Residents of the Kavango West Region have been coming out in numbers to receive their monthly drought relief food.
Our news team paid a visit to Kaguni Village in the Kapako Constituency and caught up with some beneficiaries.
Even though Kavango West is rich in various cultures and traditions, the Heritage Council of Namibia says there are no official registered heritage sites in the region.
The council is now calling on local residents to nominate sites of heritage significance.
The Governor of Kavango West, Sirkka Ausiku, says that even though the region is faced with many developmental challenges, they are not impossible to achieve.
Ausiku emphasised that focus and persistence are all that are needed to address the region's difficulties.
Swapo Secretary General, Sophia Shaningwa, is urging the community of Mashare in Kavango East to register for the November elections.
Shaningwa spoke at a mini rally in Rundjarara Village over the weekend.
Hundreds of mourners gathered at the Mupini at Kapako, Kavango West, to bury a veteran of the Liberation Struggle, Reverend Asser Kazumba Lihongo.
Lihongo died on June 10 at the Rundu hospital at the age of 92. He was conferred an official funeral by President Nangolo Mbumba.
The acting CEO of Nkurenkuru Town Council has stated that limited funds are hindering the provision of affordable housing in the town. Magana Mukuve made these remarks during a consultation meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resources and Community Development.
About 700 people from the Zambezi and Kavango regions are undergoing cataract surgery in Rundu.
This annual surgical eye campaign is about improving eye health and empowering patients to lead fuller, more independent lives.
The Social Security Commission (SSC) is one of the few local entities offering paternity leave to employees.
On this Father's Day, our news team caught up with one of their workers who has benefited from the paternity leave policy.
Town Engineer in the Rundu Town Council, Sakaria Shopati, says the institution lost about N$3 million in the 2023–2024 financial year due to vandalism and infrastructure theft.
Shopati says despite the Town Council's attempts to upgrade service infrastructure, the local population is hindering progress.
Rundu Intermediate Hospital's Medical Superintendent, Dr. Jean Kalala Kabangu, says serious intervention is needed regarding the suspected food poisoning cases coming from the Nyangana District.
