The Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism is expected to spend about N$47 million on renovating entrance gates and sanitation facilities at the Etosha and Hardap National Parks. 

The gates receiving face lifts are the Anderson, Von Lindqeuist, and King Nehale Lya Mpingana gates. 

Additionally, eight sanitation facilities at the park will also be upgraded to "comfort stops," comprising toilets, picnic areas, information displays, viewing platforms, and adequate parking areas. 

A staggering number of reported child abuse cases are piling up at the offices of the Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare (MGEPESW).

Deputy Minister Bernadette Jagger says her ministry continues to collaborate with stakeholders, particularly the police and the prosecution, to ensure that victims receive the required care.

Within its limited human resources structure, Jagger says her ministry has managed to second social workers to the gender-based violence protection units in the |Khomas , Kavango East, Oshana, and Kunene regions.

Police Inspector General Joseph Shikongo has described ongoing leadership development training for senior commissioned officers as a journey towards organisational excellence, empowerment, and transformation.

The Lieutenant General officially opened the second Strategic Leadership and Governance training for senior officers in Hardap.

Ten senior command officers are attending the week-long, second leadership development workshop.

The Mariental Town Council says it has not taken resolution to transfer its assets to a proposed power management and distribution company for the southern regions of Hardap and ||Kharas, nor has it resolved to join the said company.

The Mariental Town Council was responding to the petition of the Mariental Residents Association, which alleged that the town council had transferred its assets to a certain company.

The establishment of the regional electricity distributor company for the Hardap and ||Kharas regions is anticipated to become operational this year.

Gerschon Dausab, the Chairperson of the Hardap Regional Council, shared this information on the sidelines of a closed-door consultation meeting held in Keetmanshoop aimed at discussing the formation of the RED company and its implications.

In accordance with the resolutions of the Swapo Party Congress in 2022, the women's wing of the party organised its inaugural activity workshop for the leadership of ||Kharas and Hardap regions at Keetmanshoop.

The objective of the workshop is to offer guidance on the implementation of the congress resolutions through a five-year plan.

In her address to the regional leadership at the workshop's opening, Maria Namupala, a Research and Advisory Cadre member, emphasised the importance of effectively implementing the congress resolutions.

Cabinet has issued a directive to NamPower to put on hold the planned suspensions of power supply to defaulting local authorities.

The Minister of Finance and Public Enterprises, Ipumbu Shiimi, said this in a letter to the NamPower Board Chairperson, Daniel Motinga, yesterday.

Shiimi says the directive to suspend power cuts is in consideration of pending consultations between the Ministry of Finance and Public Enterprises, the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development, and the local authorities.