A women empowerment organisation called LOLA was launched at Rundu with the hopes of changing the lives of young women there.

The launch was attended by learners from different schools.

The Naingopo Junior Primary School, which was established about 46 years ago, some 80 kilometres south of Rundu, finally received a minimal facelift and a new classroom block.

This comes after a long-time call from the community who felt the school was left neglected for too many years.

Villagers at Mateke in the Kavango East Region need potable water.

The villagers claim that their lives are at risk due to human-wildlife conflict. 

The villagers say they walk about five kilometres to fetch water and are prone to being attacked by crocodiles.

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.

The Landless People's Movement's (LPM) Chief Change Campaigner and presidential candidate Bernardus Swartbooi promised to eradicate poverty.

Swartbooi said this during the official launch of the party's 2024 manifesto in Rundu, Kavango East Region.

The Divundu Muhembo border post road, which connects Namibia to Botswana and other SADC countries, is set to be upgraded to a bitumen standard road.

This was announced during a community meeting held at the Muhembo border post by the Minister of Works and Transport, John Mutorwa.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has officially handed over eight agricultural food system sites to the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform's extension services.

The handover ceremony took place at Marema Village in the Kavango East Region.

To address water challenges faced by the people of the Kavango East Region, NamWater handed over the Kayengona and Shamvhura water supply river schemes to the residents of Rundu Rural and Ndiyona Constituencies yesterday.

The family members of 16 people who died from suspected food poisoning last year at Kayova Village in the Kavango East Region are still waiting for a forensic report. 

The 16 deceased family members were between the ages of two and 33, and the family is yet to find closure. 

The family of the 16 people who died from suspected food poisoning last year in Kayova Village, Kavango East Region, has expressed their appreciation to the government for improving their living conditions.

The family shared this when the nbc News team visited the family.