The Director of Education for the Kavango East Region, Cristine Shilima, highlighted the academic challenges faced by learners from underprivileged households. She noted that these students often struggle to complete their studies due to socio-economic hardships.
The first day of election registration started at a slow pace in the Kavango East Region, and Electoral Commission of Namibia Commissioner Gerson Sindano has expressed his disappointment over it.
The Kavango East Region needs more funds to improve the current teaching and learning environment.
The region has construction and renovations of classrooms underway, but some schools are still to benefit from the government project funds.
An advisor to the Democratic Republic of the Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi, Professor Serge Tshibangu, delivered an urgent letter to President Nangolo Mbumba at Rundu during the President's visit to the Kavango East Region.
The acting Education Director in the Kavango East Region says all credit goes to the teachers and school management of the region.
Christine Shilima was responding to the region's examination results.
Five men were arrested in the Kavango East Region on Tuesday for possession and dealing in controlled wildlife products worth N$250,000.
In Divundu, in the Kavango East Region, 23 low-income earners formally got their homes, which were built by the Shack Dwellers Federation (SDF).
The houses were constructed at a cost of over N$955,000 on land provided for by the Divundu Village Council in 2018 through the Namibia Housing Action Group.
The increasing rate of crime in the Kavango East Region, particularly in Rundu, is concerning.
The police and community members therefore met to discuss how they could tackle this problem.
Governor of Kavango East, Bonifatius Wakudumo, says he is disturbed by the increased levels of crime.
The Shamundambo Village in the Kavango East Region, which has been without electricity for the past 33 years, has finally been electrified.
The Minister of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication, and Social Welfare, Doreen Sioka, officially inaugurated the Likwaterera Early Childhood Development Centre in the Kavango East Region.
