Massive floodwaters from southern Angola hit northern Namibia on April 1, following heavy rainfall in the neighbouring country.

The Oshakati Town Council, under the stewardship of town mayor Leonard Hango, has resolved to endorse the sale of a controversial 1.7 hectare prime land deal that has been in the courts to Mouse Properties Ninety Eight, owned by business mogul Erastus 'Chicco' Shapumba, which was sold then for N$2.5 million dollars,

The electrification project at Onawa reception area extensions seven and eight have commenced following a groundbreaking ceremony.

The new development will cover 770 erven.

The level of the Zambezi River has been rising rapidly in the past week after a drop of about three metres in the past months.

The floodplains in Kabbe South and North have started receiving flood waters as the Zambezi River started bursting its banks again.

Residents of Oimba-dalunga in the Ohangwena Region were the first to witness the flood waters coming into Namibia from Angola on Friday. 

Some access roads leading to Engela hospital and surrounding villages from Oimbadalunga have already been flooded. 

Namibia has still not recorded flood water in the Cuvelai catchment from southern Angola.

The Naiti Combined School in Okalongo Circuit of the Omusati Region is in need of extra classrooms, an administration block, chairs and desks, as well as teacher houses and ablution facilities.

The Naiti Combined School in Okalongo Circuit in Omusati Region is in need of an extra classroom, an administration block, teacher's houses, chairs and tables, and ablution facilities.

The school started as a mission school in 1972 and was transformed into a government school in the early 1980s.

The University of Namibia's Hifikepunye Pohamba Campus at Oshakati, Oshana Region, is hosting a two-day multi-disciplinary research conference.

More than half a million dollars was raised at the recently launched Mayoral Development Fund gala dinner for the Oshakati Town Council.

The fund is aimed at raising money to help the needy and vulnerable members of society.