The Kavango East Region Education Directorate has honoured the best-performing teachers and learners in the 2025 National Examination Assessment.

First Gentleman Epaphras Ndaitwah reassured young men and boys from Kavango East that they have value and that they are not forgotten.

Young men and boys turned up in numbers at the Rundu Trade Fair Centre for an engagement titled "The plight of the boy child" with Namibia's First Gentleman.

Kavango East Regional Education Director, Christine Shilima, says the academic performance of learners in Grades 1, 2 and 3 is a cause for concern.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says she is satisfied with the progress made by the green schemes in Kavango East since her visit to the region in 2025. 

The president was on a two-day visit to various government-owned farms in Kavango East, which concluded on Tuesday. 

Members of the Chief Council in the Kavango East and Kavango West regions have raised concerns over apparent ineffective coordination between the government and the traditional authorities on land matters. 

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has highlighted Namibia's efforts to strengthen public health responses, focusing on the country's intensified fight against a malaria surge and its continued leadership in tobacco control across Africa.

Farmers from the Kavango East Regional Farmers Union have high expectations for Meatco's new Northern Communal Areas (NCA) CEO. 

Timotheus Kativa has been appointed Meatco's CEO for the new Northern Communal Areas. 
The farmers met Kativa during an engagement at Rundu on Wednesday.

Agribank has supported two horticulture projects from the Kavango East and West regions with agricultural materials.

Today is International Nurses Day, and the Ministry of Health and Social Services in the Kavango East Region is commemorating the day with a lineup of activities. 

The day started off with a walk through Rundu’s busiest part of town. 

Kavango East Governor Hamunyera Hambyuka has revealed plans by the government to construct a primary school at Mushangara Village.

Currently, primary school learners must cross a river by canoe each day to attend Kake Primary School on the opposite side—a practice Hambyuka describes as dangerous.