The community of the Oshiwana Penduka informal settlement at Mariental is in mourning as a family reels from the tragic death of their seven-year-old daughter Einoritha Mhopyeni, who was raped and killed.
The Ministry of Health and Social Services is collaborating with its developmental partners to raise the standard of the healthcare systems in the Oshikoto Region.
The ministry is constructing a 90-bed capacity maternity ward at Onandjokwe District Hospital for N$59 million.
The One Economy Foundation is looking at expanding services and programmes offered at its Katutura-based Be Free Youth Campus.
Its Executive Chairperson, Monica Geingos, says the decision is informed by the growing needs of young people across Namibia.
The International University of Management's (IUM) Annual Cultural Festival commenced today under the theme "Echoes of the Past: Embracing Our Diverse Cultures."
The Medical Superintendent at the Rundu Intermediate Hospital, Dr. Jean Kabangu, says the institution is prepared should there be an outbreak of Mpox.
Health workers already formed an emergency preparedness committee with various staff on standby.
The body of a 7-year-old girl was discovered in an abandoned house at the Old Dates Farm near Mariental on Monday evening.
NamWater has switched on a pump at the Olushandja Dam South Wall Pump Station, releasing water into the Etaka Uuvudhiya Earth Canal, to assist in mitigating the critical shortage of water in villages along the canal.
The water corporation has invested N$3.9 million in the undertaking.
The Ministry of Health and Social Services is awaiting the laboratory results of three suspected Mpox cases.
Two of them were received from private hospitals and one from the state.
A 48-year-old resident of Oshitumbe B Village, in Omusati's Uukwaluudhi Conservancy, was killed by elephants on Sunday.
The body of Efraim Shivute was discovered early on Tuesday morning by community members.
The Council of Churches Namibia (CCN) is calling on churches in the country to support vulnerable communities.
Churches, the CCN says, should, in collaboration with government and non-governmental organisations, do more to address the root causes of poverty and food insecurity.
