The Minister of Health and Social Services, Esperance Luvindao, has said that despite work ahead, Namibians have reasonable access to health care.

She made the remarks at the official opening of the new Onandjokwe Hospital Maternity Ward.

Oshikoto Police have intensified patrols in all 11 constituencies ahead of the Easter weekend.

With an expected influx of people and traffic ahead of the Easter long weekend, the police are moving to enhance visibility in crime-prone areas.

The Okashana Crop Research Station in the Oshikoto Region continues to make significant strides in seed production and multiplication, as well as crop research.

The Ondangwa Magistrate Court denied bail to 62-year-old Selma Daniel from Oshiyagaya Village in the Oshikoto Region. Daniel stands accused of abusing a 15-year-old Angolan helper.

A two-year emergency food support programme targeting over three thousand households has been launched at Farm Ondera in the Guinas Constituency, Oshikoto region.

Wolfgang Fiedler, a German citizen, together with other sponsors, handed over textbooks worth N$300,000 to Okankolo Combined School in the Oshikoto Region.

The school faced a shortage of learning materials, including laboratory equipment, before the donation.

The Council of Omuthiya Constituency in the Oshikoto Region paid a motivational courtesy visit to Iipundi Secondary School to reaffirm its commitment to improving education and learner welfare in the constituency.

Oshikoto Governor Sacky Kathindi has urged residents to participate actively in the national polio vaccination campaign launched by the Ministry of Health and Social Services. 

Vice President Lucia Witbooi paid a visit to the Oniipa ELCIN rehabilitation centre in the Oshikoto Region.

The centre serves people with disabilities and those in need of rehabilitation services.

The late Diina Jacob, the mother of Namibian Broadcasting Corporation Board Chairperson Lazarus Jacobs, was buried at Olukonda in the Oshikoto Region.
The late Jacob died on 6 January, aged 87.