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.

Residents of Omaruru in the Erongo Region have petitioned the Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni, after accusing the councillors of having snubbed their demonstration in which they questioned the town's stagnant development, increasing debts, and lack of job opportunities.

Omaruru was the first town in Namibia to receive full municipal status in 1909, with the first municipal office building erected in 1926.

The council moved to the present building in the 1980s, which was the first government school and hostel, opened in 1912.

Omaruru, Henties Bay, and Arandis councillors did not attend the Independence Day celebrations at Katima Mulilo in their official capacities after the Erongo Governor withheld their VIP tickets.

The Municipality of Omaruru has resolved to address its 117-year-old sewerage system and get all its residential and business areas connected to the main sewerage line.

Currently, residents are served by two trucks that collect sewerage waste throughout the day.

Waldfrieden Primary School, which is located 17 kilometres north of Omaruru in the Erongo Region, awarded learners who performed well this year.

Over 200 parents travelled from far away to the school to celebrate their children's academic achievements.

No arrest has been made yet in the robbery and assault of a 69-year-old bartender at the Jolly Joker Bar in Omaruru.

In an alarming incident that transpired at the Jolly Joker bar in Omaruru, a 69-year-old bartender fell victim to a harrowing robbery at knifepoint.

Three unidentified assailants, armed with knives, a panga, and a pistol, entered the establishment around nine o'clock in the evening on Tuesday.