The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform plans to revive a technology centre in Rundu, after years of limited activity. The centre is expected to support agricultural mechanisation by managing and monitoring systems that benefit Green Scheme irrigation projects and subsistence farmers.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN) marked the centenary of its missionary work in the Kavango regions. Established in 1926, the church has played a significant role in the area.
A German missionary, Otto Emil Narchi, established the first church at Nkurenkuru.
The feasibility study for the railway line from Grootfontein via the Kavango Regions to Katima Mulilo was finalised a year ago, and its findings rated the project favourably under different regional participation models.
Concerns were raised in Parliament about the recent cases of children consuming alleged spoilt food in the Kavango regions, with questions raised about whether the Ministry of Education is doing anything to address the situation at school hostels.
Control Prosecutor in the office of the Prosecutor General, Soraya Petrus, has raised concern that the low number of trafficking in persons cases reported in the two Kavango regions could be due to a lack of understanding.
Fish stocks in the two Kavango regions have been dropping in recent years.
This has not only affected livelihoods but has also increased incidences of human-wildlife conflict.
About 89 out-of-school vulnerable girls and young women from both Kavango regions who are part of the USAID Reach Namibia project underwent vocational training skills.
The students obtained their certificates.
President Nangolo Mbumba is on a three-day visit to the Kavango regions visiting green scheme projects to assess their productivity.
The President's first stop was the Sikondo Green Scheme, situated in Kavango West Region.
The president of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) says the Kavango regions have agricultural potential and the ability to become beacons of prosperity for Namibia.
McHenry Venaani made the remarks at a PDM rally at Divundu, Kavango East, during the weekend.
There is not a single old-age home in the Kavango East and West regions, and it's not because there is a shortage of financial resources to build such establishments.
A local expert says it's simply not part of the culture to isolate the elderly.
