No cattle were lost at the Kavango Cattle Ranch over the past 12 months due to illness, Namibia Industrial Development Agency (NIDA) CEO Richwell Lukonga has said.

The high rate of teenage pregnancies in Namibia is becoming a growing concern. 

With a national average of nearly 20% of teenage girls falling pregnant annually, the Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO), through its Youth Arts Festival, is touring the ||Kharas Region to raise awareness.

A lack of land to set up permanent structures and hatchery systems in the country is one of the key challenges faced by the Konguavi Chicken Project. 

The initiative stocks more than 900 egg-laying breeds.

It currently operates from a leased plot situated on the outskirts of Gobabis.

To boost small and medium enterprises, the Tobias Hainyeko constituency office has donated business equipment to eighteen entrepreneurs valued at N$277,000. 

 The businesses funded are fashion design, welding services, bakeries, fitness gyms, butchery, catering, and beautification services.

Urban and Rural Development Deputy Minister Evelyn !Nawases-Taeyele has welcomed plans to service 436 plots in Otjiwarongo as part of the informal settlement upgrading programme.