The Erongo Governor has demanded immediate answers from education officials and councillors after Grade 4 and 5 learners at Higher Hope Primary School in Walvis Bay were sent home.
The school principal decided to close the school due to water connection issues.
Overcrowded classrooms, a lack of proper furniture, inadequate financial resources, and insufficient infrastructure development remain a challenge to many schools in Erongo, contributing to high failure rates.
Erongo Governor Natalia |Goagoses has announced a plan to restore and repurpose the long-neglected Blouberg facility in Okombahe, describing its current condition as heartbreaking.
The Erongo Regional Governor, Natalia |Goagoses has reiterated government’s efforts to find long-term solutions to the critical water shortages.
Festive season policing in the Erongo Region has yielded positive results, with an overall decrease in crime.
While there have been some successes, Erongo Police Commander Nikolaus Kupembona noted that challenges still persist.
Namibian police have reported seven suicides across the country during the New Year period.
The incidents occurred between December 31 and January 4.
The Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security Minister, Lucia Iipumbu, has inaugurated the Chief Christian Eerike Zeraeua Police Station at Omatjete Settlement in the Erongo Region.
NamWater and Swakop Uranium have signed a joint-venture agreement to develop a new large-scale desalination plant in the Erongo Region.
The desalination plant is aimed at strengthening the country's long-term water security and supporting industrial growth.
Residents of the Tatamutsi location in |Uis in the Erongo Region say they have been left without water, a crisis that has fuelled emotions and renewed complaints over poor service delivery.
Many say the situation is becoming unbearable, with no clear communication on when water will be restored.
Residents of Omaruru and surrounding villages in the Erongo Region will no longer need to travel to neighbouring towns for NATIS services following the official opening of the town’s first fully equipped NATIS centre.
