Head coach of Afrocats Netball Team, Dimitri Bittler, expressed frustration over their delayed departure from Windhoek on Friday night due to awaiting the monthly grants from Netball Namibia to assist with travel expenses. Bittler criticised the administration of Netball Namibia for asserting that the funds had been disbursed when they hadn't appeared in their accounts.

"Our account is with Bank Windhoek as Netball Namibia's, so it's perplexing why the funds haven't reflected, causing a delay in our travel plans," said Bittler.

Residents of Tsumeb's largest informal settlements, Kuvikiland and Soweto, are demanding better living conditions and development.

This is the fifth time residents have taken to the streets and vowed to protest until their demands are met.

The community is aggrieved by the water cuts and wants their water debts to be written off.

They also want prepaid water metres installed to better manage their use, saying that because most of them are unemployed, they cannot afford rates and taxes.

Police Inspector General Joseph Shikongo says the force this year aims for excellence in the execution of its services.

Shikongo was speaking at the opening of the five-day leadership development training course at Tsumeb in Oshikoto Region.

Lieutenant General Shikongo expressed that training courses undertaken by top police officials across the country are crafted to ensure that the public is served efficiently and effectively.

A Christian youth event aiming to instill discipline and moral values in young people is being held at Tsumeb.

The 12-day conference, being hosted by the Ebenezer Pentecostal Church in Namibia, attracted over 50 youth from across the country.

The 36th Ebenezer Youth of Namibia Conference is being held during the festive season to resonate with advice and motivational talks on Christian and moral values, teenage pregnancies, gender-based violence, drug abuse, and crime.

Pastor Samuel! Oë-Amseb says the meeting will help train the youth into responsible leaders.

An artist in the heart of Tsumeb's Nomtsoub settlement in the Oshikoto Region has digitalized his hand-graphic comic artworks to raise awareness about gender-based violence and abuse of social grants.

It is the wish of Mcartney Khoeseb to spread his message widely, but he is limited by funding.

The 54-year-old Khoeseb, who too is a beneficiary of disability grants, published a 23-page booklet on social grant abuse, a situation that he said defeats government efforts to improve the living standards of the affected population.

A total of over N$600,000 was raised in pledges at the launch of this year's Copper Festival in Tsumeb.

The festival is slated for the 1st to the 4th of November.

Since its inception 20 years ago, the Copper Festival has developed to become a premier marketing event on the town's social and economic calendar.

Different corporate companies and the business fraternity at Tsumeb came together to pledge to support the event.

Tsumeb vendors say they will not move to the newly constructed fruit and vegetable hub as it does not meet their requirements.

The Tsumeb Open Market was officially opened by Urban and Rural Development Minister Erastus Uutoni about two months ago.

When the Urban and Rural Development Minister was officially opening the market on August 6th, this year, vendors could be heard chitchatting about their dissatisfaction with the newly constructed market.

Environmental Commissioner Timoteus Mufeti says Dundee Precious Metal's general waste management facility is in line with government standards and was approved by Cabinet. Mufeti was speaking at the inauguration of the facility at Tsumeb in the Oshikoto Region.

The Landless People's Movement's (LPM) Chief Change Campaigner is calling upon the Namibian government, parastatals, and companies, particularly in the mining sector, to allocate at least a quarter of their job placements to local residents.

Bernadus Swartbooi was speaking at a media conference in Tsumeb.

Swartbooi says the LPM is ready and willing to engage leaders of the mines in and around Tsumeb towards ensuring that residents of the town benefit first when job opportunities arise.

For 99-year-old Elizabeth Iilonga, a Tsumeb resident, Heroes' Day holds special significance as her four children and one grandchild selflessly dedicated their lives to Namibia's liberation struggle.

Iilonga, affectionately known as Kuku Nekulu, in an interview with the Namibia Press Agency (Nampa), commended the Namibian Government for officially designating August 26 as a day of commemoration.

The date holds deep significance for her as it memorialises the sacrifices of her children and grandson in the pursuit of a free Namibia.