Close to 2,000 residents at Karibib have become plot owners at the Usab Informal Settlement after the town council handed over their land ownership certificates.

In 1996, the Namibia Action Housing Group and Shack Dwellers Federation signed an agreement with the Karibib Town Council to improve the Usab Informal Settlement.

During phase 1, community members raised money to survey the land and relocate people for the creation of streets.

The second phase, which is the installation of services, was provided by a local company, Tweya, at no cost.

A 25-year-old man, Mandela Afrikaner Mbaunguraiye, allegedly set his girlfriend's shack on fire, resulting in the deaths of the woman, their two children, and himself at Karibib.

The Erongo Police have confirmed the incident, which happened on Sunday morning.

It is alleged that the girlfriend, 23-year-old Josephine Nauses, reported Mbaunguraiye at the police station for domestic violence on Saturday and that she wanted him removed from her home.

The !Oë-‡Gân Traditional Authority recommended that the Boundaries Delimitation and Demarcation Commission rename the Erongo Region to its historic name.

The Boundaries Delimitation and Demarcation Commission visited Omaruru to cater for the Daures, and Karibib constituencies after Swakopmund.

 However, the Zeraeua Traditional Authority does not agree with the region's name change.

The Commission expressed that changing the name of the region might raise questions of tribalism.

The final document for the region will be submitted within the next 14 days. 

Agriculture is becoming popular among young people as a means to make a living.

30-year-old Petrus Muyeve from Karibib is one such person who turned his erf into a garden, and it's now paying off.

Muyeve migrated to Karibib from Rundu in search of a better life for himself and his three children.

However, after years in Karibib, he found himself still unemployed and struggling to make ends meet.

Muyeve and his family live in a location called Uis, one of many informal settlements that have sprung up due to urbanisation.

The Chairperson of the Karibib Town Council, Lazarus Kanelombe, shared the town's journey of economic growth and development before and after independence.

Karibib is located on the main road between the capital city of Windhoek and the coastal town of Swakopmund, about 100km west of Okahandja. 

Karibib exists today mostly due to the railway development between the coast and inland Namibia. The Karibib railway building is a national monument. 

There are many ways for youth to contribute to economic development, and their involvement is essential to the future of the economy.

However, young people in Karibib feel that this opportunity is passing them by because of a lack of opportunities in the town.

Many young people are still struggling to find work, a situation that is worsened by a lack of other means of employment, such as self-employment.

A lack of economic opportunities largely influences the living standards of people and causes inequality in society.

Tributes continue to pour in from across the country as Swapo Party members in the Karibib District gathered in Usakos to celebrate the life of the late President Hage Geingob. They hosted the candlelight ceremony while singing traditional hymns.

They described the late Geingob as one of the best diplomats the nation has seen and an exemplary leader who advocated for peace, prosperity, and unity in the nation. 

Mining company Osino Resources has started digging up the remains of people buried at its site, situated about 10km outside Karibib on Okawayo Farm, to enable gold mining activities to kick off.

The relatives of those buried there were, however, brokenhearted, as they were not invited to witness the exhumation process.

Canadian-based mining company Osino Resources owns the Twin Hill Gold Project.

However, on the farm lie four graves that are older than 50 years and belong to the Auxab family.

Three men, two of them repeat offenders, made a brief appearance before the Karibib Magistrate's Court today in connection with stocktheft, attempted murder, and armed robbery.

They were not asked to plead, and magistrate Donnevan Schuster postponed the matter to February next year.

The men were arrested after they allegedly stole over one hundred and twenty smallstock from a farm near Karibib and, in the process, critically wounded a farm worker with a spear.

The incident happened on Saturday.

Parts of Karibib, Walvis Bay Rural, and the Daures constituencies are still facing water shortages.

Erongo Governor Neville Andre raised this during a visit by Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila. The Office of the Prime Minister donated a water tank truck last year for water to be delivered to the Daures Constituency, where the resource is scarce at settlements such as Omatjete. Regional Governor Neville Andre says due to high demand, the constituency needs an additional truck because some areas in Karibib and Walvis Bay Rural have joined the list.