A significant number of young people in Namibia are vulnerable online, with around nine per cent of internet-using children experiencing online sexual exploitation.

Keetmanshoop Primary School held its first entrepreneurship day for the year. The initiative aimed to inspire learners about entrepreneurship and innovation and to enhance their business skills.

The ||Kharas Regional Council and Hyphen have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding for the upskilling of unemployed young people in the region.

The agreement was signed at Keetmanshoop.

Heavy rains recorded on Sunday in the ||Kharas Region have wreaked havoc, causing damage to roads and houses.

The nbc News team travelled on the Keetmanshoop/Aroab gravel road to capture the extent of the road damages.

Community members of Keetmanshoop, as well as from the Berseba and Vaalgras villages, raised concern over inadequate service delivery during the Office of the National Council Chairperson's outreach visit to the ||Kharas Region.

The Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Carl Schlettwein, has urged stakeholders to collaborate in efforts to ensure water security and sustainability in the face of climate change.

Residents of Keetmanshoop have united in prayer against crime.

Congregants from various church denominations gathered at the central park on Sunday to pray together.

The Quiver Tree Schools Cluster in the ||Kharas Region gathered at Keetmanshoop ahead of the new academic year starting tomorrow to discuss strategies for educational outcomes. 

With schools set to reopen tomorrow, the ||Kharas Education Directorate is prepared to administer the 2025 academic year despite potential late applications for admission. 

Concerned about increasing crime rates driven by gang activities, residents of Keetmanshoop are suggesting a curfew to curb what they describe as a worsening crime situation in the town. 

They made the call during a police community engagement meeting on Thursday.