Bernadette Jagger met with a group of volunteers who have plans to roll-out campaigns on gender-based violence, which is rife in the country, and left many people vulnerable.
-Hundreds of young people at Keetmanshoop marched through the streets as part of the nationwide #ShutItDown protest, condemning the increase of gender-based violence.
-//Kharas Governor Aletha Fredericks has launched the Regional Educational Roadshow aimed at motivating Grade 11 and 12 learners to study hard and improve the regional pass rate.
-The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula has inaugurated two health facilities in the //Kharas Region.
-Heritage Week kicked off in the //Kharas Region, under the theme 'Building Cultural Resilience'. Speaking at the launch, Keetmanshoop Mayor, Gaudentia Khrone, says that artist, in general, had been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
-COVID-19 has in some cases provoked stigma against those infected including their family members and friends.
-The //Kharas Chief Health Programme Administrator David Nikodemus has called on residents to continue taking precautionary measures to curb the further spread of COVID-19.
-Hundreds of eligible voters in the //Kharas Region flocked to the registration points to register, as stations closed at 19h00.
-ECN's Regional Coordinator Augustinus Ucham confirmed that 5 938 eligible voters have so far been registered in the ||Kharas Region, since the start of the supplementary registration process last Monday.
-The Police in the //Kharas Region is concerned about the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the region. It was announced recently that the region now has the third-highest cases of the disease in the country.
