Mourners are flocking to the homestead of the late Swapo stalwart and freedom fighter Kanana Hishoono at Onambutu village in the Eenhana Constituency, Ohangwena Region, to console the bereaved family and pay their last respects.
Hishoono died at age 89 on 14 January.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah described the late Kanana Hishoono as the bravest, most selfless person and a veteran of the liberation struggle.
She said Hishoono contributed immensely to consolidating the gains of independence and democracy, serving in various capacities.
Struggle stalwart, educator, and midwife Aino Nangula Tulimevava Nanghonda was buried at Onamukulo Cemetery in the Ohangwena Region, leaving behind a legacy of service and sacrifice.
Nanghonda died on 18 December at Oshakati Intermediate Hospital at the age of 83.
The third edition of the Ondobe Annual Youth Expo held at the Sam Mwashipnadeka Business Park ended in the Ohangwena Region.
The newly formed Bowls of Hope Foundation, established just two months ago in Ondobe Village in the Ohangwena Region, has made its first public footprint by reaching out to vulnerable children, long before completing all formal registration processes.
Works and Transport Minister Veikko Nekundi has officially launched the groundbreaking ceremony for Phase Four of the continuation and rehabilitation of the Eenhana–Ondobe tarred road in the Ohangwena Region.
The people of Onanghulo and Onamukulo Village in the Ohangwena Region will no longer have to walk a long distance to access healthcare, thanks to the opening of the door of the long-awaited Onanghulo Primary Health Care Clinic.
Information and Communication Technology Minister, Emma Theofelus, paid a courtesy visit to Ohamba Martha Nelumbu of the Oukwanyama Traditional Authority as part of her work mission in the Ohangwena Region.
The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) convened in Eenhana, Ohangwena Region, for its quarterly engagement.
Given prospects of good rainfall, President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has said discussions are on to ensure that schools in floodplain areas do not close during the rainy season.
Schools such as Onghala, Ohaingu, Oudjobala and Shingunguma would need urgent intervention to avoid their temporary closures.
