The Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform, Anna Shiweda, is in the Zambezi Region on a three-day visit to tour abattoirs and familiarise herself with the implementation of the poultry and horticulture programmes that are supported by the government.

The facility was upgraded to A-Class status, which exports Namibian beef.

There are currently two quarantine facilities in the Zambezi Region, the Kopano and Katima Mulilo, where cattle are quarantined for thirty days before they are brought to the abattoir. 

The Swapo Party's Secretary for Legal Affairs, Pohamba Shifeta, has encouraged members to elect capable and competent candidates who can deliver on promises made.

Shifeta said putting incompetent candidates into positions of authority creates challenges and mistrust between the party and the community.

Shifeta, who was speaking at a mini-rally at Malengalenga in the Zambezi Region, reminded the attendees of the government's achievements over the past 34 years.

The latest voter registration data suggests Zambezi is among the regions with the lowest number of registered voters thus far.

To date, officials say the region has registered 26,000 voters out of an estimated 77,205 eligible voters in the region. 

Mafwe Litunga George Simasiku Mamili VII is concerned over the low number of voters who have shown up to register.

Mamili spoke to nbc News while registering to vote himself at Chinchimane.

He reminded fellow citizens that only through voting can they ensure their voices are heard in political matters. 

More than 70 beneficiaries of drought relief at the Diary Compound in Katima Mulilo received food parcels on Wednesday. 

Each household received food rations of two 20kg bags of maize meal, two 1.5kg bags of meat, and two 750ml bottles of cooking oil.

The Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism (MEFT) has handed over 20 boreholes, constructed at various locations in the country's north, to the Ministry of Agriculture.

The boreholes were constructed under the Namibia Integrated Landscape Approach for Enhancing Livelihoods and Environmental Governance to Eradicate Poverty (NILALEG) project.

The project itself was funded by the global environmental facility within the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

The rangers at Ngenda Camp, situated west of Mudumu National Park in the Zambezi Region, are threatening to go on strike if the water crisis at the camp is not addressed.

The employees claim that the contractor who drilled a borehole at the camp informed them that the water was not safe for human consumption when the camp was officially opened in 2014.

They state that the only solution to the problem is to transport water from Shuno Ranger Camp, but all vehicles are out of service, and the employees have no choice but to consume the available water.

Swapo Party Secretary General Sophia Shaningwa has advised residents in the Zambezi Region to acquire national documents in preparation for the upcoming presidential elections in November this year.

Sophia Shaningwa said this at a Swapo rally at Kanono in the Sibbinda Constituency.

She emphasised the need to acquire identification documents for those without, saying not only is it important for citizens to be able to register to vote in the upcoming presidential election in November, but that it also gives them access to various government services.

The top ten Miss Namibia finalists graced the Zambezi Region with their presence over the past weekend.

Zambezi Governor Alufea Sampofu welcomed the team to the region and reminded them about the importance and mission they have as ambassadors of each region and town they visit to the rest of the country and the world.

Education stakeholders in Zambezi Region held an engagement with the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Science, ICT, and Youth Development to discuss the current crisis in the education sector in the region.

The Committee is investigating a lack of special schools in the Kavango East, Kavango West, and Zambezi regions and establishing the means to have such schools.

Interested parties have the opportunity to attend physically or make their submission in writing.

Multiple roads around the Zambezi Region are to be constructed and rehabilitated this year.

One of the Roads Authority board members, Helen Amupolo, indicated the Nakabolelwa to Kasika Road is one of the projects expected to commence this year.