The Swapo Party Regional Coordinator for the ||Kharas Region, Mathew Mumbala, has called on party members to accept criticism positively when canvassing votes for the 2024 national election slated for November this year.

The Keetmanshoop regional office of the Ombudsman has been inundated with complaints from learners relating to their suspension and banning from classrooms, corporal punishment, and forceful cutting of hair.   

The Education Director in ||Kharas Region, Jesmine Magermann, has called on school principals to put in concerted efforts to improve learner performance in the region.

She made the call at the annual principals meeting at Keetmanshoop.

The Ministry of Rural and Urban Development (MURD) has given its approval for the Keetmanshoop Municipality's operational budget for the 2023–2024 period, amounting to a substantial N$296.8 million.

The senior medical officer of Keetmanshoop State Hospital, Dr. Lama Okitemungu, has encouraged the youth to tap into the knowledge and wisdom of the elders for the common good of the nation. 

Dr. Okitemungu further emphasises that society cannot grow without the older generation. 

The ||Kharas Regional Education Directorate has a management plan in place to deal with learner placement challenges when the new academic year kicks off on Monday.

This was said by the Regional Education Director of the ||Kharas Region, Jesmine Magermann, in her update on the placement of learners.

Farmers at the Hardap Irrigation Scheme are worried about the critically low levels of the Hardap Dam due to poor rainfall in the area.

They say if the dry conditions continue, it may have an adverse impact on the irrigation scheme that relies on water for production.

The Namibia Airports Company (NAC) has announced that flights to Luderitz Airport resumed on Friday.

Fly Namibia on Thursday cancelled its scheduled flights to and from the airport due to safety issues caused by unforeseen mechanical problems with the firefighting vehicle operated by the NAC.

Despite dropping from second position to third on the 2023 NSSC Grade 11 national level ranking, the ||Kharas Region has improved overall on its C-plus grading compared to 2022.

Plans are afoot to expand the recently built state-of-the-art Vaalgras Primary School's curriculum to offer Grade 8 in 2025 to enhance learner enrollment numbers.