The quality of learning in the Kunene Region continues to be affected by high cases of school dropouts and teenage pregnancies.

This was stated by regional education Deputy Director Petrus Shipalanga during a briefing with EU Ambassador to Namibia Ana Beatriz Martins at Khorixas last week.

Khorixas residents have welcomed the first vocational training centre in the region, which was inaugurated by President Nangolo Mbumba last year.

Residents of Khorixas in the Kunene Region have expressed that they do not want to be remembered only when it's election time or on matters that have to do with elections. 

At Khorixas, part of about 500 uniformed officers who registered as voters in the region cast their votes.

By 16:00, the Khorixas polling station had captured 93 voters.

By the afternoon, Opuwo recorded 231 voters, while Okanguati recorded 55.

Deputy Prime Minister John Mutorwa is urging the Kunene Regional Council's management to assess the drought situation and to ensure that people in need benefit from the government's drought relief aid.

Mutorwa made an appeal during his visit to the region to assess the drought situation.

The death of Khoekhoegowab researcher Michael Doëseb has been described as a big loss to his family and the Damaran community.

Doëseb was a cultural enthusiast and Khoekhoegowab preserver who lived with his family in Khorixas, Kunene Region. 

A woman who hails from humble beginnings in the small town of  Khorixas is making waves in the wine industry.

Sanet Bombas recently launched a range of wines called Bombas.

The Sanet Bombas journey is one laced with passion, perseverance, and pride.

Kunene Governor Marius Sheya has warned against tribalistic remarks pitting the Damara and Nama tribesmen at Khorixas.

Sheya called out issues brewing at the Ward 9 communal area, where the locals are at loggerheads over alleged non-ancestral people being allocated plots to farm and residing there.

The Kunene Region held a memorial service to honour  the late President, Hage Geingob.

Kunene Governor Marius Sheya at the event said, it is so unreal that Hage Geingob is no more.

Housing and land delivery for low-income earners in the Kunene Region, including the upgrading of the informal settlements, is taking shape.

At Khorixas, 445 plots were handed over to the residents of the Ada-||Naugu informal settlement to build their houses.