The Governor of ||Kharas Region, has called on the first intake of the Keetmanshoop Vocational Training Centre to become advocates of change driving progress and development. 

The ||Kharas Regional Directorate has awarded the best top Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary Level performers and best-performing teachers at the ||Kharas regional prize-giving ceremony held in Keetmanshoop. 

The Keetmanshoop mayor, Francis Swartbooi, has requested the local Magistrates' Court to disregard as inadmissible the evidence in a drunk-driving case against her.

The Namibia Industrial Development Agency(NIDA)'s !Homs-Ai Open Market in Keetmanshoop is set to resume operations in April.
 

A youth entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) workshop held in Keetmanshoop on Friday addressed the issue of poor business plan skills, which is a major barrier to many young people's access to the National Youth Development Fund.

Suspended NAMDIA employee Charles Roman appeared in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate's Court today on charges of defeating the ends of justice and contravening the Prevention of Organised Crime Act.

Roman's appearance followed his arrest in the early hours of Wednesday.

Parents in Keetmanshoop are worried that their children remain on school waiting lists on the first day of the academic year.

The NBC News team visited several schools and spoke to parents who shared concerns about registration fees and placement delays.

Veteran educationalist and trailblazer Maria Kusch, who broke racial barriers in the education sector, was buried in her hometown of Keetmanshoop. 

She died at the age of 83. 

The NBC News team also hit the busy streets of Keetmanshoop to find out how families are handling the expense of school supplies.

It is only a few days before the re-opening of the schools; parents and  guardians are making the last-minute trips to cross things off their back-to-school shopping lists.

A Keetmanshoop-based craftsman, Johannes Munkitji says he makes ends meet through handicraft, a skill passed down to him from his late father.
 
Munkitji says he earns an income by carving tables, chairs, bowls, and ornaments, which he has done for 30 years now.