Governor of the Kavango East Region, Hamunyera Hambyuka, is unhappy with the material being used to construct the Ndiyona-Djaradjara road in the Ndiyona Constituency.
Phase 1 of the 35-kilometre Ndiyona-Djaradjara road started in November 2026 and was expected to be completed in 10 months.
About 50 out-of-school girls in the Kavango East Region took part in the Skills for Girls workshop. The workshop was held under the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture (MEIYSAC).
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.
Accidents in the Kavango East Region have reduced by 41 between November 2023 and November this year.
Statistics provided during the launch of the festive season operation and road safety campaign at Masivi show accidents decreased from 415 to 374.
The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) launched a polio vaccination programme in the Kavango East and West regions.
This comes after detection of the virus at a sewerage pond at Rundu's Ndama location.
Polio is a disease caused by the poliovirus.
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.
