Keetmanshoop residents living in peri-urban areas have expressed gratitude for receiving food parcels under the government's drought relief programme.

||Kharas Governor Aletha Frederick has called for concerted efforts to address the needs of all citizens in the region. 

She made the call during the regional development report at Keetmanshoop. 

The Keetmanshoop Electricity Business Unit (KEBU) has urged pensioners to register for the social electricity tariff to benefit from a discounted electricity rate. 

Residents who were recently allocated plots of land at the Brukaros informal settlement in Keetmanshoop are still lacking basic services, despite promises made nearly two years ago.

The Nama community from across the country gathered at Keetmanshoop to celebrate their rich cultural heritage during the four-day annual Nama Cultural Festival. 

Now in its fifth year, the festival creates a platform for the Nama community to showcase various aspects of their culture. 

Political leadership and traditional leaders in the ||Kharas Region are in support of the parliamentary motion to erect an ever-lighting shrine in honour of the legacy of the late Kaptein Hendrik Witbooi. 

The  ||Kharas Education Directorate has denounced the picketing of parents against the newly appointed principal at Minna Sachs Primary School at Keetmanshoop.

A group of parents alleged that the appointed principal was not recommended by the school board. 

Teaching and learning at Keetmanshoop-based Don Bosco Primary School were disrupted today as learners had to mop up flooded classrooms following heavy rains on Tuesday. 

Benedictus |Narib, the principal of Don Bosco Primary School, says the rainwater flooded two blocks of classrooms. 

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. 

Burglars caused extensive damage to the Keetmanshoop !Homs-Ai SME Park when they smashed the premises' glass doors to gain entry to offices and SME stalls. 

The break-in occurred over the weekend.