The Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund is urging drivers to educate passengers on the use of fire extinguishers before embarking on their journey.

Most office-bearers in the Otjiwarongo Municipality and Otavi Town Council retained their positions.

Kandiwapa Shivute and Isaac !Hoaeb retained their positions as mayors of Otjiwarongo and Otavi, respectively.

Plans are underway to construct a wastewater treatment plant and a biomass industrial park at Otjiwarongo to respond to the town's growing population.

This was revealed by Mayor Kandiwapa Shivute at the council's year-end meeting held at Otjiwarongo.

Namibia Revenue Agency's (NamRA) Commissioner, Sam Shivute says tax morality and the compliance rate among Namibians are very low.

Shivute, together with other NamRA officials, visited Otjiwarongo to engage stakeholders on tax, customs, and excise matters in the Otjozondjupa Region.  

The Namibia National Farmers Union, NNFU constitution remains unchanged after members reviewed it at a five day workshop held at Otjiwarongo. 

NNFU is a national federation of regional farmer's unions established in 1992 to serve as a mouthpiece for Namibian farmers.

The Otjozondjupa Governor, James Uerikua met with stateless and undocumented residents of Otjiwarongo recently to discuss the challenges they face. 

The community, which lives on the outskirts of Otjiwarongo's Ombili location, welcomed the governor's visit. 

192 houses were connected to electricity at Ombili Informal Settlement at Otjiwarongo through CENORED's peri-urban electrification project.

Phase six of the project is also underway at a cost of N$1,8 million.

Commotion erupted at the Cheetah Cement Factory Plant when the police at Otjiwarongo descended on the factory premises demanding the striking workers leave or face arrest.

However, the workers ignored the order.

Young girls at Otjiwarongo say a lack of support from families in meeting their daily needs renders them vulnerable.

Girls from Orwetoveni Primary School celebrated Girl Child Day at Otjiwarongo.

Striking employees of Cheetah Cement have denounced the involvement of the Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters in their strike.

Last week, NEFF's Michael Amushelelo visited the workers at Otjiwarongo, urging them to stage a mass demonstration.