Unemployment, low wages, and socio-economic pressures are driving Omaheke residents into severe debt.
This emerged during a Parliamentary Standing Committee on Economics and Public Accounts hearing, where local stakeholders laid bare the region's financial crisis.
Numerous establishments have been found in violation of the Labour Act during the oversight visit by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Poverty Eradication, Labour and Industrial Relations, particularly focused on the retail and wholesale sector in the Zambezi region.
The Kunene Region's small-scale mining sector has been facing several challenges despite its significant potential in mineral resources.
The remains of two Namibian political prisoners, who died on Robben Island, have been exhumed in Cape Town.
Festus Nehale and Simon Niilenge died while serving prison sentences during the apartheid era.
Their remains will now undergo scientific examination before being repatriated to Namibia.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has emphasised that Africa cannot celebrate its first women leaders and stop there.
She said this is because the continent's progress will be measured by how many more women rise to leadership and whether they leave the path easier for those who follow.
