Following a recent outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) in the Karasburg Veterinary District of the ||Kharas Region, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform, through the Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS), has released Veterinary Public Notification No. 16 of 2026.
The government has intensified efforts to contain the Foot-and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak by setting up roadblocks in the Karasburg district to restrict movement of cloven-hoofed animals and raw animal products.
Only one youth from the ||Kharas Region has secured funding from the National Youth Development Fund (NYDF) out of 13,809 applications nationwide.
A family at Keetmanshoop's Paradise Informal Settlement has blamed the municipality for their house burning down to ashes. They claim that the damage could have been contained had there been water available.
The Minister of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Emma Theofelus, paid a precursor visit to the office of the ||Kharas Governor Dawid Gertze.
||Kharas Youth have called for stronger enforcement of the Tobacco Products Control Act to discourage the use of new and emerging nicotine products, particularly among young people.
The annual report of the Zambezi Regional Council for the 2025/2026 financial year has been adopted by the National Council.
Tabling the report, MP Raymond Sezuni highlighted the significant contribution the region has made to the development of the country.
The ||Kharas Education Directorate Director, Nicolas Eiman, has revealed that, out of an average of 2,800 Grade 1 learners enrolled annually in the region, about 800 could not be accounted for by the time they reached Grade 7.
This is equivalent to an estimated 28% drop-out rate.
||Kharas stakeholders requested more time to submit regional views on the constitutional legal framework during Monday's consultation with the Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs.
The ||Kharas Education Director, Nicolaas Eiman, says it is all systems go when the new academic year starts on Monday.
Eiman told NBC News that both urban and rural schools are ready for the 2026 academic year despite some challenges.
