Heavy rains on Wednesday night have left dozens of households in Chotto Compound homeless after floodwaters inundated their homes, ruining food supplies, documents and personal belongings.

The community policing team in Katima Mulilo started the year with a cleanup campaign, focusing on government properties throughout the town.

A volunteer, Katrina Kaundu, said she has been active in the yearly clean-up activities around the town for the past few years.

Forty-six Zambian and 36 Namibian nationals have been arrested on Wednesday in Katima Mulilo's Cowboy location for smuggling timber into the country.

Katima Mulilo Police Station Commander Charles Mayumbelo said the consignment of timber was discovered during the police inspection.
 

A Zambian national was arrested after a police stakeout in Katima Mulilo's NHE Location when he and three more suspects were found breaking into a house on Saturday.

It is reported that the suspects broke into a house at the NHE location on Saturday and stole items valued at N$12,500.

Traffic officials in the Zambezi Region are cautioning holidaymakers about road rage due to congestion in Katima Mulilo.

Katima Mulilo police are investigating a baby dumping case after a newborn girl was found at the entrance of the Katima Mulilo State Hospital administration block on Sunday evening.

A hospital staff member and security guard, alerted by her cries, discovered the baby wrapped in a blanket.

The Katima Mulilo Town Council has officially been handed back to its elected leadership after several months under ministerial administration.

The newly appointed Human Resource Manager for the Katima Mulilo Town Council, Albert Sibeya, appeared in court today following his arrest early Wednesday morning at the Katima Mulilo checkpoint in the Liselo area. 

Still speaking at Katima Mulilo, Gender Equality and Child Welfare (MGECW) Minister Emma Kantema said that although technology is a powerful tool for empowerment, it has become a new frontier for violence that manifests in various forms.

The Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, Emma Kantema, visited the children and family of the late Rachel Simasiku, a recent victim of gender-based violence (GBV) who was buried last weekend in Katima Mulilo.