The Deputy Minister of Education, Arts, and Culture, Faustina Caley, has highlighted the shortage of teaching and learning resources, along with insufficient support, as crucial factors requiring immediate intervention in the Kavango East Region.
Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has urged Namibians to continue prioritizing safety measures for COVID-19.
Police in the Kavango East Region visited numerous schools in the region as part of Operation Genesis.
During their visit, the police educated the learners on crime prevention and the importance of self-discipline.
Despite efforts by various organisations to curb the scourge of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the country, the Kavango East Region continues to record high cases of GBV.
Parents who have registered their children at Thipanana Primary School in the Kavango East Region are calling on the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture to employ more teachers at the school.
The parents claim that there is no teaching and learning taking place since the school reopened.
A pregnant mother rescued her 4-year-old son from a crocodile attack at Divava Village, Kavango East Region.
The mother and child are both admitted to Andara Hospital.
Pauline Ruhepo Kawena says she and her son accompanied her older sister to the river to wash her clothes.
The Director of Education for the Kavango East Region, Fanuel Kapapero, has retired.
At least 50 patients with disability in the Kavango East Region received wheelchairs at Andara Hospital courtesy of RANI Group of Companies.
The are 101 people both children and adults who are in need of wheelchairs.
About 16 young women from the Kavango East Region completed their training in tailoring through the Dreams program.
The graduates also received toolkits comprising of sewing machines, materials, and ironing boards to start their own businesses.
Subsistence farmers in the Kavango East Region are worried that they might face drought this year due to a lack of rain.
It has been three weeks since there has been no rain.
The rain came on time this season, so the farmers thought, and they were hopeful of good yields this time around.
