Enhancing stakeholder participation vital in development shaping - Tjiramba
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The Vice Chairperson of the New Era Board, Edwin Tjiramba, says enhancing stakeholder participation is vital in shaping the country's development agenda.
The Vice Chairperson of the New Era Board, Edwin Tjiramba, says enhancing stakeholder participation is vital in shaping the country's development agenda.
The annual FNB Classic Clashes, held at the Wennie du Plessis Netball Field in Gobabis, showcased the exceptional skills of Wennie Du Plessis, who secured a hard-fought victory in the netball competition.
Some residents of Gobabis are camping at the town's municipal head office, waiting for the local authority leadership to receive their petition.
The Office of the Omaheke Governor and some local farmers are working together to supply a soup kitchen at Gobabis with milk three times a day.
The soup kitchen feeds vulnerable children, and the supply of milk will help to curb malnutrition.
The Omaheke Region Governor's Doctors Outreach Initiative is a humanitarian campaign to provide much-needed medical services in the region.
The initiative saw a team of 30 specialists from Windhoek embark on a mission to improve the health and well-being of Gobabis residents and surrounding areas.
The MR 119, which runs from Gobabis to Talismanus for 145 kilometres, will be upgraded to a low-volume, seal-standard road.
N$200 million has been set aside by the Roads Authority for the three-phased project.
The Kanaan informal settlement upgrading committee is pleased with the progress made thus far in land surveying there, with 300 plots completed.
The process of surveying and pegging land for housing in Gobabis' Kanaan informal settlement started at a snail's pace.
Eight farmers from Gobabis were arrested for trespassing at Farm Witsand in the district of Witvlei.
The group moved into Farm Witsand on Saturday, which belongs to the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform, with their livestock and other belongings.
The lack of water is being felt almost nationwide.
Due to poor rainfall in the catchments, Gobabis residents will now experience water rationing.
This has affected water sources like Otjivero Dam, which supplies water to Gobabis.
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.