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!Oë-‡Gân Traditional Authority proposes renaming Erongo

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The !Oë-‡Gân Traditional Authority recommended that the Boundaries Delimitation and Demarcation Commission rename the Erongo Region to its historic name.

The Boundaries Delimitation and Demarcation Commission visited Omaruru to cater for the Daures, and Karibib constituencies after Swakopmund.

 However, the Zeraeua Traditional Authority does not agree with the region's name change.

The Commission expressed that changing the name of the region might raise questions of tribalism.

The final document for the region will be submitted within the next 14 days. 

Samora Machel residents dissatisfied over demarcation consultation process

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|Khomas residents have expressed dissatisfaction with the way consultations regarding the proposed demarcation of the |Khomas Region boundaries were conducted.

Some of the residents who attended a meeting of the Boundaries Delimitation and Demarcation Commission said they were not given an opportunity to provide input.

|Khomas Governor Laura McLeod-Katjirua stated that the region will remain as it is.

However, a portion of the Samora Machel Constituency, which has the highest population of 92,401 inhabitants, can be divided into two parts.

Four more constituencies proposed for Kavango West

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The Kavango West Region has requested four additional constituencies to improve service delivery.

The proposal was handed to the Boundaries Delimitation and Demarcation Commission at Nkurenkuru during public consultation.

The Kavango West Region was established during the 4th Boundaries Delimitation and Demarcation Commission in 2013, with Nkurenkuru being its capital and only local authority. 

Kavango West is 92% rural, with only 8% of its population residing in urban areas. 

Border shifting sparks emotions

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The Hambukushu Traditional Authority is against the proposal to have the border between the Zambezi and Kavango East regions shifted into some parts of the Mukwe Constituency. 

The Hambukushu Traditional Authority was speaking on the sidelines of the Boundaries Delimitation and Demarcation Commission's public consultations at Rundu.

It says the portion of Mukwe being suggested to be part of the Zambezi Region is their ancestral land.

During the public consultations, the Khwe people, however, requested to be part of the Zambezi Region.