Today marks the 35th anniversary of the bomb blast at Oshakati's Barclays bank now FNB Oshakati.
On that fateful day, 19 February 1988, twenty seven people died and seventy others injured after a bomb went off in the Barclays bank on the then goverment pay day.
Otavi residents will heave a sigh of relief as roads, will be upgraded this year to address the pothole issue within the town centre and informal areas.
Otavi Mayor, Isaac !Hoaeb revealed that over N$700 000 has been set aside to refurbish the roads.
The Keetmanshoop Secondary School is converting unused open spaces into makeshift classrooms. The school this year again added an open-air learning space after converting yet another bicycle shade into a class to stem classroom shortages at the school. The school hall has also been turned into a classroom.
More than 150 underprivileged learners of the Ngwangwa Primary School in the Kavango West Region received school uniforms and stationery, worth N$50 000.
Rent a Drum, Snyman Transport, Shoprite and Woermann Brock this week collectively made the donation.
Ohangwena Governor Walde Ndevashiya has called on stakeholders to come up with strategies to address and improve the teaching and learning environment in an effort to enhance the learners' academic performance.
