A suspected crocodile attack has claimed the life of a woman at Thibanana Village in Mukwe, Kavango East Region.
The incident reportedly occurred on Tuesday afternoon when 47-year-old Othilia Mandera went to fetch water from the Kavango River, just a few metres from her home.
Residents of Divundu and surrounding areas in the Kavango East Region will now be able to access mobile communication services after MTC opened a mobile home in the town.
Before the introduction of the new mobile home, locals had to travel 200 kilometres to the nearest facility in Rundu.
The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) is training police officers and party agents from the Kavango East Region ahead of the Regional Councils and Local Authorities Elections.
The training focuses on preparing the police and party agents for their roles as well as polling procedures come voting day.
New streetlights were installed along the trunk road at Ndiyona Settlement in the Kavango East Region.
The project, which took three months to complete, was funded by the Kavango East Regional Council at a cost of more than N$1.1 million.
Kavango East Electoral Officer Paulus Sifire assured stakeholders the ECN is ready to ensure smooth regional and local authority elections. He gave the assurance at a stakeholders meeting at Rundu.
Kavango East Governor Hamunyera Hambyuka and his team inspected the water supply infrastructure in Rundu just a day after Urban and Rural Development Minister James Sankwasa's meeting on the water crisis.
Minister of Urban and Rural Development James Sankwasa has given the Kavango East regional leadership two days to find a solution to the water crisis in Rundu.
A lack of well-equipped ambulances in the Kavango East Region compromises timely medical assistance to patients in remote areas.
This was shared by the Chief Medical Officer at the Rundu Intermediate Hospital, Dr. Medson Chibwe, with members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health.
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.
The new clinic in Mabushe village, located in the Kavango East Region, is nearing completion.
The construction of this new facility was necessitated by flooding at the current clinic during the rainy season, which likely caused major problems with healthcare delivery.
