Zimbabwe's Embassy in Namibia has donated new needlecraft equipment to the Ngaukujame Community Project run by women at Omaheke's Ovinjuru Village.
Ambassador Melody Chaurura says empowering rural women is one of the fundamental aspects of community development.
The increasing number of learners at the Usiel Ndjavera Primary School in the Otjinene constituency is putting pressure on service delivery, with over 1,000 learners enrolled this academic year.
The Integrated Food Security Organisation warns that around 1.6 million Namibians may face food insecurity between now and March 2025. The El Niño climate phenomenon, impacting crop production, livestock pastures, and water resources, is seen as a major driver of this crisis.
The Namibia Diamond Trading Company (NDTC) boosted four clinics in the Aminuis Constituency with essential items for expectant mothers and babies.
NDTC spent more than N$60,000 on items that will be distributed amongst these clinics to aid new mothers.
The Omaheke Regional Council (ORC) has supported the motion aimed at upgrading the Trans Kalahari Border Post from a settlement to a fully-fledged town council.
This will help in the provision of service delivery.
Namibia faces a range of issues with implications for the nation's development and future prospects.
The Inspector General of the Police, Lieutenant General Joseph Shikongo, has appealed to the Police Anti-stock-theft subdivision and a regional prosecutors team to find the best modalities on how to speed up the process of finalising pending livestock cases.
The police's agricultural farm situated in the Omaheke Region, formerly known as Uichenas, has been renamed after retired Lieutenant General Raonga Jesaja Andima.
Andima was the second Inspector General of the Police.
The farming communities at Koppie Alleen village in the Otjombinde Constituency heaved a sigh of relief as the Directorate of Water Supply rehabilitated its ageing borehole.
The community spent three weeks without water for its own use and their livestock.
Stakeholders and farming communities in the Omaheke Region are on a two-day seminar deliberating on the effects of climate change that led to recurring drought.
