The Police Inspector General has promised to intensify police visibility and community collaborations to combat farm crimes in the Grootfontein district, Otjozondjupa.

Residents of the Otjiwarongo and Grootfontein constituencies in the Otjozondjupa Region can expect to vote for their new constituency councillors in separate by-elections before June 2025. 

About 400 election officials from the Tsumkwe and Grootfontein clusters are receiving training.

The training coincided with the issuing of duplicate voter cards for Grootfontein and Tsumkwe constituencies.

The Grootfontein Municipality has named 27 streets in Omulunga Extention 2 after different minerals that are indigenous to the Grootfontein Constituency. 

Street names provide essential references for navigation, helping residents, visitors, and emergency services locate addresses easily.

Top-of-the-table UNAM will face fourth-placed Grootfontein in the men's second semi-final, while coastal outfit Kudus will lock horns with Wanderers in the first semi-final on Saturday afternoon.

Northern Giants are one step closer to the 2024 Namibia Rugby Premier League semi-final spot by scoring four tries against visiting Wanderers. 

In the northern town of Grootfontein, the hosts, in blue and white, welcomed second-placed Wanderers.

The match kicked off with host UNAM opening the scoring through scrumhalf AJ Kearns to take a 7-0 lead. The travellers then responded with hooker Jarren Koning crashing over, but fullback Kyle Wentzel missed the conversion. 

Young people at Grootfontein took advantage of the Otjiwanda SME and Youth Expo, not only showing up in great numbers but also showcasing their creativity and sense of business. 

The Otjozondjupa Health Directorate, in collaboration with the National Blindness Prevention Programme, is conducting a cataract surgical campaign at the Grootfontein district hospital. 

Eye sight is a tool used for functioning and thriving in daily activities and for achieving personal fulfilment.

Some of the patients who underwent eye surgery in Grootfontein expressed joy and gratitude towards the team of doctors and nurses who assisted them, describing them as heaven-sent.