The Mayor of Keetmanshoop, Melody Swartbooi, actively engaged with residents to raise awareness about their responsibility to maintain a clean environment.

NamWater has begun installing pre-paid water meters in Keetmanshoop to curb escalating debt and improve water management. Spokesperson Lot Ndamanomhata confirmed the system will come into effect once installations are complete.

The Deputy Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Evelyn !Nawases-Taeyele said nine new townships in Keetmanshopp, Mariental and Koes had been approved. 

A police officer from Keetmanshoop, Bernard Jantze, is combining crime prevention and community safety with comedic storytelling.

The ||Kharas Governor's Office Youth Desk, in partnership with Old Mutual, hosted a financial literacy skills workshop to equip Keetmanshoop youth with money-management skills. 

The training focused on savings, investments, money management, avoiding debt and financial discipline. 

The Deputy Minister of Industries, Mines, and Energy, Gaudentia Kröhne, has inaugurated a fully fledged computer lab at the Minna Sachs Primary School in Keetmanshoop.

The school received 20 computers and printers valued at more than N$350,000 from the Swakop Uranium Foundation.

Suiderlig Secondary School in Keetmanshoop has received a donation of N$250,000 from the Swakop Uranium Foundation for the repair of the school hostel. This contribution was pledged during the school’s gala dinner on 1 August 2025.

The Chancellor of the University of Namibia, Nangolo Mbumba, has called on the graduates from the southern campus to use their skills to advance development.

Mbumba made the plea at the graduation ceremony at Keetmanshoop.

The Nedbank Namibian Newspaper Cup is bringing football and netball action to Keetmanshoop this week.

Vice President Lucia Witbooi officially unveiled the plaque of the Keetmanshoop Vocational Training Centre in the ||Kharas Region.