The Director of Education in the Kavango East Region, Christine Shilima, has raised concerns over the high rate of suicide cases among teachers countrywide.
Shilima spoke at a Rundu Circuit Teachers Seminar recently held at Andreas Kandjimi Primary School in Rundu.
In June of this year, Rundu State Hospital received 28-year-old Secilia Mukoya from the Tumweneni settlement as a patient. Mukoya was treated for a giant ameloblastoma condition, which caused the right side of her face to swell.
Mukoya has been living with this condition since 2016.
Former Deputy Prime Minister John Mutorwa has called for the dignified role of teachers to be restored.
Mutorwa was speaking at the awards ceremony of the best-performing schools in the Mukwe, Kambimba, Shinyungwe, Ndiyona, Shambyu, and Rundu Circuits in the Kavango East Region.
The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) in the Kavango East Region has recently held information-sharing sessions aimed at sensitising the communities on gender-based violence.
29 young women participated in a five-day training on Climate Smart Agriculture in Rundu recently.
The founder of the Rundu Youth Academy of Arts, Sakaria Shipinga, blames the lack of youth centres, financial assistance, and programs for many talented youth losing focus and feeling left out.
A new report released by the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) encourages empowerment of the youth in the Kavango East Region to address the challenge of high unemployment.
The Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism recently held consultations on the National Policy on Prospecting and Mining in protected areas of Rundu.
The engagement was spearheaded by the Deputy Director for Wildlife Research and Monitoring, Kenneth Uiseb.
Rundu-Urban Councillor Victoria Kauma has said that there has been significant development in Rundu due to its fast-growing population.
Speaking at the belated independence celebration recently at Rundu, Kauma assured the residents that electrification in all suburbs is one of her top priorities.
Rundu Mayor Gabriel Kanyanga has urged Rundu residents to cooperate during the first phase for the installation of the prepaid water system.
Kanyanga was speaking during the launch of the pprepaid watersystem at Rundu.
