The Ministry of Urban and Rural Development organised emergency simulation exercises as part of the ongoing emergency reduction strategy to test the capacity of the local authorities for mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery from disasters.
The Okahandja municipality is embarking on a number of projects to improve service delivery.
Among the projects are the construction of a fire station, the consolidation of plots 117 and 118, developing agricultural plots for the residents, and the Okahandja Medi Park.
The Namibia Teenage Mother and Child Organisation (NaTeMeCo), in collaboration with KPMG, held a charity event in Windhoek's Havana Informal Settlement, where they handed out sanitary pads and nappies to cater for teenage mothers and babies.
Former First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba has called on the nation to preserve its national identity and ensure that future generations are proud, united, and patriotic.
The Swakopmund Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (SAADA) project has been inaugurated to disrupt the growing cycle of substance abuse among residents.
||Kharas Regional Council Chairperson, Joseph Isaack, has briefed the media on what he termed "concerns that have a material impact on the region's people."
Two families at Mubiza Village in the Zambezi Region were left destitute after their houses were gutted by fire this week.
The incident was attributed to a toddler who was playing with thatched grass and is alleged to have started the fire.
An Ondangwa family whose house burned down in June received bricks to reconstruct their four-bedroom house.
The house was gutted by fire due to an electric shock.
A Namibian woman raising funds for charity has so far covered about 1,700 kilometres by foot.
Ray Sasman, who walked from the ||Kharas Region, is now in the Kavango East, headed towards the Zambezi Region.
The Otjinene community has lost a stalwart traditional leader and member of the Senior Traditional Council of the Ovaherero Traditional Authority, Usiel Kambirongo.
The 82-year-old Kambirongo died on the 5th of August after battling with a long illness.
