The Office of the Governor of Oshikoto has donated a 10,000-litre water tank to a family at Ashipepe in the Eengodi Constituency.

Oshikoto Communal Land Board member Fabian Venasiu has warned village headmen to refrain from illegally selling or allocating land parcels.

This follows the removal of illegal fencing at Ohaiyanda village, outside the Omutsegwonime area in the Oshikoto Region, on Friday.

The Hai||om community on Farm Tsumore near Lake Oshikoto faces relocation from the land they have called home for years.

Having spent their entire lives there, community members say they cannot imagine calling anywhere else home.

The Bank Windhoek Omuthiya branch on Thursday donated groceries, toiletries, and other essential items to the Kufamosha Information Disability Centre at Omalindi in the Oshikoto Region.

Branch Head Natanael Natanael said the donation forms part of the bank's corporate social responsibility initiatives. 

The Onameya community library in the Oshikoto Region is on the verge of collapse due to a lack of funds.

Established in 2023, the library has become a pillar of support for villagers and learners seeking to read and write.

The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts, and Culture has officially closed the Ebenezer Royal Primary School.

This follows investigations when seven counts of rape, allegedly involving minors at its hostel, surfaced.

For many years, rural schools were left behind in digital learning.

This is now changing, as more schools invest in computer labs and adapt to curriculum changes that include ICT as a subject.

The Oshikoto Directorate of Education, during this year's regional annual Career Fair, engaged 115 schools within eight circuits.

The Career Fair Roadshow, which commenced in June, benefitted between 20 and 600 learners per school in the region.

Oshikoto residents say the 1904-1908 Genocide Remembrance Day upholds Namibian history and honours those who lost their lives in pursuit of Namibia's independence.

Oshikoto Governor Sacky Kathindi says corruption is an obstacle to socio-economic progress and calls for the need for decisive actions at all levels.