A four-month-old foetus was found on Thursday morning dumped in a sewage drain at Osona Village outside Okahandja in the Otjozondupa Region.

The principal of Max Makushe Secondary in Kavango East's Mukwe Constituency has threatened to suspend lessons if overflowing sewage at the school hostel is not addressed.

Two weeks after the start of the 2023 academic year, hostel learners at Caprivi Secondary School still find themselves in a hazardous environment having to bear the stench of sewage on the school premises.

The dining hall where learners are taking their meals is surrounded by sewer water.

The fear of an outbreak of water-borne diseases is a great concern to teachers and learners at the Max Makushe Senior Secondary School, as the institution is surrounded by sewage water.

The school has thus far recorded several cases among teachers, learners, and administrative and institutional workers.