Eveline De Klerk

South Africa

Journalist at AllAfrica

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Govt, CAN opens cancer clinic at Swakopmund

1 week ago | neweralive.na | Eveline De Klerk |Eveline de Klerk

SWAKOPMUND – Coastal residents no longer need to travel to Windhoek for breast cancer screening and treatment – thanks to a new specialised clinic that has opened at the Swakopmund State Hospital. The move is expected to ease financial burdens on patients and improve access to timely care. The Swakopmund Breast Clinic was officially inaugurated on 10 June 2025 as part of the health ministry and the Cancer Association of Namibia’s (CAN) nationwide Close the Care Gap initiative.
African parliaments urged to embrace digital shift

1 week ago | neweralive.na | Eveline De Klerk |Eveline de Klerk

SWAKOPMUND – Africa’s parliaments must embrace digital transformation to avoid falling behind in advancing democracy, transparency and governance. This was the message from Speaker of Parliament Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila at the official opening of the 22nd Annual Conference of the Association of Parliamentary Libraries of Eastern and Southern Africa (APLESA) underway in Swakopmund.
Erongo desalination plant a national asset

1 week ago | neweralive.na | Eveline De Klerk |Eveline de Klerk

SWAKOPMUND – The Erongo Desalination Plant, one of Namibia’s key strategic water assets, marked its 15 years in existence on Friday. The utility, which to date has supplied more than 123 million cubic litres of water to mines and households in the region, also celebrated the fact that this was done safely — without a single lost-time injury. Desalination is a process to remove salt and other impurities from seawater to make it safe for human consumption or industrial use.
Henties Bay offers residential plots for N$1 600

1 week ago | neweralive.na | Eveline De Klerk |Eveline de Klerk

HENTIES BAY – The Henties Bay municipality is tackling its serviced land shortage head-on by offering 600 square metres of fully serviced plots for just N$1 600 to ultra-low-income residents. The initiative was sparked by the demand for affordable housing at the town. The programme includes a strict vetting process to ensure land goes to those who truly need it. The municipality revealed its ambitious plans to the line minister Sankwasa James Sankwasa when he visited the town on Friday.
Sankwasa calls out mismanagement

1 week ago | neweralive.na | Eveline De Klerk |Eveline de Klerk

SWAKOPMUND – Urban and Rural Development Minister James Sankwasa has raised concern over widespread financial and administrative mismanagement at both regional and local authority levels. Sankwasa was addressing governors, regional and local councillors, as well as CEOs from the Erongo, Omusati, Ohangwena, Oshana, Kavango East, Zambezi, Kavango West and Kunene regions yesterday during a high-level consultation meeting aimed at strengthening intergovernmental relations.
Swakopmund rises above politics

2 weeks ago | neweralive.na | Eveline De Klerk |Eveline de Klerk

SWAKOPMUND – The Swakopmund Municipality has successfully risen above political interference and pressure, leading to meaningful development that continues to benefit both residents and the town’s economy. This is the fervent position of CEO Archie Benjamin, who attributed their success largely to political maturity among councillors, who chose to put their differences aside in favour of the town’s greater good.
!Garo!ās 37 ge N$75 miljunsa omde oms !aroma go !khō!oa

2 weeks ago | neweralive.na | Eveline De Klerk |Eveline de Klerk

!GOMENǁGAMS – !Gomenǁgams !Ā!khōmais ge ǀgaisa marisihuib, N$75 miljuns diba Ministeris Kai!ā tsî !Garo!ā Omkhâisens disa xu ge !khō!oa, îs Green Valley ti hâ ǁanǁguib, !nāsase Farm 37 ti ǀgui a ǂansaba ǂnuwi. Nēsa xu ra !huises ge Dana Sîsenǂuira Mâisas, Victoria Kapendasa ǁîs !ereamsa tani hâ ministerisa ǀgūǀkhā tsî !ā!khōmais !Garo!ā 37 ǀkha ūhâ ǀaweǁguiga ge ǀgoragu.
Alfeus Benjamin: A governance dose

2 weeks ago | neweralive.na | Eveline De Klerk |Eveline de Klerk

SWAKOPMUND – When he is not running one of the country’s busiest local authorities or attending to his family and friends, he is deep into his thoughts, recording and penning. For Swakopmund CEO Alfeus Benjamin, writing is more than just a hobby. It is a personal outlet, a leadership tool and a way of documenting life’s most complex transitions. Benjamin recently launched his third book, Lessons from Local Government. The book gives insight into the role of a CEO at mega institutions.
Fishing sector cautioned against ‘poaching’ employees

2 weeks ago | neweralive.na | Eveline De Klerk |Eveline de Klerk

WALVIS BAY – The fishing industry has been cautioned against employee ‘poaching’ or luring workers employed by another company to come to work for them, as it destabilises the industry. The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform Inge Zaamwani says the practice also undermines the government’s employment interventions.
Inmates connected directly to loved ones

2 weeks ago | neweralive.na | Eveline De Klerk |Eveline de Klerk

WALVIS BAY – Namibian correctional facilities have seen a significant decline in terms of cellphone smuggling following the introduction of the Telio Inmate Telephone System. Telio provides inmates with secure communication capabilities while maintaining security and control within correctional facilities. It focuses on one-way calls from inmates to approved contact numbers, recording all calls, and enabling family members to purchase airtime for inmates.