The Acting Education Director for Kavango East says the region is fully prepared for the opening of schools next week.
Lukas Makayi said the region has procured stationery and furniture worth about N$4,5 million for the 2026 academic year.
The Inspector General of the Namibian Police Force, Lieutenant General Joseph Shikongo, said some community members have a large part to play when it comes to criminal activities in Kavango East.
Shikongo is holding a community meeting with residents in Rundu.
The Governor of Kavango East is irked by the state of the floating bridge at the Sarasungu Border Post.
The bridge was initially only supposed to be a temporary measure, but it's been 11 years since it was attended to.
Children under the age of 10 from the Kavango East and West regions are being vaccinated against polio.
Governor of the Kavango East Region, Hamunyera Hambyuka, is unhappy with the material being used to construct the Ndiyona-Djaradjara road in the Ndiyona Constituency.
Phase 1 of the 35-kilometre Ndiyona-Djaradjara road started in November 2026 and was expected to be completed in 10 months.
About 50 out-of-school girls in the Kavango East Region took part in the Skills for Girls workshop. The workshop was held under the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture (MEIYSAC).
The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) in the Kavango East Region has recently completed a road safety information sharing programme aimed at sensitising learners on road safety during the festive season.
Accidents in the Kavango East Region have reduced by 41 between November 2023 and November this year.
Statistics provided during the launch of the festive season operation and road safety campaign at Masivi show accidents decreased from 415 to 374.
The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) launched a polio vaccination programme in the Kavango East and West regions.
This comes after detection of the virus at a sewerage pond at Rundu's Ndama location.
Polio is a disease caused by the poliovirus.
A suspected crocodile attack has claimed the life of a woman at Thibanana Village in Mukwe, Kavango East Region.
The incident reportedly occurred on Tuesday afternoon when 47-year-old Othilia Mandera went to fetch water from the Kavango River, just a few metres from her home.
