Vice President Lucia Witbooi has called for greater investment in arts, culture and heritage sectors as they have greater contribution to employment, entrepreneurship, tourism and overall development.
Witbooi made the remarks at the second Hardap Regional Arts and Culture Festival at Mariental.
Gaob Carel Afrikaner has been installed as the new leader of the Orlam Afrikaner Traditional Authority.
His coronation took place at the Okahandja Memorial Gravesite.
The Rundu Trade Fair Gala dinner held over the weekend has raised more than N$1 million, the highest amount ever pledged to date.
Speaking on behalf of the head of state, Vice President Lucia Witbooi, asked the attendees to pledge that exact amount.
The Oshana police have confiscated items from a residence in Ongwediva following suspicions of illegal pawn transactions.
Laptops, televisions, gas cylinders, stoves, cigarettes and other household goods were confiscated at a residence of an Angolan national.
Liberation struggle hero and SWAPO stalwart Tobias Hainyeko is being remembered today at Ohaihana Village in the Ohangwena Region, 59 years after his death in 1967.
