{"id":9230,"date":"2026-01-07T12:17:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/9230\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T12:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:17:12","slug":"ovambanderu-garden-blooms-new-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/9230\/","title":{"rendered":"Ovambanderu garden blooms\u00a0 \u2013 New Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cashconverters.com.na\/shop\/?utm_source=Nam+-+Nam+sun+publication&amp;utm_medium=banner&amp;utm_campaign=webshop\" aria-label=\"Cash Convertes-Webshop-1170px x 144px-New Era-1 Jan. 26 Desktop banner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/xCash-Convertes-Webshop-1170px-x-144px-New-Era-1-Jan.-26-Desktop-banner.png.pagespeed.ic.-Wibpu4YOO..jpeg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1170\" height=\"144\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"3074281635\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>OKOVIMBURU \u2013 Ovambanderu Traditional Authority (OTA) councillor, Kotoree Kaukuata expressed that their community garden project is moving in the right direction following its generation of a profit of N$5 000 from its first harvest at Epukiro.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Established in 2024 here in the Omaheke region, the 1.5-hectare garden, named Omutize Dr Gerson Kunomundu Katjirua, aims to promote food security and the OTA\u2019s self-sustenance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kaukuata, who is spearheading the marketing of the project, shared with Nampa that the community began reaping benefits from the garden after the first produce was sold at the recent permit day in Epukiro Post 3.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are moving in the right path, and happy to see the community reaping from our garden.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Our objectives are going to be met and we will plant more crops for the community,\u201d said Kaukuata. Noting that carrots, onions, watermelons and sweet potatoes are currently planted in the garden, he added that they plan to add varieties like potatoes, tomatoes, butternuts, beans, maize and others depending on the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The councillor further told Nampa that the project donated its produce at funerals and to members of the marginalised communities in the Epukiro constituency.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn future, we will assist schools, needy communities in our settlement, Omaheke region and the country at large. This is just the beginning and the future looks bright here,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the garden employs 11 temporary workers and has a mission to employ seven full-time employees by next year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are glad with this progress and we deposited a reasonable amount in the OTA from our first sale. We will put more effort and become self-sustainable,\u201d he said. -Nampa\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtc.com.na\/shop\/campaign\/123?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=23391789058&amp;gbraid=0AAAAA92tbZvIr5J0FiuGEKvCXmCujF3bG&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiAgvPKBhCxARIsAOlK_EomzstpTVTSE1fqU1UfC4-sqf3j8QxOqKYdLOVC9lhrYEof2Ijuj8caApFcEALw_wcB\" aria-label=\"Newspaper Online Ads_FA_300 (w) x 60 (h) (1)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767695890_551_1170x234xNewspaper-Online-Ads_FA_300-w-x-60-h-1.jpg.pagespeed.ic.cDwNrwsSVW.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1170\" height=\"234\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"3074043295\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OKOVIMBURU \u2013 Ovambanderu Traditional Authority (OTA) councillor, Kotoree Kaukuata expressed that their community garden project is moving in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102],"class_list":{"0":"post-9230","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-namibia","8":"tag-namibia"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}