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 Namibian Police Force Unit Commander for Community Affairs in the region, Inspector Maureen Mbeha, said on Friday that the foetus was discovered on Thursday at 09h30 by workers dealing with the water recycling and sewage systems of the village.

"The lifeless foetus, weighing 450 grammes, was found wrapped in a plastic bag and dumped in the sewage drain of the Osona Village," Mbeha said.

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.

Godfried Mukata says the school hostel was declared unfit for human habitation last year by the Ministry of Health and Social Services and should not have been allowed to reopen in January.

Max Makushe is one of the oldest schools in the region, accommodating more than 1,000 learners in its hostel.

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.

Hostel learners could not have their dinner on Tuesday due to the smell that is at the dining hall entrance.

All learners refused to attend classes today because of the situation that is affecting them all.

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.

The school's principal, Godfried Mukata, says the situation has become unbearable as both learners and teachers have endured the flooding of the sewage and the stench it emits for many years.