Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa Amadhila visited Okahao Primary School in Omusati Region, where she is a patron and a former learner. 

The Education Director in the Omusati Region, Benny Eiseb, is concerned about water shortages being experienced at a number of schools in the region.

Eiseb informed the Prime Minister, who was in the region to assess service delivery, that 40 schools in the region were facing water shortages.

Outdated equipment, facilities, and tractors that have been broken for about six years now are said to be hampering operations at the Etunda Green Scheme Irrigation Project in the Omusati Region. 

A 33-year-old Namibian male has been arrested for the murder of his former girlfriend and mother of his three children, at Uukwanapembe Village in the Omusati Region last night.

Farmers in the Omusati Region and beyond are participating in Unam's Ogongo Campus Agricultural annual conference to share and gain experience from different practitioners on agricultural research, innovation, and training opportunities. 

Farmers and residents of Amarika village in Otamanzi constituency, Omusati Region, still depend on hand-dug wells that have saline water.

The traditional water sources in the area,  villagers say, do not produce sufficient water for both humans and livestock.

'Operation No Sleep- Business Unusual', is what NamPol's Regional Commander for Omusati Commissioner Ismael Basson is about, sending a strong message to those who find themselves in conflict with the law.

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