The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts, and Culture has officially closed the Ebenezer Royal Primary School.

This follows investigations when seven counts of rape, allegedly involving minors at its hostel, surfaced.

Residents of the Butterfly Location in Katima Mulilo are calling for urgent intervention to address years of sewage-contaminated floodwater around their homes.

They say repeated appeals to the Katima Mulilo Town Council have yielded no permanent solution.

The Ebenezer Royal Primary School, a private school at Omuthiya, was closed down after seven counts of alleged rape involving minors at its hostel. 

The reports surfaced after one of the minors opened up to her teachers about the acts last Wednesday.