In six months' time, close to 700 plots will be ready for occupation at Farm 37 on the outskirts of Walvis Bay, Erongo Region.

The Mayor of Walvis Bay, Trevino Forbes, and other local authority councillors held community meetings to update residents about ongoing projects.

A historic wooden train carriage was destroyed by fire at the Lüderitz railway station.

TransNamib spokesperson Abigail Raubenheimer confirmed that the train carriage caught fire on Sunday night. 

Deaf people in the Erongo Region have appealed to the government to accommodate them in the education, health, and employment sectors.

Members of the deaf community in the region marked this year's Deaf Awareness Month with a protest at Swakopmund.

The Namibian government remains committed to ensuring that marginalised and stateless people are issued national documents. 

The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Derek Klazen, has called on the High-Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, or the Ocean Panel, to do more to market investment opportunities in the ocean economy.

This, Klazen says, will maximise the country's economic benefits.