To address unemployment and poverty in the country, the Swapo Party is committed to setting aside N$500 million for the production of high-nutrition products if given another mandate.
This was said by the party's vice president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, at a star rally held at Rundu on Saturday.
Cross-border livestock theft appears to be on the rise in the Kavango East Region.
The police received 32 cattle that were recovered in Angola at Ndiyona.
The National Heritage Council of Namibia (NHCN) has called on residents of the Kavango East Region to nominate sites of heritage significance.
Even though the region is rich in various cultures and traditions, there are no officially registered heritage sites in the region.
Namibia's water utility, NamWater, has donated essential stationery to at least 15 schools in the Kavango East Region.
This will help address the shortage of teaching and learning materials and improve learners's performance at the schools.
Celebrated in October, White Cane Awareness Day is meant to raise awareness on the importance of the 'white cane' as a symbol of independence and mobility for those who are visually impaired.
Senior officers of NamPol's border and infrastructure protection directorate are gathered in Rundu to, among others, look at strategies to combat cross-border crime.
The Director of Education in the Kavango East Region, Christine Shilima, has suspended classes at Ndama Junior Primary School until further notice.
This comes after nbc News yesterday reported on how learners have been relieving themselves openly in the schoolyard for the past three weeks.
Villagers at Mateke in the Kavango East Region need potable water.
The villagers claim that their lives are at risk due to human-wildlife conflict.
The villagers say they walk about five kilometres to fetch water and are prone to being attacked by crocodiles.
To address water challenges faced by the people of the Kavango East Region, NamWater handed over the Kayengona and Shamvhura water supply river schemes to the residents of Rundu Rural and Ndiyona Constituencies yesterday.
The Kavango East Region has recorded over 3,300 cases of malaria so far this year.
In response, the Ministry of Health and Social Services is urging residents to allow indoor residual spray teams into their homes as the malaria prevention campaign officially kicks off this Monday.
