Young people at Keetmanshoop want their votes to help eradicate the country’s high rate of hunger and unemployment. In addition, they also call for an overhaul of the national education system. Faith Mugunda (19) says hunger affects many households in…

Presiding officers in the Keetmanshoop rural and urban constituencies say they are observing a higher turnout than expected. Presiding officer at the Disability Resource Centre polling station, Clarence Andries, says people started arriving at 05h30 on Wednesday morning, ranging from…

Keetmanshoop hopes to emphasise access to democracy for elders, people with disabilities, and nursing mothers during the presidential and National Assembly elections. Eligible voters turned up as early as 05h30 to queue up and cast their votes on Wednesday morning.…

//Kharas chief electoral officer Kaino Mujoro says the electoral commission is deploying 665 polling officials across the region. This is to give all eligible voters the opportunity to exercise their democratic right by casting their vote during Wednesday’s presidential and…

Hardap regional commander, commissioner Sydney Philander confirmed his team’s readiness to uphold peace before, during and after Wednesday’s presidential and National Assembly elections. Philander says 182 officers will be deployed to ensure safety and security during the elections. The deployment…

Hardap regional electoral officer Willem Uirab says 170 polling locations have been set up throughout the region. Uirab said the deployment of teams to their various constituencies to set up polling venues and logistics began on Monday with the furthest…

//Kharas police commissioner Marius Katamila says the Namibian police have deployed 361 police officers including commissioned officers to ensure law and order prevail during Wednesday’s presidential and National Assembly elections. Katamila says every polling station, whether fixed or mobile, is…

Swapo has recorded run away victories in the //Kharas region during the special voting. Special voting for the Namibia Defence Force, Correctional Services, and Namibian Police force took place at three polling points in ǃNamiǂNûs, Oranjemund, and Keetmanshoop Urban on…

Party agents on Monday expressed satisfaction with the handling of sensitive election materials at Keetmanshoop for the upcoming special voting in the presidential and National Assembly elections. The special voting exercise is for all eligible voters outside the country. The…

Sport, youth and national service minister Agnes Tjongarero says the renewed partnership between the Namibia Grape Company (NGC) and South African-based Capespan represents monumental value in the agricultural sector. The two parties renewed their partnership on Wednesday, extending their collaboration…

The Ministry of Gender Equality, Child Welfare and Poverty Eradication has started registering qualifying households countrywide for the conditional basic income grant. Acting executive director in the ministry Nichlas Mbingeneeko says the ministry is rolling out the conditional basic income…

Keetmanshoop is full of opportunity, town mayor McDonald Hanse says. He was speaking at the Keetmanshoop Agriculture, Industrial and Tourism Expo 2024 on Friday, where the show hosted an investment day for the government, industrial leaders, entrepreneurs and aspiring business…