A group of passengers who took a Silas Ndapuka Transport bus from Rundu on Wednesday night are stranded in Grootfontein after the bus broke down.

Some parents with children attending Gabriel Muhuli Combined School at Sambyu, Kavango East Region, say they will keep their children away from school because the school environment is dangerous.

The children did not attend school on Monday and Tuesday.

Residents of Nkurenkuru in the Kavango West Region gathered over the weekend to clean up Namibia’s youngest town.

Nkurenkuru is growing day by day, and with growth comes a whole list of challenges, such as waste management, which, if not handled properly, can lead to pollution.

Some of the issues related to service delivery in Rundu are in the process of being addressed.

Inadequate health services and poor road infrastructure are just some of the concerns residents have been voicing. 

The Ministry of Education has agreed to construct a school at the site where learners are currently being taught under trees in Ndama East, Rundu.

The decision followed an intervention by Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare after discussions between the community and authorities reached a stalemate. 

The Sikondo Green Scheme in the Kavango West Region is experimenting with a new potato variety called Valor. It's the first time the scheme is trying out a different potato, and the acting farm manager said they can't wait until the spuds reach maturity. 

Some mothers who gave birth to premature babies at the Rundu State Hospital said the NEO for Namibia NGO has been a beacon of hope.

It was an emotional affair as various mothers gathered to share stories about their premature babies during the NGO's 10th anniversary. 

A decade ago, neonatal care at the Rundu State Hospital was nonexistent. As a result, hundreds of babies died, leaving parents devastated. 

Some residents from Millennium Zone One in Rundu have been without running water for over a month.

Their efforts to get a solution from the Rundu town council are not paying off, and residents say they are now convinced that the local authority is not taking them seriously. 

Works and Transport Minister Veikko Nekundi has ordered road contractor John Namushehe CC to pay its employees their full salary by the end of this month.

This order follows a lengthy, late-night meeting between the minister, the Roads Authority, labour inspectors, and aggrieved employees.