Roman's appearance followed his arrest in the early hours of Wednesday.

Police Detective Inspector Frans Job has opposed granting bail to brothers George and Bino Cloete during their bail application hearing in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate's Court.

The officer cited likely interference with witnesses and the ongoing investigation.

Bail applicant Bino Cloete has testified under cross-examination that his brother and co-accused, George Cloete, deposited large sums of money totalling close to N$2 million.

The duo face charges of violating the Prevention of Organised Crime Act and illicit trafficking under the Diamonds Act.