Leaders in Namibia’s Erongo Region are urging urgent measures to harness the economic opportunities at Uis, focusing on tourism, mining, and community empowerment.

Erongo Governor Natalia |Goagoses has called on unemployed youth to apply to the Technical and Vocational Education and Training Centre in Omaruru, which will begin accepting applications from the 20th of April.

Health officials in the Erongo Region warn that poor oral hygiene is putting many residents at risk of serious diseases.

Authorities have urged communities to treat oral health as a vital part of overall well-being.

Erongo Governor Natalia |Goagoses says every Namibian deserves to live in a decent shelter and access basic services.

Her remarks follow after a fire that swept through Extension 14 in Mondesa, Swakopmund, destroying 13 shacks.

The weekend blaze left more than 30 people homeless.

Leaders at various levels in the Erongo Region have recommitted themselves to unlocking the tourism sector’s full potential.

The Swakop Uranium Foundation has officially handed over more than one thousand livestock to resettlement farmers in the Erongo Region, boosting rural livelihoods and food security.

The donation is part of the Hope Farm Project, launched last year.

The Erongo Governor has called for an urgent reform to mining policies to support small-scale miners in the Daures constituency.

Nathalia |Goagoses made this remark during the official opening of the induction and ordination seminar for members of the National Council held at Swakopmund.

The Uis community in the Daures Constituency of the Erongo Region demands N$300 million in compensation from mining companies, especially Xingfeng Investments.

Erongo Police have raised alarm over increasing illegal taxi operations and the use of taxis to transport drugs in Walvis Bay.

The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) has announced the successful containment of Mpox and Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) outbreaks in the Erongo and Omaheke regions.