Kunene Governor Vipuakuje Muharukua has pledged to unlock the region's economic growth potential that will greatly contribute to the Gross Domestic Product.
Muharukua made this assurance during his State of the Region Address at Opuwo.
A multidisciplinary team leading the technical phase of the President's Legacy Project, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Land Reform, held a stakeholders' engagement at Opuwo.
The meeting discussed the project as well as possible sites for its establishment.
A five-day consultative stakeholder engagement workshop for the parliamentary Standing Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs and Petitions is underway at Opuwo in the Kunene Region.
The Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts, and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, announced the launch of the "End Learning Poverty for All in Africa" campaign, scheduled for July 29 to July 31, 2025, in Outjo, Kunene region.
In the northern Kunene Region, over five Traditional Authorities have been seeking formal recognition from the government for more than 30 years.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has identified the Kunene Region as a potential hub for livestock production to serve surrounding regions.
The President held talks with Egypt’s Ambassador to Namibia, Wael Batea, highlighting ongoing collaboration between the two countries in the agricultural sector.
Governor of the Kunene Region, Vipuakuje Muharukua, officially kickstarted the regional cleaning campaign at Opuwo District Hospital.
The governor’s active participation underscores the region’s commitment to creating a clean, safe, and dignified public service environment.
The Ministry of Health and Social Services has declared a cholera outbreak in Opuwo in the Kunene Region.
This follows the confirmation of six localised cases that affected one household.
Preliminary results of two more suspected cases came back negative.
The Namibian Cabinet has authorised the sale of the ageing government jet, Falcon V5-NAM, which is currently valued at N$95.9 million.
This was announced as part of the latest Cabinet decisions, following a decision-making meeting.
The Outjo Magistrates Court in the Kunene Region has remanded four men accused of stealing 31 cattle in the Outjo district last week.
The men are alleged to have operated an illegal slaughterhouse at Farm Mountbauten and Farm Bergvlei.
