The community and family members of the late Ndondji Joseph Kautjingu, who was shot dead under mysterious circumstances on March 3 in Rundu, held a demonstration on Friday, demanding answers for the fact that no one has yet been arrested in connection with the case.

The community believes Kautjingu was killed by police, who apparently earlier on the night found him in possession of a pangolin's skin.

It is alleged that the late Kautingu was picked up by a police car while selling meat at Sauyema Settlement.

More than 270 employees at the Rundu Cash and Carry supermarket have been transferred to different locations, a move they deem as constructive dismissal by the employer.

The Rani Group of Companies and the labor-hire company, Employment Placement Services Namibia, informed the workers of their transfers on Monday.

The labor-hire company is owned by Tsumeb Constituency Councillor, Gottlieb Ndjendjela.

The workers say their transfers are in retaliation for their exposing labor malpractices and the selling of expired goods at the Cash and Carry supermarket.

The Governor of the Kavango East Region, Bonifatius Wakudumo, is of the view that infrastructure does not have an impact on teaching and learning, as those taught under temporary structures could produce great results.

Wakudumo said this when he visited the Rundu Project School.

The Rundu Project School was recently established due to a lack of classes to accommodate all the learners in the Rundu circuit.

There are about 600 grade eight, nine, and ten learners who could not be placed in various formal schools.

The Siguru-guru Primary School's learner population has grown exponentially, despite teaching there being conducted in tents.

Construction of classrooms was delayed after initially being set to commence in December last year.

The school, situated at Rundu's Tumweneni Informal Settlement, was started by community members five years ago.

Acting Head of Department Marcellus Haivera says more than 1,000 learners have been enrolled.

Haivera says there are many learners still looking for school placement.

The Deputy Minister of Sport, Youth, and National Services says the country must do more to tap into youth innovations to address some of the challenges it faces.

Emma Kantema-Gaomas was speaking at the launch of Upshift Namibia, a program aimed at promoting youth entrepreneurship.

The program was first launched in Khomas and is now being rolled out to the Kavango East and Omaheke regions.

Kantema-Gaomas says the youth are ready to take up the challenge of contributing to the country's socio-economic growth, but they need support.

The Nyemba-speaking people in Namibia are calling for an investigation into alleged tribal discrimination against their community.

In a petition, the group also dismissed accusations that they sought recognition as a tribal authority.

The group staged a demonstration at Rundu, handing over a petition to the Chairperson of the Kavango East Regional Council for the attention of President Hage Geingob.

The Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare in the Kavango East Region have added poultry farming to its community income-generating activities' support.

At least 23 beneficiaries, the majority of them youth, underwent poultry farming skills training at Rundu to introduce them to chicken farming.

The regional head of the ministry, Benedikta Kamunoko, says income-generating projects are aimed at empowering rural communities to be food secure and self-reliant.

The Minister of Higher Education, Training and Innovation, Dr Itah Kandjii-Murangi, has called on graduates of the Rundu Vocational Training Center (RVTC)  to target opportunities in the new economic sectors Namibia is developing. 

Her speech was read by the Executive Director, Dr Alfred Van Kent.

More than 500 trainees received certificates in various vocational courses.

The Rundu Town Council has expressed its desire to exit its partnership with the Northern Regional Electricity Distributor.

At a stakeholders' consultation meeting with the Electricity Control Board, Mayor Gabriel Kanyanga said NORED's services to the town were poor.

The Rundu Mayor said the council might not renew its agreement with the electricity distributor when the current one expires in three years' time.

Rundu, he says, has, among other signs of decline, become a dark town, despite NORED's mandate as responsible for the maintenance of street lights.