Justice and Labour Relations Minister Wise Immanuel has said that continued decentralisation of services will facilitate economic empowerment in the regions to easily access services.

Police in the Otjozondjupa Region have identified the woman found dead at the 5 Rand location in Okahandja on 25 April as 15-year-old Beyoncé !Kharuxas.

According to Regional Community Liaison Officer, Senior Inspector Maureen Mbeha, a case of murder and rape has been opened.

Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare officiated at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Kunene Region Resource School on behalf of President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah at Kamanjab this morning.

The school will cater to more than 500 children with a wide range of disabilities.

A 50-year-old woman accused of stabbing her ex-boyfriend in Otjiwarongo has made her second court appearance.

Katrina Geises was arrested on 11 April after allegedly stabbing her 32-year-old ex-boyfriend in the chest during an argument at her home.

Tsumkwe Constituency Councillor Johannes Haufiku has been sworn in as the new chairperson of the Management Committee of the Otjozondjupa Regional Council. 

Namibia has a shortage of seeds, and land is not freely available for seed production.

But green schemes such as Sikondo in the Kavango West Region are contributing to food security by setting aside land solely for the production of seeds.

The Khorixas–Fransfontein–Kamanjab gravel road, which was constructed 64 years ago, will soon be upgraded to a tarred road, linking it to major national routes.

Works and Transport Minister Veikko Nekundi has announced the upgrade of the 105 kilometers gravel to tar road between Khorixas and Kamanjab. 

Nekundi made this announcement at a consultation meeting between the Ministry, Roads Authority and traditional authorities at Khorixas in the Kunene Region. 

Otjozondjupa Region recorded four accidents over the Easter holiday.

On Thursday, two people died in an accident north of Otjiwarongo involving four trucks, of which three belong to Coleman Transportation en route to B2 Gold Namibia Mine.

Petitions seeking nullification of the Swapo Party Section elections at Grootfontein and Otjiwarongo are now receiving attention from the highest party structures.