More than ten shebeens have been shut down at Gam after failing to meet liquor licensing requirements.

Local business owners said the requirements, while lawful, do not reflect the realities on the ground in Gam Settlement, where inadequate basic infrastructure remains a daily challenge.

Isuswa Junior Primary School in the Katima Mulilo rural constituency is one of the many under-developed schools in the Zambezi Region.

For over 39 years, the school functioned with limited basic resources.

The increasing demand for water is straining the two boreholes in the Neu Samarou Settlement, located in the Kombat area of the Otjozondjupa Region, as the population has surged to approximately 2,000 residents.

Residents queue for water every day, as the two boreholes no longer meet the demand.

Kapako Villagers in the Kavango West Region are fed up with the worsening water shortage.

Through protests, residents say the situation has affected children's education and daily lives, calling for urgent action to address the water scarcity.

The Opuwo Town Council owes about N$60 million to NamWater amid critical water challenges, which continue to affect households, businesses, and overall economic productivity. 

The residents of Mangetti Dune in the Tsumkwe constituency have been without clean water for months now.

The generator that pumps the community boreholes broke down last year when the nbc news team visited the community just before the local authority and regional council elections.

The Erongo Governor has demanded immediate answers from education officials and councillors after Grade 4 and 5 learners at Higher Hope Primary School in Walvis Bay were sent home.

The school principal decided to close the school due to water connection issues.

Grade 4 and 5 learners at Higher Hope Primary School in Walvis Bay have been sent home due to a lack of water at the school. 

Low groundwater levels of boreholes have left farmers in the townland of the Aus Settlement struggling to secure enough water for their households and livestock. 

A group of concerned farmers from the ||Kharas region protested and handed over a petition to the ||Kharas Regional Council calling for an urgent intervention in the ongoing water crises affecting their communal farmland in the region.