About 130 illegal immigrants were arrested in just four days during Operation Clarion in the Zambezi Region.
Of this number, 127 are Zambians, while the rest are Angolan nationals.
83 of the illegal immigrants have already been deported while 47 remain in police custody facing criminal charges.
House breaking, stock theft, and illegal harvesting of natural resources by illegal immigrants are major causes of concern for citizens living in the Zambezi Region.
Ntelamo Batubaja, a self-subsistence small-scale farmer in Kambe, Zambezi Region, says elephants have continued to cause losses in his vegetable garden since 2020.
A 45-year-old Jose Paulus Maseka died at the Katima Mulilo State Hospital after he was stabbed in the arm with a broken bottle at a local bar.
It is reported that the suspect and the deceased were drinking at a local Bar at Katima Mulilo when an argument broke out between the deceased and his girlfriend.
The Ministry of Industrialisation and Trade, in collaboration with the Namibia Trade Forum and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), recently held an engagement with the business community in the Zambezi Region.
The district of Nongozi in the Zambezi Region held its first-ever cultural expo aimed at stimulating business activities and encouraging intra-community.
Financial constraints are the leading cause of people with visual impairments not being able to own white canes.
To address this situation, the Eastern Association for the Visually Impaired in the Zambezi Region is appealing to the business community and other stakeholders to help those in need.
Fumu Joseph Tembwe Mayuni of the Mashi Traditional Authority in the Zambezi Region says using wealth from natural resources has the potential to develop the economy.
However, Fumu Mayuni has expressed concern over what he termed the overlapping of boundaries between traditional authorities.
According to Zambezi Governor Alufea Sampofu, not many security threats have been experienced along Namibia's borders in the region since last month, although stock theft is increasing from Namibia to Zambia.
The Chief of the Mafwe Traditional Authority has called on the Namibian government to actively form partnerships aimed at development and employment creation.
