Kavango East Governor Bonifatius Wakudumo has directed the Education Directorate and the contractor to resume construction at Ndama South with immediate effect.
The Directorate of Health in the Kavango East and West Regions and Angola's Cuando Cubango Province Health Directorate are holding a three-day cross border meeting at Calai.
The purpose is to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in the area of disease prevention.
Faith Leader Advocacy for Malaria Elimination (FLAME) met in Otjiwarongo for three days to discuss ways of intensifying the fight against malaria.
Established in 2021 in Namibia, FLAME is a coalition of faith leaders driven to improve and sustain the health and well-being of those affected by malaria.
A traditional healer suspected of murder was denied bail at the Rundu Magistrate's Court on Friday.
This decision comes in light of the deaths of two women at Kandjara Village, located in the Ndiyona Constituency of Kavango East.
Cabinet has issued a directive to NamPower to put on hold the planned suspensions of power supply to defaulting local authorities.
The Minister of Finance and Public Enterprises, Ipumbu Shiimi, said this in a letter to the NamPower Board Chairperson, Daniel Motinga, yesterday.
The Christian community in Rundu, in the Kavango East Region, has joined the nationwide demonstration in denouncing the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriages solemnised outside Namibia.
Namibia has not achieved the malaria elimination goal, and cases have more than doubled compared to the 2022 end-line target.
This is despite a marked reduction in the number of malaria cases in the country.
Malaria cases decreased by 95%, from over 66,000 in 2017 to 3,000 in 2019.
The Councillor of the Rundu Rural Constituency, Paulus Mbangu, has called on the Office of the Prime Minister to roll out drought relief in the drought-stricken Kavango East Region.
The Kavango East Education Directorate has awarded tenders worth more than N$18 million for the construction of classrooms.
Of late the Rundu Circuit has been experiencing a shortage of classrooms leading to overcrowding with some learners being taught in tents.
Subsistence farmers in the Kavango East Region are optimistic for a bumper harvest, which they attribute to the training they received from the German development agency, GIZ, on climate change.
