Outjo Tourism Center turning into a white elephant
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Although Outjo in the Kunene Region is considered one of the gateways to the Etosha National Park, its tourism centre has recorded little to no tourists making use of its services.
Although Outjo in the Kunene Region is considered one of the gateways to the Etosha National Park, its tourism centre has recorded little to no tourists making use of its services.
The Kunene Regional Council's Ohamaremba-Okanguati water supply project, meant to provide quality water to residents of Okanguati settlement and surrounding areas, is well on track.
Local authorities are being urged to prioritise giving residents access to fundamental services like water and proper sanitation.
The Kunene Region has resorted to hiring private transport for the distribution of drought relief in the region.
Housing and land delivery for low-income earners in the Kunene Region, including the upgrading of the informal settlements, is taking shape.
At Khorixas, 445 plots were handed over to the residents of the Ada-||Naugu informal settlement to build their houses.
Residents of Kunene are concerned about their safety due to poor road infrastructure and overflowing rivers during the rainy season.
Traditional authorities in the Kunene Region have commended the government for its continued efforts to provide relief food to drought-afflicted people in the region.
High cases of teenage pregnancy among girls aged between 13 and 19 years old in Kamanjab, Kunene Region, remain a burning social issue that needs concerted efforts to address.
Namibia's conservation expert, Dr. Philip Stander, says research is crucial to the conservation of endangered desert lions.
Dr. Stander has therefore called on youth to take up nature conservation studies to find solutions to human-wildlife conflict.
Members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Economics and Public Administration are concerned about equipment left behind by diamond exploration companies in the Skeleton Coast Park.
The committee visited a diamond exploration site at Mowe Bay in the Kunene Region.