The Landless People's Movement's (LPM) Chief Change Campaigner and presidential candidate Bernardus Swartbooi promised to eradicate poverty.
Swartbooi said this during the official launch of the party's 2024 manifesto in Rundu, Kavango East Region.
Employees of OK Foods at Rundu who went on strike in May this year are staging a demonstration after receiving dismissal letters on 25 September.
The more than 100 workers were suspended from 25 May to 25 September with pay, only to be dismissed this week.
To address water challenges faced by the people of the Kavango East Region, NamWater handed over the Kayengona and Shamvhura water supply river schemes to the residents of Rundu Rural and Ndiyona Constituencies yesterday.
The Kavango East Region has recorded over 3,300 cases of malaria so far this year.
In response, the Ministry of Health and Social Services is urging residents to allow indoor residual spray teams into their homes as the malaria prevention campaign officially kicks off this Monday.
Residents of the Kehemu Informal Settlement in Rundu have called on the town council to consider improving the road infrastructure.
They say the bad roads are limiting their day-to-day activities and negatively affecting their businesses.
Students at the University of Namibia's Rundu Campus say cultural festivals are an eye-opener and a great way to appreciate different ethnic groups found all over the country.
The president of the Rally for Democracy and Progress, Mike Kavekotora, and Vice President Kennedy Shekupakela retained their respective positions at the recently held 4th National Ordinary Convention in Rundu.
Residents living on the upper side of Rundu's Satotwa location are unhappy after being without water for three years.
Water supply issues in Rundu have been prevailing for years, and the upper side of Satotwa is no different.
The population growth in Rundu has placed pressure on the council to meet the demand for water provision.
The construction of the Rundi water treatment plant, worth N$577 million, will not completely satisfy the demand.
Destitute families who are unable to meet even the most basic needs are found all over Namibia.
nbc News team caught up with such a family in Rundu and compiled this report.
These are the living conditions of 53-year-old Natalia Mbako and her family of nine.
