While water is essential, residents of Otjiwarongo's Ombili go days without water due to vandalism of infrastructure.

Some of the taps are completely broken, while others only provide water after three days.

The residents now rely mostly on the Ombili Clinic for water.

A family from the Mukwanagobe settlement on the outskirts of Ombili in Windhoek lost their home to a fire.

All the family's belongings were razed to the ground, leaving them with only the clothes on their back.

As part of the Genocide Remembrance Day commemoration, Vice President Lucia Witbooi visited the San community at the Ombili location in Eenhana town.

The visit aimed to assess their living conditions and to familiarise herself with the community, which now falls under the Presidency through her office.

A 21-year-old mother took her life after murdering her 5-year-old daughter at the old Ombili informal settlement at Otjiwarongo in the Otjozondjupa Region on Saturday.

Police in the town were alerted to the crime between 16h50 and 17h00.