The Rehoboth Town Council now owns the Reho Spa facility in the town.

Mayor Amanda Groenewaldt announced this at the council's first meeting for the year with residents of Rehoboth yesterday.

The Keetmanshoop Town Council has approved the renaming of nine streets in the Central Business District, Kronlein, as well as Tseiblaagte residential areas. 

Light to moderate rains recorded over the weekend brought relief from the heat wave in some parts of the country. 

Over the past week, temperatures have hovered between 30 and 40 degrees Celsius in places such as Keetmanshoop, which received some light showers on Friday and Saturday. 

The Chairperson of the National Disability Council of Namibia, Charlie Matengu, says senseless acts towards people with disabilities must be condemned, and Namibians should work towards creating a more compassionate and understanding community.

Two minors drowned in an open pit at Rundu today while playing in the water.

The children accompanied their mother, who had gone to the swamp for fishing.

According to the mother, Franciska Hausiku, she left her three children under a tree near one of the open pits while she moved on to the next.

Four minors from Livaye Village in Kavango East who died from suspected food poisoning were buried in a mass grave over the weekend.

Eight children initially ate the food, of whom four died and the others survived, while the remaining four were discharged.

The incident happened on February 26.

The historical white lady painting on the rocky Brandberg Mountain remains one of Namibia's ancient tourist attractions.

What is more than just rock art also symbolises ritual importance.

More concerted efforts to scale up women's participation in peacebuilding processes are urgently needed in Africa.

International Relations Minister Peya Mushelenga has called on governments to allocate resources for the implementation of programmes that support women's inclusion.

Employees of Kayova Lodge and the community in Kavango East are demanding the removal of the lodge's manager.

They claim that the management has diverted from the project's initial plan, from which the community was due to benefit.

Omaruru was the first town in Namibia to receive full municipal status in 1909, with the first municipal office building erected in 1926.

The council moved to the present building in the 1980s, which was the first government school and hostel, opened in 1912.