2020-04-20John Muyamba RUNDU – The Kavango East region’s Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) has encouraged young people to adhere to measures put in place to contain the spread of Covid-19. View more
2020-04-21John Muyamba KAPAKO - Leader of the Mbunza Traditional Authority Hompa Alfons Kaundu has commended government for the emergency income grant that is being implemented nationally to cushion the impact of Covid-19 on the less privileged. View more
2020-04-24John Muyamba RUNDU – Farmers in Kavango East have welcomed the new regional governor Bonifatius Wakudumo with a list of demands after he started work last week when he was appointed by the Head of State to replace Samuel Mbambo, who has been at the help of the region since 2013. View more
2020-04-24John Muyamba NKURENKURU – The Nkurenkuru Town Council wants government to step up with a plan to rescue local authorities with some form of subsidy on operational costs, as councils face a drastic reduction in revenue collection due to the Covid-19 outbreak. View more
2020-04-27John Muyamba RUNDU - Four tailors who also in the past benefited from equipment donation from the ministry of trade and industrialisation were on Friday given textile materials to enable them to sew face masks to sell to Namibians in their localities to curb the spread of Covid-19. Profit is meant for the upliftment of the beneficiaries. View more
2020-04-29John Muyamba RUNDU – As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to take a toll on Namibians, especially on athletes, Rundu-based sport club Cuca Tops yesterday responded in timely fashion with a donation of food parcels to its players. View more
2020-04-29John Muyamba DIVUNDU – The Divundu Village Council in Kavango East has set measures in place to curb the spread of Covid-19, local authority CEO Athanasius Maghumbo says. View more
2020-05-05John Muyamba RUNDU - The annual Hambukushu cultural festival, which is usually held during the first week of May at Mukwe tribal office, has been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. View more
2020-05-06John Muyamba RUNDU - The police in Kavango East has beefed up border enforcement to prevent a potential Covid-19 outbreak from illegal immigrants entering the country. Two boats are being used to patrol the Namibia-Angola border along the Okavango River View more
2020-05-29John Muyamba NKURENKURU – The ministry of education is currently working around the clock to install water tanks at some 54 schools in the Kavango West region. Most of the schools are located in remote areas where there is a huge backlog in the provision of potable water. View more
2020-05-29John Muyamba RUNDU - Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) in Rundu have realised that local artists in the region have been hit hard due to social distancing regulations whereby there are no shows, concerts or public performance to promote themselves and have thus come up with an idea to promote them via social media live streaming sessions. View more
2020-06-02John Muyamba RUNDU - The Namibia National Students Organisation (Nanso) says schools should not bar learners from attending classes because of their hairstyles. “Nanso further calls on all schools across Namibia to adhere to the call by the ministry of education that no learner be sent home as a result of their hairstyle. Nanso calls on all learners to remain calm as we await on the guidelines from the Office View more
2020-06-02John Muyamba RUNDU - The police in Kavango East are investigating a case of rape at Ndiyona village after it emerged a 14-year-old minor fell pregnant following a rape incident in November last year. However, the case was never reported to the police as the minor was allegedly threatened by the suspect against reporting the case. View more
2020-06-03John Muyamba Two toddlers from Onamafila village in Ohangwena region and another from Tsumeb drowned in separate incidents on Sunday afternoon. View more
2020-06-04John Muyamba RUNDU – Because the wearing of face masks has become mandatory in public places as a preventive measure for Covid-19, a well-known Rundu tailor Toze Bejami on Wednesday donated 300 masks to help government curtail the spread of the pandemic. View more
2020-06-04John Muyamba Public and private schools finally reopened yesterday for grade 11 and 12 learners as part of a phased return to the classroom after weeks of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. View more
2020-06-08John Muyamba RUNDU - The case of a man, who stands accused of allegedly killing his lover in the Mukwe area and burying her remains in Rundu two years ago, was last week postponed to 13 July for the prosecutor general’s decision. View more