Accessing health services closer to home has prompted the community of Ombafi in the Omusati Region to construct a clinic to address long-standing challenges in accessing healthcare.

This year's Heroes Day commemoration, 26 August, will take place at the Heroes' Acre in the Khomas Region.

Information and Communication Technology Minister Emma Theofelus made the announcement during a Government Information Centre update from Outapi in the Omusati Region.

The Omusati Regional Governor Immanuel Shikongo on Tuesday held a closed-door engagement meeting with Omusati Regional Veterans of the Liberation Struggle at the Governor's Office.

The discussions were initiated by seven war veterans and later expanded to include more veterans from across the region.

The Omusati Regional Governor Immanuel Shikongo has commissioned a community prepaid water point in Olyonime Village, Ruacana Constituency recently.

The project is funded by the Omusati Regional Governor's Office at a cost of N$164,000.

Residents of Otapatapa Village in the Otamanzi Constituency of the Omusati Region are pleading for urgent government intervention after a prolonged drought left the community without water for both people and livestock. 

The Omukwaniilwa of the Ondonga Traditional Authority, Fillemon Shuumbwa, visited Onalusheshete village in the Omageti area as part of his visits to communities under his jurisdiction.

The majority of schools in the northern part of the country are in a poor state of repair.

This is the observation of CatchNet Marine's chairperson, Leonard Shiyuka, who on Friday handed over a renovated block of classrooms to Lukas I. Dama Primary School in the Omusati Region.

The Omwifi Combined School in the Omusati Region hosted the Outapi Constituency Annual Cultural Festival, bringing the community and schools together.

The Oiyonganghata Kindergarten in Okathitu-Kakafimbi village, Outapi Constituency in the Omusati Region, received school fence materials worth N$40,000 from PPI Investment. 

A gala dinner was held at Outapi as a homecoming and send-off of Miss World Namibia 2026, Elly Aron.

Aron will participate in the 73rd Miss World competition in Vietnam. 

The gala dinner drew people from all walks of life.