Ohaingu Primary School in the Ohangwena Region welcomed a donation of a newly constructed fence valued at N$60,000 from Capricorn Foundation and various other sponsors.

In a move to improve the welfare of educators, the Ohangwena Regional Governor, Kadiva Hamutumwa, handed over the construction site for a new teacher's accommodation facility at Helao Nafidi Combined School in the Okongo Constituency.

The project is estimated to cost N$1.4 million.

Ohangwena Regional Council Chairperson, Erickson Ndawanifa, has called for unity among regional councillors, emphasising that collective effort is key to improving the lives of all inhabitants in the region.

Erongo Marine Enterprises has donated frozen fish and food items to 25 schools across the Ohangwena Region.

The donation, which comprises boxes of frozen horse mackerel, maize meal, dried meal packs and canned fish, will strengthen the schools' feeding programme.

Information and Communication Technology Minister Emma Theofelus has reaffirmed the government's commitment to supporting education initiatives, investing in infrastructure and providing the necessary resources to ensure no child is left behind.
 

Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah, accompanied by the Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA)'s Commissioner Sam Shivute, paid a visit to the tax authority's office at Oshikango in the Ohangwena Region.

The visit was aimed at encouraging officials to continue serving the nation diligently.

The Anglican Diocese of Namibia is celebrating 100 years since its establishment by missionaries in 1924 at Odibo in the Ohangwena Region.

The week-long centenary celebration is held under the theme "Commemorating Achievements and Visualising the Future".

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform has commenced water surveys to establish boreholes for a large-scale irrigation project on a 140-hectare brownfield site in Ekoka village, east of Okongo in the Ohangwena Region.

The Ohangwena Region has recorded 3,768 cases of malaria and 11 deaths since the outbreak last year.

Governor Kadiva Hamutumwa said the region experienced a malaria outbreak at the beginning of 2024, which lasted into this year.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has said the Genocide Remembrance Day should serve as a powerful reminder of Namibia's shared resolve to continue on the path of nation-building.

The Genocide Remembrance Day commemorates the atrocities committed between 1904 and 1908.