To help mitigate the spread of the cholera outbreak in Grootfontein, its municipality has started providing water at different points as they look at addressing sanitation.
This was confirmed by Grootfontein mayor Moritz Gaingob during a briefing with Otjozondjupa Governor John ||Khamuseb.
Otjozondjupa Governor John ||Khamuseb has raised concerns over challenges in implementing capital projects in the health and sanitation sectors.
He voiced this during a courtesy call by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Gender Equality, Health and Social Welfare at Otjiwarongo.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says the government is deliberating on enforcing that all ministries look into absorbing graduates of the National Youth Services (NYS).
Plans are underway to relocate a number of households in Tsumeb's largest informal settlement to pave the way for construction of what will be the 'Kuvukiland' Kindergarten.
Some community members of the Etoshapoort informal settlement in Outjo, under the banner of the Pots of Hope organisation, marked the Human Rights Day by honouring victims and survivors of gender-based violence.
The Tsumeb Municipality says it is pleased with the progress reached in constructing key roads and in routine maintenance works that have been completed.
Some are set to remain in the works until 2026.
The reelected councillor for Guinas Constituency, Moses Khumub, will prioritise the development of Tsintsabis, which was declared a settlement five years ago.
Khumub pledges to prioritise the provision of housing, basic services, health care, and education.
Grootfontein Mayor Talitha Garises bade farewell to elderly community members of the town by hosting a Christmas lunch, as she is set to retire from office this week.
Garises has been at the helm of the town municipality since 2022.
A team of medical officers from both Otjiwarongo and Windhoek has been dispatched to Grootfontein, where five cases of cholera have been detected.
The Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, has reiterated the government’s commitment to ensuring that all youths are equipped with the skills, knowledge, and opportunities to contribute meaningfully to the economy and society.
