Concerns were raised in Parliament about the recent cases of children consuming alleged spoilt food in the Kavango regions, with questions raised about whether the Ministry of Education is doing anything to address the situation at school hostels.
Control Prosecutor in the office of the Prosecutor General, Soraya Petrus, has raised concern that the low number of trafficking in persons cases reported in the two Kavango regions could be due to a lack of understanding.
Fish stocks in the two Kavango regions have been dropping in recent years.
This has not only affected livelihoods but has also increased incidences of human-wildlife conflict.
About 89 out-of-school vulnerable girls and young women from both Kavango regions who are part of the USAID Reach Namibia project underwent vocational training skills.
The students obtained their certificates.
President Nangolo Mbumba is on a three-day visit to the Kavango regions visiting green scheme projects to assess their productivity.
The President's first stop was the Sikondo Green Scheme, situated in Kavango West Region.
The president of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) says the Kavango regions have agricultural potential and the ability to become beacons of prosperity for Namibia.
McHenry Venaani made the remarks at a PDM rally at Divundu, Kavango East, during the weekend.
There is not a single old-age home in the Kavango East and West regions, and it's not because there is a shortage of financial resources to build such establishments.
A local expert says it's simply not part of the culture to isolate the elderly.
Rundu Rural Constituency Councillor Paulus Mbangu has denounced the budget allocations to the two Kavango regions this year.
Speaking in the National Council, Mbangu says the two Kavango Regions were identified as 'crisis regions, yet they were provided with few resources.
Namibians who hail from the two Kavango regions, but reside in other parts of the country, have been urged to invest in their regions of origin, thereby alleviating hunger and poverty.
The organising committee of the Rundu Annual Trade Fair says it takes pride in contributing to young talent development in the two Kavango regions and the town of Rundu in particular.
