The Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture Executive Director, Sanet Steenkamp, has reminded learners of their responsibility to break the cycle of unemployment and poverty through education, saying it rests with them.
The drought conditions plaguing farmers across the country also affect Hardap Irrigation Scheme farmers, who have had water supply to their irrigation plots suspended this week.
This is due to critically low water levels in the Hardap Dam.
Since 1992, the government has constructed 419 schools across the country.
Currently, there are 2,036 registered schools in total, catering to 896,311 learners.
The teacher population stands at 33,322, 22,000 of whom are female.
The development of the much-anticipated second phase of the Neckartal Dam Irrigation Scheme is set to start next year.
The Minister of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform, Carl Schlettwein, said this when he officially opened the Keetmanshoop Agricultural, Industrial, and Tourism Expo.
The Keetmanshoop-based Illeni Early Childhood Development Centre has received a generous donation of fruit trees and seeds to kick-start a backyard garden project.
The backyard gardening project aims to promote nutritional food and environmental awareness among children.
The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) says it is the only one that has shown political maturity, ability, and ideological bearing to become the alternate governing party.
Its leader, McHenry Venaani, said this at a star rally at Keetmanshoop.
The recently launched Orange-Senqu River Basin Third Joint Survey Report has raised concerns about the declining water quality in the river basin. The survey, conducted by the Orange-Senqu River Basin Commission (ORASECOM), was presented during an event in Aussenkehr.
The town of Luderitz and Aus Settlement in the ||Karas Region are poised to undergo significant transformation, driven by new developments in green hydrogen and in the oil and gas industry.
The police are conducting comprehensive public speaking training for senior officers to sharpen their communication skills.
The five-day training is being held in the Hardap Region.
The Deputy Minister of Urban and Rural, Evelyn !Nawases-Taeyele, has called for the prioritising of local communities to ensure they benefit from the green hydrogen and oil and gas developments near Lüderitz.
