The Erongo Regional Council has received N$1.2 million from the central government to support development in rural areas.

Its Chairperson, Benitha Imbamba, says this is an addition to another N$1.2 million the Council budgeted for the current financial year.

Swakopmund Municipal Council has extended Chief Executive Officer Archie Benjamin's contract for another five years. 
 
Mayor Dina Namubes says Benjamin has played a major role in driving positive change and progress in the municipality.

The local authorities of Swakopmund and Oranjemund have signed a cooperation agreement aimed at developing innovative solutions to residents' problems.

Housing development, tourism, and investment promotion, as well as waste management, are among the focus areas of the agreement.

The Director of Research in the Ministry of Higher Education, Technology, and Innovation (MHETI), Dr. Lisho Mundia, has called on the private sector to invest in research to solve the country's problems.

Healing from trauma is one of the key aspects of achieving women's and girls empowerment.

This is according to speakers at a women's and girls empowerment conference at Walvis Bay, who have expressed concern over the effects of trauma on the community.

The recently promoted Deputy Commissioners in the police have been encouraged to utilise a leadership course as a means to instigate positive transformations in the police force.

The Deputy Commissioners are currently participating in a five-day leadership course at Swakopmund.

Namibia's conservation expert, Dr. Philip Stander, says research is crucial to the conservation of endangered desert lions.

Dr. Stander has therefore called on youth to take up nature conservation studies to find solutions to human-wildlife conflict.

Members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Economics and Public Administration are concerned about equipment left behind by diamond exploration companies in the Skeleton Coast Park.

The committee visited a diamond exploration site at Mowe Bay in the Kunene Region.

The Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy says there are no diamonds at the Old Toscanini mine in Skeleton Coast Park, in the Kunene Region.

According to the Ministry of Mines and Energy, companies have been exploring diamonds in the area since the 1950s.

Ombara Manasse Zeraua of the Zeraua Traditional Authority says the water challenge is hindering horticulture progress in communal areas of Omatjete.