The Kavango West Region has recorded 10 road fatalities this year, while 13 people died last year.

Kavango West Regional Commander, Commissioner Julia Sakuwa-Neo, says all fatalities were a result of pedestrians being bumped on the road.

The Regional Commander made the remarks at the launch of the 2023–2024 Festive Season Operation and Road Safety Campaign in Kavango West.

The Don Reader Early Childhood Development Centre in Kavango West Region's Nkurenkuru is officially confirmed to meet the ECD standards of the Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication, and Social Welfare Ministry.

The centre was recently renovated to the tune of N$ 400,000, fully funded by the Namibia Teachers Union.

The Don Reader Ufenkenda ECD Centre was established in 2000 by Don Reader, a retired teacher from Canada, working under the British Colombia Teachers Federation, in collaboration with NANTU.

The upgrading of the N$30 million Nkurenkuru-Nepara road in the Kavango West Region has officially started.

The Nkurenkuru-Nepara road, which is currently gravel and serves a number of villages on the northwestern side of Nkurenkuru, will be upgraded to a low-volume seal standard, of which phase one is expected to be completed within a period of 10 months and will cover 10 kilometres, while phase two is 18 kilometres long.

Police in the Kavango West Region are determined to maintain peace and order in the region, despite the region recording fewer cases on a daily basis.

Kavango West Regional Commander Commissioner Julia Sakuwa-Neo made the comments at a regional crime prevention operation over the weekend.

Commissioner Sakuwa-Neo told the nbc News that Kavango West is the safest at the moment compared to other regions.

She explains that this is because the region is rurally dominant.

Over 3,000 people in the Musese Constituency, Kavango West Region, are without national documents, and the community is pleading for help.

Lack of documentation, they say, deprives them and their children of government services.

During the regional council community meeting at Musese Constituency, Councillor Kosmos Katura stated that he is aware of the challenge and that his office will work with officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs to find a solution.

The police in the Kavango West Region have cautioned residents and farmers to be vigilant about the rising stock theft.

Incidents of stock theft have started picking up in the region due to the fact that the ploughing season has ended and community members have released their cattle to roam around for grazing opportunities.

The Kavango West Region faces numerous challenges, from a lack of education infrastructure to human-wildlife conflict.

In an interview with NBC, Tondoro Constituency Councillor Joseph Sikongo discussed the impact of these challenges.

In some parts of the Kavango West Region's Tondoro Constituency, learners continue to walk long distances to and from school.

The Constituency Councillor, Joseph Sivaku Sikongo, says it has become a matter of concern as this impacts the performance of the learners.

The Governor of the Kavango West Region, Sirkka Ausiku, has called on the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Forestry to improve its procurement process to allow green schemes to run effectively.

Hausiku made the remarks when she visited the Sikondo Green Scheme.

Ausiku says she is happy with the progress at Sikondo Green Scheme and is optimistic there could be a bumper harvest if the ministry improves its procurement process.

Despite the good results, the manager of the green scheme, Maxwell Nghidinua, says the farm is faced with challenges.

The management of the Sikondo Green Scheme Project in the Kavango West Region is concerned over ongoing incidents of theft involving members of the community.

Manager Maxwell Nghidinwa says the project's mandate to produce enough to contribute to food security may not be achieved.

Eight people from Mupini Village were caught red-handed while stealing potatoes in the latest incident.

Nghidinwa says Sikondo aspires to contribute to the country's GDP by planting high-value crops like potatoes, which are in demand.

More than 500 young people from the Kavango West Region have been recruited as casual workers to clear a 20-hectare plot belonging to the Ministry of Sport, Youth, and National Services (MSYNS) at Nkurenkuru.

Kavango West remains the only region without proper sports facilities.

That is about to change as the Ministry will soon start with the development of a stadium, to be followed by a multi-purpose youth centre.

Regional Youth Officer Anna-Marie Kasela says the Ministry decided to ensure local youth are employed in contributing to the process.