Ida Mendai, the Regional Health Director of Kavango East, is urging residents to cooperate with spray operators during the Indoor Residual Spray Campaign.
This method of malaria prevention targets mosquitoes that rest indoors and is set to begin on September 16th.
Rundu Mayor Gabriel Kanyanga envisions the second most populated town in Namibia as a thriving hub for entrepreneurship and investment. Kanyanga expressed this vision during the second Mayoral Business Forum, which is typically held ahead of the Rundu Annual Trade Fair in October.
Despite the timber harvesting ban being lifted last year, many timber harvesters and carpenters in the Kavango East Region remain unaware of the change.
The Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism initially imposed the ban in 2018 to curb the unsustainable harvesting of trees.
Former Omaheke Police Commander, Commissioner Andreas Haingura, is now the head of police in the Kavango East Region.
He has replaced Commissioner Johanna Ngondo, who is now the advisor in the Office of the Inspector General.
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.
A Namibian woman raising funds for charity has so far covered about 1,700 kilometres by foot.
Ray Sasman, who walked from the ||Kharas Region, is now in the Kavango East, headed towards the Zambezi Region.
Even though the Sauyemwa Centre for the visually impaired in the Kavango East Region has been around for 16 years, students continue to fend for themselves.
Teachers at the one-day Rundu Circuit Educator's Conference described the experience as rejuvenating and inspiring.
Hundreds of teachers from the Rundu Circuit gathered at the Rundu Trade Fair centre for a one-day conference.
The University of Namibia (UNAM) is hosting its Annual Career Fair and Employment Expo at the university’s Rundu Campus for the first time.
The fair is being attended by learners from various high schools in both Kavango East and West regions.
There are still parts of Namibia without access to telecommunication networks.
Mupini village, in the Kavango West Region, is one of the areas earmarked for the construction of a telecommunications tower.
