The level of the Zambezi River has been rising rapidly in the past week after a drop of about three metres in the past months.

The floodplains in Kabbe South and North have started receiving flood waters as the Zambezi River started bursting its banks again.

Over the past years, the annual floods from the Zambezi River started in January and February, and the water started subsiding towards the end of March.

Schools in the flood plains are the only dry areas because they are constructed on higher ground, while all other areas are flooded.

The Katima Mulilo Magistrate's Court sentenced Nzundamo Kabala to an effective 21 years in prison after he was found guilty on two of six charges.

Kabala was sentenced to 18 years in prison for the murder of Falali Mahoto and 5 years in prison for the attempted murder of his former girlfriend and the deceased's cousin, Kahimbi Mahoto.

According to the charge sheet, Kabala was at the Bezi bar along the Zambezi River when he allegedly began assaulting his long-term girlfriend Kahimbi, despite the efforts of her cousin Falali to stop him.