A team of medical officers from both Otjiwarongo and Windhoek has been dispatched to Grootfontein, where five cases of cholera have been detected.

A second group of 66 applicants has successfully obtained funding from the National Youth Development Fund (NYDF). 

The Cuvelai Special Housing Project, which was launched on Friday, will build 2,000 affordable houses in Keetmanshoop.

The project, a nationwide initiative, aims to tackle Namibia's critical housing shortage.

The Electoral Commission of Namibia's Returning Officer for Karasburg East Constituency in the ||Kharas Region, Cedric Thomas, has said it's all systems go for Wednesday's Regional Councils and Local Authorities Elections. 

In Zambia, 564 people have been discharged from the hospital after recovering from cholera.

Of the initial 577 cumulative cases since the disease broke out in August, only four have remained hospitalised. Nine people have so far died from cholera.