Various stakeholders were summoned to appear for a meeting at the Kavango East Regional Council, following the water crisis at Ndama Junior Primary School in Rundu. 

The Director of Education in Kavango East, Christine Shilima, has suspended classes at Ndama Junior Primary School until further notice. 

This comes after nbc News yesterday reported on how learners have been relieving themselves openly in the schoolyard for the past three weeks. 

Employees of OK Foods at Rundu who went on strike in May this year are staging a demonstration after receiving dismissal letters on 25 September. 

The more than 100 workers were suspended from 25 May to 25 September with pay, only to be dismissed this week. 

The Action Democratic Movement (ADM) is adamant about securing a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly come November 27th. 

Party president Vincent Kanyetu made the remarks at a media conference at Rundu, where the party released the names of its national secretaries. 

Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) President McHenry Venaani said he is serious about leading the country, promising to run a clean, capable, and competent administration. 

Venaani was addressing PDM supporters at a star rally in Nkurenkuru, Kavango West, over the weekend. 

Residents of Sikondo Village in Kavango West have collected about N$400,000 towards their collective goal to electrify their homes. Still, they remain a long way from reaching the required close to N$3 million to see this dream realised. 

September is a national deaf awareness month, a time to highlight and honour the unique needs, struggles, and vibrant culture of the hearing impaired. 

It is also the month where police officers from various parts of the country gathered in Rundu for a five-day basic sign language course.

Ida Mendai, the Regional Health Director of Kavango East, is urging residents to cooperate with spray operators during the Indoor Residual Spray Campaign.

This method of malaria prevention targets mosquitoes that rest indoors and is set to begin on September 16th.

Rundu Mayor Gabriel Kanyanga envisions the second most populated town in Namibia as a thriving hub for entrepreneurship and investment. Kanyanga expressed this vision during the second Mayoral Business Forum, which is typically held ahead of the Rundu Annual Trade Fair in October.

Despite the timber harvesting ban being lifted last year, many timber harvesters and carpenters in the Kavango East Region remain unaware of the change.

The Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism initially imposed the ban in 2018 to curb the unsustainable harvesting of trees.