The programme, Teaching at the Right Level Namibia, hosted a two-day workshop in Nkurenkuru, aimed at strengthening early grade learning and addressing gaps in reading and mathematics among primary school learners.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has met with the political leadership of the Zambezi, Kavango East and West, Ohangwena, Oshana, Omusati, Oshikoto, and Kunene Regions to discuss the way forward in 2026.

The gathering took place at the President's residence at Onheleiwa in the Ohangwena Region.

The Director of Riverside Christian Academy in Nkurenkuru, Kavango West, Michelo Sikwale, has opened her school doors to vulnerable children.

The academy is a private school established in 2010.

A subsistence farmer in the Kavango West Region's Kaguni village, Domingo Ndara, has been left hopeless after locusts invaded his crop field.

Ndara planted mahangu, beans, maize, and groundnuts; however, from 21 December, he began to notice locusts in the crop field.

Health facilities in the Musese Constituency of the Kavango West Region are grappling with persistent electricity challenges that are hampering service delivery, particularly at Gcaruhwa Clinic and Rupara Health Centre.

The Namibia National Farmers' Union (NNFU) says the retrenchment of 60 workers by the Mashare Agri Group is an unfair labour practice that goes against labour law. 

The Sikondo Green Scheme's decision to experiment with the Valour variety of potato this year was not as successful as anticipated.

A funding injection of nearly N$5 million is set to transform education in the Kavango West Region, as new classrooms and facilities at Maporeza and Cause Primary Schools promise improved learning and better job opportunities for the community.

Children under the age of 10 from the Kavango East and West regions are being vaccinated against polio.  

The Kavango West Region has recorded 221 new HIV infections over the past year, with seven of those cases reported at Mpora Clinic.