Residents of Omatako Village in the Tsumkwe Constituency turned out in large numbers for a skills training programme on soap and perfume making.

Tsumkwe leaders have called for urgent development interventions, saying that challenges such as unemployment and limited access to government services continue to affect communities in the constituency.

Delegates from the Office of the Prime Minister have started a three-day visit to the Tsumkwe Constituency.

The visit aims to engage with the traditional authority, assess community conditions, and identify key development challenges affecting residents in the constituency.

The University of Namibia (UNAM) conducted a three-day capacity-building training in Tsumkwe.

The training aims to strengthen community resilience, promote sustainable livelihoods, and enhance the integration of human, animal, and environmental health.

The Ministry of Health and Social Services has launched a TB mass screening campaign, targeting high-risk areas in the Tsumkwe constituency.

The campaign, which started on Monday, will run until the 25th of April.

Members of the !Kung Traditional Authority has raised concerns over healthcare service delivery in their area.

Its chief, Ilony Arnold, is asking for answers after the ambulance driver of Omatako Clinic was reassigned to the Mangetti Dune Health Centre.

A craft project initiated in Grashoek, located in the Tsumkwe Constituency, in 2025, is assisting local women in empowering themselves while also contributing to community development. 

The project also brings together women who make crafts while teaching cultural knowledge to the youth.

!Kung Traditional Authority leader Chief Illony Arnold has expressed dissatisfaction with the Namibia Defence Force recruitment shortlist, citing the exclusion of youth from the Tsumkwe Constituency.

A cleaning up campaign funded by Palms for Life and launched in April last year in Tsumkwe, continues to operate in the settlement. 

The campaign focuses on cleaning streets, planting trees along roads, and involving young people in daily activities.
The project employs 29 youth from Tsumkwe. 

The residents of Mangetti Dune in the Tsumkwe constituency have been without clean water for months now.

The generator that pumps the community boreholes broke down last year when the nbc news team visited the community just before the local authority and regional council elections.