Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah inaugurated a more than N$106 million state-of-the-art hostel at Schuckmansburg Combined School in the Zambezi Region on Friday. 

A Zambian national arrested on Monday in connection with the murder of a teacher in the Greenwell Matongo location in March made a first court appearance on Wednesday before the Katima Mulilo Magistrate's court.

The police at Katima Mulilo have arrested four suspects for theft after several stolen items were discovered in Nova Informal Settlement. 

Kenya has been selected to host the Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Summit and Challenge for the years 2025 to 2027. 

The Pan-African event is dedicated to promoting and uplifting innovative entrepreneurs within the tourism sector across the African continent.

Former Mafwe Litunga Richard Mamili V has died aged 92.

The death of Litunga Mamili, who died in Rundu Hospital, was announced by the Mafwe Traditional Authority.

His death coincided with the Lusata annual cultural festival, which he founded 43 years ago. 

Mafwe Litunga George Simasiku Mamili, the VII, says the Lusata annual festival is the pride of the community and unity in diversity.

Litunga Mamili was speaking at the Mafwe Lusata annual cultural festival at Chinchimane in the Sibbinda Constituency.

The Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund has inaugurated an N$11 million service centre at Katima Mulilo in the Zambezi Region.

The establishment of the MVA office in the region is aimed at bringing services closer to the people and subsequently preserving and protecting lives on the road.

More than 130 hippos at Munambeza Pond near Lake Lyambezi in the Zambezi Region are stranded in the muddy water owing to the persistent drought.

Munambeza is the third of the ponds where hippos are stranded along the Chobe River bordering with Botswana.

The water interruptions caused by frequent breakdowns and pipe bursts at Katima Mulilo will soon be something of the past.

This comes after NamWater commissioned the water pipeline replacement project on Tuesday.

Participants at the recently concluded 7th African Tourism Leadership Forum and Awards in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana, emphasized the importance of intra-African trade for the continent.