Rani Group of Companies employees at its six Cash and Carry stores at Rundu have been reinstated effective the 8th of next month.
The employees were suspended after staging a demonstration, which the company considered an illegal industrial action.
17 qualified but unemployed teachers have volunteered to come up with the initiative of building a primary school in Tuhingireni, a location on the outskirts of Rundu.
The Siguru-guru Primary School's learner population has grown exponentially, despite teaching there being conducted in tents.
Construction of classrooms was delayed after initially being set to commence in December last year.
Over 1,000 learners in the Rundu Circuit of the Kavango East Region have not yet secured placement.
The learner registration process has become a cumbersome exercise, especially for parents who have not yet secured placement for learners in grades eight, nine, and ten.
Over a hundred employees of Rundu Cash and Carry are left without jobs after they participated in a demonstration in December over allegations of unfair treatment and low wages.
While residents and visitors of Rundu celebrated Christmas, the police were on the ground to maintain peace and order in the town.
A police operation for the festive season is ongoing in Rundu and surrounding areas, to make sure peace and security are maintained.
At Rundu, the Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism is raising awareness about littering.
Romeo Muyunda, Chief Public Relations Officer of the Environment, Forestry, and Tourism Ministries, says the Ministry is concerned that the country is becoming dirtier, which prompted the clean-up campaign.
A Rundu based businessman Daniel Augusto De Jesus has died aged 73.
De Jesus is the owner of Rundu OK Foods supermarket and hardware retailer Rundu Build It.
He also owned the Grootfontein OK Foods and Nkurenkuru Market and employed more than 380 people.
Limited resources and poverty among people in rural areas are hampering efforts to end the spread of HIV/AIDS in Namibia.
This was said by the Acting Director of Health and Social Services in Kavango East Region Woita Kapumburu at the World AIDS Day Commemoration at Rundu.
Gabriel Kanyanga was re-elected unopposed as mayor of Rundu for the second term.
Four of the seven councilors in the town council are from the Swapo Party.
Kanyanga said he accepts the challenge to lead the council with humility.
