The ||Kharas Police Commander, Commissioner Marius Katamila, has reminded the region's inhabitants to also play their part to ensure a safer festive season.
He made the call during the launch of the region's festive operations at Keetmanshoop.
The operation aims to raise police visibility, improve road safety, and provide robust law enforcement to ensure compliance with traffic rules and regulations.
The working class of Keetmanshoop, Aroab, Tses, and Berseba have rejected a draft regulation to preserve retirement benefits.
It is proposed in the new Financial Institutions and Markets Act (FIMA), governing pension funds, that at least 75% of a pension must be retained as retirement savings until the retirement age of sixty.
This means they will only be allowed to withdraw up to 20% of these savings before retirement.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform has called on the public to take a keen interest in and provide input to the National Ressetlement Policy, for which some of its criteria are being reviewed.
Speaking at the stakeholder consultative workshop at Keetmanshoop, the Director of Land Reform in the Ministry, Petrus Nangolo, says the criteria need to be reviewed to address resolutions taken during the second National Land Conference.
The nbc Keetmanshoop Contribution Centre's radio studio is back on air.
This follows the upgrading of the contribution centre to allow the live broadcast of radio news and programmes from there.
The Head of Keetmanshoop Regional Contribution Centre, Natangwe Jimmy, says the installation of new radio studio equipment demonstrates the corporation's mission to increase its presence in the region.
A team of radio managers from the National FM, Hartklop FM, Kaisames, and KatiFM conducted auditions to find voices to be soon heard broadcasting from Keetmanshoop.
A drug and alcohol awareness campaign was held at J.A. Nel Secondary School at Keetmanshoop in efforts to tackle the scourge of drug abuse, especially among young people.
The Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication, and Social Welfare hosted the 'Say No to Drugs" campaign.
The campaign targets youth between the ages of 13 and 17, who appear to be experimenting with drugs and other harmful substances.
A medical doctor and a senior police officer attached to the drug law enforcement unit explained the negative effects of drugs.
A motor vehicle was destroyed by fire in a garage in the Noordhoek residential area of Keetmanshoop.
Although it is still unknown what caused the fire, the damage, according to the police at Keetmanshoop, is estimated to be in the thousands.
Police investigations into what caused the fire are still ongoing.
The acting CEO of Keetmanshoop Municipality, Catherine Boois, has resigned with immediate effect on Friday.
Boois, an Economic Development Manager at Mariental, was seconded as an acting CEO for a three-month period in February this year.
She had her contract renewed, which was set to expire at the end of this month.
Boois did not give more details in her one-sentence resignation letter.
Keetmanshoop Mayor McDonald Hanse says the council has accepted Boois resignation.
Moreover, he thanked Boois for her service, which he says was challenging.
The Keetmanshoop Municipality has initiated a two-day clean-up campaign at Extension 7 Area.
The cleanup campaign is part of World Cleanup Day, when communities across the globe stand up against litter and clean up waste annually on September 16.
Members of the Namibian Defence Force as well as the public took part in the cleanup exercise.
Baines Vet Care Mobile Animal Clinic has attracted a number of Keetmanshoop pet owners who hope to benefit from a free initiative to spray and neuter domesticated animals.
The clinic, owned by Dr. Ian Baines, began operations seven years ago and has since sterilised more than 60,000 animals across the country.
Besides spaying and neutering, the dogs and the cats were vaccinated and treated for internal and external parasites.
Over three days, more animals underwent surgical sterilisation, conducted by Dr. Ian Baines.
The service reliability of TransNamib has been significantly affected by ageing and unreliable rolling stock.
Bertus Eksteen, TransNamib's Executive for Engineering and Technical Services, revealed this during a meeting with the Standing Committee on Economics and Public Accounts in Keetmanshoop.
For its daily freight operations, the state-owned railway utility necessitates a total of 34 locomotives. Typically, there are around 20 to 26 locomotives operational on any given day.
