Zambezi Governor Alufea Sampofu was among the first people to register at the Katima Mulilo UNAM campus.
Voter registration started on time without reported challenges at various registration centres in the Zambezi Region.
The former Regional Manager for nbc's Nwanyi FM radio, Muhau Mutonga, was buried today in her home village of Malindi in Kabbe South Constituency.
68-year-old Mutonga, who retired eight years ago, served the corporation for 30 years.
The four traditional authorities in the Zambezi Region and the Regional Council have submitted their final recommendations and proposals for the constituency administrative boundaries and regional boundaries.
The Ministry of Environment's Anti-Poaching Unit has apprehended four men in the early hours of today near Lusu Village in Sibbinda Constituency, Zambezi Region, for illegal possession of wildlife products.
A 38-year-old Namibian man was apprehended by Nshimwe security guards at Katima Mulilo in the Zambezi Region while he was digging for copper cables.
The suspect was handed over to the police, who charged him with theft.
Two other suspects managed to escape arrest.
Hundreds of hippos are stranded and trapped in the mud waters along the Chobe and Linyanti rivers in the Zambezi Region.
The river received low rainfall this year compared to previous years.
The body of a villager from Nongozi was retrieved from a swamp in the Nkasa-Rupara National Park in the Zambezi Region on Tuesday.
The 29-year-old Samupwa Lubinda's body was already in a state of early decomposition when it was retrieved.
Since January of this year, residents of Brendan Kangongolo Simbwaye Village in Malindi, Zambezi Region, have faced challenges in accessing potable water.
The difficulties began following the collapse of a 10,000-litre water tank that served the community.
Some residents of Mafuta compound, east of Choto, in Katima Mulilo Rural have been affected by low water pressure.
190 people at Malengalenga in Linyanti district joined the Swapo Party from other political parties.
The members were received by Swapo Party Secretary General Sofia Shaningwa on Saturday late afternoon at Malengalenga.
