The Presidential Special Advisor and Head of the Upstream Petroleum Unit in the Office of the President, Kornelia Shilunga, has commended the Keetmanshoop Vocational Training Centre for upscaling the boiler making and metal fabrication course.

Young scientists from ||Kharas Region have showcased their talent and scientific brilliance at the annual regional science fair and quiz.

Learners from 25 schools presented their research projects at the science fair.

The Meteorological Services has forecast a significant decline in temperatures across the south-eastern parts of the country from tomorrow. 

The Berseba food basket project, which has seen a decline in volunteer support, has received a renewed opportunity to revive its mission of combating poverty and fostering food self-sufficiency. 

Fourteen Namibian citizens have returned home from neighbouring South Africa amid anti-foreigner sentiments with only a few possessions. 

Issued with emergency travel certificates, the group of returnees were voluntarily repatriated from Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape Province. 

The Directorate of Veterinary Services remains committed to a zero-tolerance approach to protect the country's foot-and-mouth disease-free status.  

The more than 219 million dollar Naute-Keetmanshoop water pipeline construction project reflects the principle of sustainable development by investing in long-term economic prosperity instead of responding to escalating crises. 

The Directorate of Agricultural Production, Extension and Engineering South (DAPEES) division in the ||Kharas Region has attributed a number of unfilled vacancies to budgetary cuts. 

The ||Kharas  regional leadership has appealed for stronger collaboration with investors exploiting the region's natural resources to ensure local communities optimally benefit from developmental projects. 

The government has, to date, acquired 20,248 hectares of land for a total cost of N$19 million to develop the Neckartal Dam irrigation scheme project.