An estimated 60 million citizens in SADC were food insecure in 2024, representing 17% of the region's population.
This data was revealed by the SADC Executive Secretary, Elias Magosi, who said the situation calls for urgency in agricultural transformation and investments in the sector.
The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, James Sankwasa, has once again urged all involved parties in an ongoing Witbooi clan's chieftaincy succession dispute to find common ground and work towards a lasting solution.
He made the call during a meeting with clan members in Gibeon.
Kamanjab Constituency Councillor Nikodemus Amutenya says the anticipated road upgrade at the village will bring the much-needed relief to help address youth unemployment at the settlement.
For residents of Gibeon Village and nearby farms, access to medical doctors means long travel distances to the nearest hospital in Mariental, since the village is served only by a clinic staffed with nurses.
The Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources, Tobie Aupindi, has called for change in the operations of conservancies to ensure that they reach their full potential.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has told fellow SADC leaders that the objectives of the development plans would not be realised when citizens are confronted by hunger, high youth unemployment and other socio-economic challenges.
Challenges that obstruct the boy child education, such as dropping out of school, lack of support, use of harmful substances and mental health, have topped the agenda during the Boys to Men event held at Witvlei.
Integrating arts such as choir singing into schools aligns with Namibia's Sixth National Development Plan.
The Ohangwena Education Director, Isak Hamatwi, said this at the Annual Regional Choir Competition held at Mwadikange Kaulinge Secondary School in the Ondobe Circuit.
The Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare is equipping a group of women who graduated from various fields in vocational technical programmes with training to facilitate their transition into commercial trades.
Emergency Response teams in the ||Kharas Region conducted a simulation exercise to test and enhance effective coordination in emergency readiness and response.
