The GIZ partnership in Namibia has donated a Community Information Centre in Rundu aimed at improving daily life for residents of Ndama location.

The Rundu Town Council (RTC) management has proposed a new tariff increment for the 2026/2027 financial period. The proposed budget for this financial period is N$485 million. The council held a stakeholders meeting for input.

Dr. Alpo Mbamba Senior Secondary School in Rundu has launched a media hub programme.

The hub intends to address youth empowerment, job creation through the creative industries and the development of a knowledge-based economy driven by local content. 

The councillor of Mashare Constituency, Petrus Kashumali, has raised concern over severe crop damage caused by elephants in Baramasoni, Vikota, and Rupesho Tara Tara villages in the Kavango East Region. 

The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) in the Kavango East Region has recently completed a road safety information sharing programme aimed at sensitising learners on road safety during the festive season. 

The Director of Education in the Kavango East Region, Christine Shilima, has raised concerns over the high rate of suicide cases among teachers countrywide.

Shilima spoke at a Rundu Circuit Teachers Seminar recently held at Andreas Kandjimi Primary School in Rundu.

In June of this year, Rundu State Hospital received 28-year-old Secilia Mukoya from the Tumweneni settlement as a patient. Mukoya was treated for a giant ameloblastoma condition, which caused the right side of her face to swell. 

Mukoya has been living with this condition since 2016.

Former Deputy Prime Minister John Mutorwa has called for the dignified role of teachers to be restored.

Mutorwa was speaking at the awards ceremony of the best-performing schools in the Mukwe, Kambimba, Shinyungwe, Ndiyona, Shambyu, and Rundu Circuits in the Kavango East Region.

The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) in the Kavango East Region has recently held information-sharing sessions aimed at sensitising the communities on gender-based violence.

29 young women participated in a five-day training on Climate Smart Agriculture in Rundu recently.