The Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Sylvia Makgone, commended Golden Fin Fishing Masters for using part of their allocated fishing quota to drill two boreholes and build water infrastructure for the community of !Gainachas in the ||Kharas Region.

As part of their social corporate responsibility programme, Golden Fin Fishing Masters Group drilled two boreholes and installed associated infrastructure at a cost of N$215,000 in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Forestry.

Makgone says that the initiative will assist in uplifting and improving the livelihoods of all people in the region.

The Deputy Fisheries Minister equally warned fishing rights holders that the government will closely monitor their activities as the country's natural resources should be for the benefit of all.

"We will investigate all fishing rights holders this year to ensure that they are contributing to community upliftment as part of their social responsibility. I want to emphasise and call on those that do not play their part that this year, should they fail to give back to communities, they will not be allocated fishing rights in the future. We all know the economic situation of rural communities."

Addressing the community on behalf of Chief Isaacks from the |Hai|Khaua Traditional Authority was a member of the National Council, Councillor Jeremias Goeieman.

"We esteem your presence highly because had it not been for the fair distribution of the country's natural resources to companies with a serious commitment to the burden of their communities, this infrastructure would not have materialised, and this community would have waited on the government to ease the burden of access to clean water."

The borehole setup is powered by solar energy and replaces the old and dilapidated boreholes that the community struggled with for many years.