Naingopo Primary School in the Kavango West Region, situated over 80 km south of Rundu, is in urgent need of an infrastructural upgrade.
Community members feel that the school has been neglected for many years, with not even the bare necessities of a school.
Social workers in the Kavango West Region are calling for the provision of a safe house for victims of gender-based violence.
This was their call to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on gender equality, social development, and family affairs, which visited the region.
Registration of pupils in the Kavango West Region has been moving at a snail's pace.
School staff fear this may delay or interrupt teaching and learning as classes are set to commence on Monday.
Schools started with registration on Thursday.
A faction of the Vakwangali tribe in the Kavango West Region is set to announce a new candidate to be coronated to the dispute Hompa of the Traditional Authority next week.
The faction successfully opposed the coronation of Hompa Eugene Siwombe in the High Court about eight years ago.
Gender-based violence is a concern in Namibia.
This was said during the launch of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign in Kankudi village in the Kavango West Region.
The Kavango West Region has recorded 10 road fatalities this year, while 13 people died last year.
Kavango West Regional Commander, Commissioner Julia Sakuwa-Neo, says all fatalities were a result of pedestrians being bumped on the road.
The Don Reader Early Childhood Development Centre in Kavango West Region's Nkurenkuru is officially confirmed to meet the ECD standards of the Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication, and Social Welfare Ministry.
The upgrading of the N$30 million Nkurenkuru-Nepara road in the Kavango West Region has officially started.
Police in the Kavango West Region are determined to maintain peace and order in the region, despite the region recording fewer cases on a daily basis.
Kavango West Regional Commander Commissioner Julia Sakuwa-Neo made the comments at a regional crime prevention operation over the weekend.
Over 3,000 people in the Musese Constituency, Kavango West Region, are without national documents, and the community is pleading for help.
Lack of documentation, they say, deprives them and their children of government services.
