The General Secretary of the Metal and Allied Namibian Workers Union, Justina Jonas, is unhappy with the current working conditions of employees constructing the Aussenkehr Clinic in the ||Kharas Region.
There are about 15,000 inhabitants who work mainly for grape-producing companies.
A strike is looming at the Keetmanshoop Municipality after wage negotiations reached a deadlock.
Regional Coordinator for the Namibia Public Workers Union (NAPWU) in ||Kharas Region, Kleophas Katuuo told nbc News that municipal workers voted in favor of industrial action.
The Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) is calling on students with 22 points and more to apply for non-STEM programs at its regional and satellite campuses.
A mother from Noordoewer settlement in the ||Kharas Region gave birth to a set of co-joined twins at the Keetmanshoop State Hospital.
Medical workers told nbc News that the twins were co-joined at the chest and abdomen.
They described the twins' medical condition as stable.
Residents of the Aus settlement in the ||Kharas Region are still experiencing water troubles.
Their borehole has dried up as a result of inadequate underground water.
The Director of Education in the ||Kharas Region, Johannes ||Hoeseb shared his opinion as the accounting officer on the general performance of learners who sat for the Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary and Advanced Subsidiary level examinations.
The ||Kharas Regional Education Director Johannes ||Hoeseb says the region only has isolated cases of parents still seeking school placement for their children.
At Keetmanshoop, some parents were in a joyful mood, while others were frustrated as only a few children secured placement.
Dawid Van Staden came to a local primary school to secure a place for his daughter.
An earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale was recorded 184 kilometers southeast of Lüderitz in the ||Kharas Region.
According to a media statement issued by the Ministry of Mines and Energy, the geological survey did detect an earthquake on the outskirts of Lüderitz.
Student activists in the ||Kharas Region fear that ordinary skills might have to be imported in the future as student admissions to tertiary institutions in the country decrease each year.
