A resident of Okafimbi village in Ombalantu, of the Omusati Region, Maria Titus, has turned to horticulture and poultry farming to earn a living after graduating with no job prospects.

The Omusati Regional Governor Immanuel Shikongo on Tuesday held a closed-door engagement meeting with Omusati Regional Veterans of the Liberation Struggle at the Governor's Office.

The discussions were initiated by seven war veterans and later expanded to include more veterans from across the region.

Residents of Otapatapa Village in the Otamanzi Constituency of the Omusati Region are pleading for urgent government intervention after a prolonged drought left the community without water for both people and livestock. 

The University of Namibia's (UNAM) Ogongo Campus in the Omusati Region hosted its 14th edition of the Rice Harvesting Festival.

The majority of schools in the northern part of the country are in a poor state of repair.

This is the observation of CatchNet Marine's chairperson, Leonard Shiyuka, who on Friday handed over a renovated block of classrooms to Lukas I. Dama Primary School in the Omusati Region.

The Omwifi Combined School in the Omusati Region hosted the Outapi Constituency Annual Cultural Festival, bringing the community and schools together.

The Oiyonganghata Kindergarten in Okathitu-Kakafimbi village, Outapi Constituency in the Omusati Region, received school fence materials worth N$40,000 from PPI Investment. 

Dinapama Manufacturing and Supplies has handed over a donation of school supplies, air-conditioning units, and information technology equipment to Junias Etuna Kandjeke Combined School in Okahao.
 

A gala dinner was held at Outapi as a homecoming and send-off of Miss World Namibia 2026, Elly Aron.

Aron will participate in the 73rd Miss World competition in Vietnam. 

The gala dinner drew people from all walks of life.

The Namibia Qualifications Authority (NQA) is engaging key education and training stakeholders in Outapi, Omusati Region, as part of an ongoing information and sensitisation session on the National Policy for Qualification Standards in Namibia.