||Kharas Regional Council Chairperson Joseph Isaack has strongly denied allegations circulating on social media regarding the irregular awarding of tenders and payments for incomplete work.

The Governor of the Hardap Region, Salomon April, has highlighted the importance of partnerships in overcoming challenges in education. 

He said this during the handover of stationery worth over N$300,000 to 11 schools in the region by NamWater. 

Police in Keetmanshoop have reported a tragic incident involving a local resident who committed suicide by driving his NP 300 Nissan Bakkie head-on into an oncoming truck, resulting in his death.

The Keetmanshoop Town Council has successfully hosted an Investment Day aimed at boosting the town's economic growth.

The event was part of the just-ended Keetmanshoop Agricultural, Industrial, and Tourism Expo. 

The Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture Executive Director, Sanet Steenkamp, has reminded learners of their responsibility to break the cycle of unemployment and poverty through education, saying it rests with them. 

The drought conditions plaguing farmers across the country also affect Hardap Irrigation Scheme farmers, who have had water supply to their irrigation plots suspended this week.

This is due to critically low water levels in the Hardap Dam. 

Since 1992, the government has constructed 419 schools across the country. 

Currently, there are 2,036 registered schools in total, catering to 896,311 learners. 

The teacher population stands at 33,322, 22,000 of whom are female. 

The development of the much-anticipated second phase of the Neckartal Dam Irrigation Scheme is set to start next year. 

The Minister of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform, Carl Schlettwein, said this when he officially opened the Keetmanshoop Agricultural, Industrial, and Tourism Expo. 

The Keetmanshoop-based Illeni Early Childhood Development Centre has received a generous donation of fruit trees and seeds to kick-start a backyard garden project. 

The backyard gardening project aims to promote nutritional food and environmental awareness among children. 

The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) says it is the only one that has shown political maturity, ability, and ideological bearing to become the alternate governing party. 

Its leader, McHenry Venaani, said this at a star rally at Keetmanshoop.