Experts overseeing the Fourth National Skills Competition at Swakopmund have highlighted the critical role of the TVET sector in driving social change and national development. 

The experts also encouraged greater participation of women in traditionally male-dominated fields within the TVET sector.

Over 170 future innovators and skilled professionals are in the spotlight as the Fourth National Skills Competition officially opened on Monday at Swakopmund.

The National Skills Competition officially kicked off at Swakopmund.

Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts, and Culture Minister Sanet Steenkamp, who inspected the venue ahead of the opening, was satisfied with the preparedness.

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is providing training for African member states at Swakopmund.

The five-day advanced training is aimed at building capacity for first responders from 13 English-speaking states in Africa.

Namibia is taking a step towards stronger governance and accountability by hosting the African Peer Review Mechanism Governance Index National Dialogue and Data Validation Workshop at Swakopmund.

Community gardener and resident of Swakopmund's DRC informal settlement, Reinhard Gariseb, is urging the government to support backyard garden initiatives. 

Gariseb said training unemployed and interested young people in gardening can help with food security and address joblessness. 

Frustration is boiling over as residents from Arandis, Walvis Bay and Swakopmund demand urgent action against what they describe as widespread corruption and mismanagement at the Erongo Regional Council.

Employees of Choppies Namibia at Swakopmund petitioned management, expressing dissatisfaction with "meagre earnings over the years and unfair labour practices".

Workers say N$8 per hour, which amounts to about N$1,500 per month, is insufficient and unable to meet their basic needs.

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 Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on ICT, Sebastiaan Karupu, has expressed disappointment over the absence of key stakeholders at a five-day ICT consultative workshop held at Swakopmund.

The meeting was aimed at addressing critical issues around digital transformation in Namibia.