Leaders from the Ovambanderu Traditional Authority are on a weeklong seminar at Farm Du Plessis in the Okorukambe Constituency of the Omaheke Region.

The Tukwatha Youth Organisation has officially embarked on a new chapter following the appointment of its new National Executive Secretariats.

The Ministry of Finance has started the process of phasing out social grant cash payments. 

The Deputy Director of Social Assistance, Albert Biwa, made the announcement at the consultative meeting with social grant recipients at Keetmanshoop. 

Swakopmund Mayor Blasius !Goraseb has called on the central government to urgently release more land for development.

!Goraseb warned that the town is rapidly running out of prime coastal property to accommodate growing investment interest.

The Okorukambe Constituency Office in the Omaheke Region has aided residents at Omitara Settlement with material to begin income-generating activities. 

The office also assisted three local schools with modern technology, all to a combined value of N$200,000. 

Well-wishers lined up along the streets of Mariental to get a glimpse of the recently crowned Miss Namibia, Johanna Swartbooi. 

Swartbooi was on a tour of the southern towns of Mariental, Keetmanshoop, and her home village of Vaalgras. 

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Gender Equality, Health, and Social Welfare, during its workshop in Otjiwarongo, has heard that men are also victims of gender-based violence, saying there is a need for the government to provide physical, emotional, and social well-being to all Namibians.

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has stressed that transparency and oversight are non-negotiable factors when it comes to the Government Employment Redress Programme (GERP).

The programme, launched in 2020, aims to restore employment and dignity to fishermen. 

Rehoboth has secured second place in the 2025 Kwêla Town of the Year competition, hosted by the kykNET DSTV channel.

Bloemhof, located on the Gauteng/North West border in South Africa, was announced as the overall winner of this year's competition.

New structures are being erected around the riverbed from where flood victims were relocated earlier this year near the Otjomuise Police Station.

Residents have already received warnings about the potential dangers during the next rainy season, which raises serious concerns.