The Chairperson of the 7th National Council, Lukas Muha, said the swearing-in of the MPs completes the work of Parliament, which had been operating with only the National Assembly in recent weeks. 

Oshana Health Director Johanna Haimene said the region has recorded significant progress in the number of people accessing HIV treatment, whose number currently stands at over 20,000.

23,245 people are currently on HIV treatment, contributing to improved health outcomes and reduced transmission rates.

There is progress in the implementation of the National Informal Settlement Upgrading Project at Swakopmund and Walvis Bay.

This is according to the National Housing Enterprise (NHE), which has appointed a pool of contractors to speed up the construction of houses.

Thousands of Congolese refugees arrived in Burundi on Saturday, after renewed violence linked to the M23 group in the Democratic Republic of Congo's North and South Kivu provinces. 

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