The 7th annual Rundu Annual Trade Fair (RATF) is set to take place from the 25th of October to the 2nd of November.
Working to the realisation of the nine-day trade programme, at least more than N$900,000 was raised during the gala dinner.
A 48-year-old resident of Oshitumbe B Village, in Omusati's Uukwaluudhi Conservancy, was killed by elephants on Sunday.
The body of Efraim Shivute was discovered early on Tuesday morning by community members.
Before the proclamation of Kavango West as a separate region in 2013, the region had been dependent on Kavango East for some government services.
Kavango East Regional Governor Bonifatius Wakudumo also shared developments made in the health sector.
Wakudumo shared these during the State of the Region Address in Rundu.
The gains Namibia has made in eliminating malaria are being threatened by inadequate funding.
The Hambukushu Traditional Authority is against the proposal to have the border between the Zambezi and Kavango East regions shifted into some parts of the Mukwe Constituency.
President Nangolo Mbumba engaged leaders of all five traditional authorities in the Kavango East and West regions today.
The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Kalumbi Shangula, says service delivery in the Kavango East health directorate is set to improve with the allocation of more than N$217 million from the national budget.
The Rundu Magistrate's Court has not been renovated for over a decade and is now in disrepair.
The court is currently out of storage and office space.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs was informed about these concerns during a site visit.
The government has allocated N$2.8 million to all 14 regions of the country towards the hosting of regional memorial services.
Each region received N$200,000.
So far, the Oshana, Hardap, and Kunene regions have hosted their memorial services.
