Residents of the Otjiwarongo and Grootfontein constituencies in the Otjozondjupa Region can expect to vote for their new constituency councillors in separate by-elections before June 2025.
The Otjiwarongo Constituency Collation Centre is only left with six polling stations that are yet to be verified, audited, and uploaded.
Otjozondjupa Regional Electoral Officer Victoria Amutenya says the progress is good given the 33 polling stations in the constituency.
The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) recently held a refresher training workshop for its information officers, marketers, photographers, and graphic designers.
Residents of the 'New Ombili' informal settlement in Otjiwarongo are expressing gratitude for the progress made in their community over the years.
As the upcoming elections approach, they are eager to cast their votes, hoping for even more development in the future.
To encourage a lifetime love for reading in learners, the Education, Arts, and Culture Ministry launched the Readathon Week at Otjiwarongo.
Readathon is a weeklong festival of reading, held annually in schools across Namibia.
The Deputy Minister of Education, Arts, and Culture, Faustina Caley, has called on schools to utilise their funds for the intended purposes.
Caley spoke at the Otjozondjupa Regional Education Directorate's state of education consultative meeting at Otjiwarongo.
Suicide and drug possession top the weekend police report.
Two of the three suicides reported are of women in their 40s.
At Oshifo's Omumbonde Village, Lucia Pokanana (47) allegedly hanged herself at home, as did 44-year-old Meriam Kairi from Orwetoveni at Otjiwarongo.
Namibia's fuel, wood, and charcoal exports generated over N$102 billion last year, and the Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism is satisfied with the recent growth in the biomass sector.
Minister Pohamba Shifeta remarked on this at the opening of the Standard Bank Biomass Fair at Otjiwarongo.
A 58-year-old man plummeted to his death from a 15-metre-high water tower in Otjiwarongo on Saturday.
The deceased, who is yet to be identified, was part of a team contracted by Otjiwarongo Municipality to work on the tower.
In a bid to ease the burden of overcrowding in classrooms, two new schools have been opened at Otjiwarongo .
The new primary and secondary schools are to accommodate learners who were previously taught in overcrowded classrooms, tents, and those in a platoon system from different schools.
