With schools in the Tsumkwe Constituency not participating in organised sports competitions, Tsumkwe Constituency Councillor Petrus Mutjie organised a friendly football match between the Tsumkwe Secondary School team and a community team to keep learners active and fit.
The Director of Health in the Otjozondjupa Region, Gebhardo Timotheus, has confirmed that a man reported missing from Tsumkwe after he was transferred to the Katutura Hospital in Windhoek died in 2019.
Timotheus said there is no record of what happened to his remains.
Delegates from the Office of the Prime Minister have started a three-day visit to the Tsumkwe Constituency.
The visit aims to engage with the traditional authority, assess community conditions, and identify key development challenges affecting residents in the constituency.
A 68-year-old mother at Baracka, a remote village located about 25 kilometres from Tsumkwe, is making a desperate plea to authorities and the public to help locate her missing son, whom she says has been missing for five years after being hospitalised.
Residents of Gauteng, a settlement in Tsumkwe, say they are forced to beg for water from neighbours as those who have connected water pipes to the communal taps allegedly refuse to share the facilities that would grant them access to water.
The closure of the Tsumkwe Community Learning and Development Centre due to renovations has left many residents without access to library services for over a year.
The University of Namibia (UNAM) conducted a three-day capacity-building training in Tsumkwe.
The training aims to strengthen community resilience, promote sustainable livelihoods, and enhance the integration of human, animal, and environmental health.
Health authorities are satisfied with the TB mass screening campaign, which concluded in Kanovlei Village, Tsumkwe West.
The campaign aimed at detecting TB early and eventually helping to reduce the transmission rate.
Parliamentarian James Uerikua and his son Venturo were buried today at Otjiserandu Village in Gam in the Tsumkwe Constituency following their tragic death in a car accident earlier this month.
The Ministry of Health and Social Services has launched a TB mass screening campaign, targeting high-risk areas in the Tsumkwe constituency.
The campaign, which started on Monday, will run until the 25th of April.
