Police in the Hardap Region have not yet made any breakthrough in connection with the murder of seven-year-old girl Einoritha Mhopyeni five months ago in Mariental.

Police in the Hardap Region have recorded a 10.7% decrease in overall crimes reported in 2024 compared to the previous year.

The Regional Crime Investigations Division Head, Deputy Commissioner John Mwatongwe, revealed this at a media briefing held at Mariental.

The Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Carl Schlettwein, has urged stakeholders to collaborate in efforts to ensure water security and sustainability in the face of climate change.

Swapo Party Councillor Suzan Ndjaleka has welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to dismiss an application by the Landless People's Movement (LPM) and the ||Kharas Regional Council for leave to appeal a High Court ruling.

In recent developments in the energy sector, TotalEnergies held consultations in Lüderitz as part of the environmental impact assessment process.

This process is a crucial step in their plans for oil exploration in the Orange Basin, located off the coast of Namibia.

The Nama Traditional Leaders Association (NTLA) has rejected the government's approval for the signing of the Nama and Ovaherero genocide reparations agreement with the German government. 

Cabinet approved the signing of the Joint Declaration in mid-December last year. 

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Accounts has directed the Keetmanshoop Municipality and Namibia Industrial Development Agency (NIDA) to expedite their discussions to prevent further water and electricity supply disruption to the !Homs-Ai community market. 

The Namibia Training Authority (NTA) plans to embark on a sensitisation drive in the ||Kharas and Hardap regions to boost enrolment at the recently constructed Keetmanshoop Vocational and Training Centre. 

This emerged during a stakeholder meeting NTA had at Keetmanshoop. 

The Education Director for the ||Kharas Region, Jesmine Magerman, has expressed disappointment over the region's worsening performance in the 2024 Grade 11 and AS level exams. 

The region slipped from third place to number 12 in the Grade 11 national ranking list.