Residents of Omaruru and surrounding villages in the Erongo Region will no longer need to travel to neighbouring towns for NATIS services following the official opening of the town’s first fully equipped NATIS centre.
A donation of six classrooms from the Japanese Embassy has helped Omaruru's Ubasen Primary School overcome overcrowding and phase out the platoon system.
Principal Sonja Uwu-Gaes highlighted the achievement during the school's 60th anniversary celebration.
The Ministry of Urban and Rural Development, the Omaruru Town Council, and Erongo RED have co-funded a project worth N$28 million to electrify 290 homes in the Hakahana settlement at Omaruru.
Life was difficult for residents in the Hakahana settlement before they had access to electricity.
There has been an improvement in the livestock displayed by farmers at the ARAF Agricultural Show in 2025 compared to last year.
This is according to the Erongo Chief Agricultural Technician, Joel Kooitjie, a judge at the agricultural show.
Entrepreneurs hailed the ARAF trade fair at Usakos for providing a market for local products.
ARAF is a joint trade fair created by the Omaruru, Karibib and Usakos Town Councils to celebrate local entrepreneurship, micro- and small enterprises, corporates, agriculture and music.
The Mayor of Omaruru, Vincent Kahwa, has reaffirmed the town's commitment to developing the OlympAfrica Sports Centre into a regional hub for sport.
The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation employee Innocentia Uatjike was buried today at Omaruru.
Uatjike, who died last week in Windhoek, held the position of cleaner at the nbc TV headquarters.
Mourners, including fellow employees, gathered at the Omaruru to bid their farewell.
Pensioners in Omaruru have called on the politicians who will win the upcoming election to create jobs for their children and increase social grants.
The Daures Agricultural Show and SME Expo opened its doors to the public, with an emphasis on the need to develop rural areas.
The maiden Daures Agricultural Show and SME Expo is underway at Okombahe Settlement, 60 kilometres from Omaruru.
Erongo Red donated oxygen concentrators to three state hospitals to reduce the scarcity of such equipment in the region.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, it was discovered that state hospitals in the Erongo Region desperately needed oxygen concentrators to treat patients.
