Kavango West Region has recorded 19 road fatalities this year.
Road crashes also increased by 115 cases, compared to last year.
In 2025, Kavango West recorded a total number of 307 crashes involving 332 vehicles.
One hundred and thirty-two people sustained serious to slight injuries.
High youth participation in voting day was observed in Kapako Constituency in the Kavango West Region, where first-time voters expressed excitement to cast their votes.
Selma Gezi is optimistic that her vote counts despite the long queues.
The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) office in the Kavango West Region has been preparing its teams. This week, the region held a two-day refresher course for election officials, following the main training sessions that took place from November 7 to 16.
Kavango West Governor Verna Sinimbo's fruit tree planting campaign in the region also promotes creative industries, aiming to showcase local talent and cultivate human creativity in the region.
The Office of the Kavango West Governor donated 100 fruit trees to residents of Nkurenkuru Constituency as part of efforts to keep Kavango West green and food self-sustained.
The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) in the Kavango West Region offloaded sensitive election materials in the absence of political party representatives.
Illegal fencing has left villagers at Rera Vanyime in the Kavango East Region devastated, as the planting season is passing without a solution in sight.
The community is now calling on the Minister of Urban and Rural Development to intervene.
The Chinese Embassy has handed over 25 corrugated iron houses to the families that were affected by rainstorms earlier this year in the Mankumpi constituency in the Kavango East Region.
The donation is worth N$300,000.
The National Housing Enterprise (NHE) officially handed over the construction site of 172 houses in Nkurenkuru in the Kavango West Region.
The project is worth N$14.2 million.
Vice President Lucia Witbooi has highlighted the significance of trade fairs, by emphasising that they go beyond buying and selling.
Witbooi shared this during the official opening of the Rundu Annual Trade Fair, noting that trade fairs empower and strengthen regional economic growth.
