The Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform Ministry brought together management from all 14 regions to review major activities and performance in the first quarter of this financial year.
Ministry officials are gathered at Oshakati for a week-long annual work plan and management workshop, ending on Friday.
The disaster risk management warehouse at Uukwangula, Oshana Region, which houses drought relief food for the Omusati, Kunene, Oshikoto, Ohangwena, and Oshana regions, is operational and ready to distribute food to the beneficiaries.
The Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture says there has been a misunderstanding regarding term-end school assessment in the Oshana Region.
In a statement, its Executive Director, Sanet Steenkamp, clarified that the assessments will continue without interruptions.
Poor rainfall received this year has seen individuals and farmers experience water shortages, leaving livestock and crop farmers worried.
The Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Modestus Amutse, has urged the staff members of the ministry to ensure that their services and work have a tangible impact throughout the country, including at the grassroots level.
President Nangolo Mbumba engaged traditional leaders of the eight northern traditional authorities at Oshakati this morning.
The aim was to familiarise himself with traditional leaders, inform them officially that he had taken office as Head of State, and seek their blessings.
Scores of mourners converged at Oshihenge cemetery in the Oshakati constituency of the Oshana region to pay their last respects to the late Colonel Peter Iindongo, a veteran of the liberation struggle who died on February 22 at the age of 64.
Police in the Oshana Region have kicked off with a promotion operation conducted by officers who were recently promoted and aimed at reducing crime and enhancing public safety.
The operation is carried out by around 500 officers.
The people of the Oshana Region came together to offer fitting tributes to the late President Hage Geingob during the region's memorial service held at Ongwediva.
The Swapo Party, the political home of the late Dr. Hage Geingob, has been shattered by the sudden death of their party president, saying his passing came as a shock to many.
