The Erongo Regional Council has received N$1.2 million from the central government to support development in rural areas.

Its Chairperson, Benitha Imbamba, says this is an addition to another N$1.2 million the Council budgeted for the current financial year.

Imbamba revealed that about N$961,000 is budgeted for the rural sanitation programme from the council's own funds.

She says the council is busy constructing dry pit latrines to improve sanitation in rural areas.

Benitha Imbamba, the chairperson of the Erongo Regional Council, has warned employers to stop bullying employees and engaging in unfair labor practices in the workplace.

Imbamba said this during the Regional Council's annual meeting at Swakopmund.

Imbamba, while warning management that action will be taken against such employers for mistreating their employees, called on labor and health inspectors to monitor and assess working conditions on a regular basis.