The leader of the Landless Peoples Movement (LPM), Bernadus Swartbooi, is convinced that the town council of Rundu can improve its infrastructure, despite outstanding debt by residents running into millions of dollars.
He said this at an LPM rally at Rundu.
Rundu residents owe the town council N$370 million.
The President of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Martin Lukato, has called on the youth to take part in the up-coming national elections.
Lukato made the appeal at a media briefing at Rundu.
Inspector General of the Police, Joseph Shikongo, has expressed disappointment with the performance of law enforcement officers in the Kavango East Region.
Following a visit to the region, Shikongo addressed the underperformance and outlined improvement plans.
Lieutenant General Joseph Shikongo says, that despite Kavango East being the second-largest region, there is enough manpower for effective policing.
He pointed out police visibility as a key to combating crime.
President Nangolo Mbumba paid a visit and laid a wreath on the grave of the late Alpo Mauno Mbamba at Mupini Village in the Kavango West Region.
President Mbumba and the late Mbamba were classmates from 1960 to 1965 at Ongwediva and Oshingabo High Schools.
Dr. Alpo Mauno Mbamba died in Paris in 2001.
First Lady Sustjie Mbumba accompanied the family to receive the remains of Dr. Mbamba and brought them back home at the time.
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.
President Nangolo Mbumba has urged members of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) to guard the country against elements that want to destabilise peace.
Dr. Mbumba, who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the NDF, was speaking at the pass-out parade of 148 officer cadets following the completion of a regular commissioning course at Rundu.
Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has urged the University of Namibia (UNAM) to introduce a faculty of agriculture at the Rudu Campus.
Speaking at the UNAM Rundu Campus graduation ceremony, the Vice President said such a move would spur development in the country.
Dr. Nandi-Ndaitwah noted that both Kavango East and West are known as agricultural regions, both in crop farming and animal husbandry.
A study carried out by the University of Namibia (UNAM) indicates that money matters and the desire to get rich is one of the factors that stands in the way of a boy child excelling in education.
This information was shared during the university's graduation ceremony at Rundu.
Of the 4,455 UNAM graduates, only 32% are male, while women make up 68%.
Unam's Vice Chancellor says for the past seven years, women have been dominating university graduations nationally.
About 654 students graduated from the University of Namibia's Rundu Campus, making it the third campus to produce the highest number of graduates out of the 12 countrywide.
For the class of 2023, 4,455 students graduated from all 12 of UNAM's campuses.
At Rundu, students graduated from the faculties of Education and Human Science, Health Science and Veterinary Medicine, and Commerce Management and Law.
Speaking at the event, Vice President Dr. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah congratulated the graduates.
A contractor has blocked a sewerage pond at Max Makushe Secondary School in the Kavango East Region due to what they regard as outstanding payments by the Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture.
The school has since suspended classes due to sewerage overflow.
The school has been struggling to get a permanent solution for the sewerage for almost five years.
The contractor, Empire Sense Investment, carried out what is referred to as emergency work for N$2 million.
The tender was awarded in November 2021.
