A senior councillor of the Ju|hoansi Traditional Authority, Fransina Ghauz, says preparations for the festival are progressing well.

A delegation from the Office of the Vice President, led by Deputy Minister Moses ||Khumub as well as Tsumkwe Constituency Councillor Petrus Mutji, met with traditional leaders and stakeholders to engage on matters affecting the community.

Forty-five young people from Mangetti Dune and surrounding villages have turned out in large numbers to attend a leadership, policy and governance training organised by Indigenous Communities for Self-Determination.

Indigenous Communities for Self-Determination was founded in June 2025.

Mangetti Dune Combined School and Makata Primary School girls have received hygiene dignity kit donations from FLECHAS, a non-profit organisation operating in the Tsumkwe Constituency.

The community of Mangetti Dune in the Tsumkwe Constituency in the Otjozondjupa Region has earned an income through a sewing project introduced by the UNFPA last year.

Community members turned up in large numbers to support learners from different schools during the Tsumkwe Primary and Secondary Schools Cluster Cultural Festival.

A group of four young people in Tsumkwe is proving that determination and teamwork can create opportunities.

The group is managing a community garden and poultry initiative, overcoming challenges such as water shortages and diseases affecting the chickens.

The Tsumkwe Constituency Councillor Petrus Mutji has affirmed his commitment to respond to the plight of homeless residents at the settlement.

Mutji was reacting to queries from the NBC News team on how his office intends to deal with the situation, which has been ongoing for years.

An amount of N$1,600 might be someone's savings, but for 77-year-old Frans Geiseb, from Omatako Village in Otjozondjupa Region, the monthly old-age pension grant is more than a personal lifeline.

It is the only source of income sustaining a household of about 25 family members.

Unemployment has forced many residents of Omatako village in the Tsumkwe West Constituency to rely on selling firewood as their primary source of income to support their families.

Omatako is one of the villages in the constituency, pressed by unemployment.

The work is labour-intensive.