The San community in the Bwabwata National Park in the Zambezi region says their family members die while waiting for help in cases of medical emergencies. The community is outraged after three men were run over along the Trans-Zambezi Highway…

A woman who allegedly killed her flatmate by setting fire to the room in which she was with her two daughters was denied bail in the Katima Mulilo Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. It is alleged that Nambwa Matengu (38) set…

Eleven children under five years with diarrhoea-related symptoms have died in the Zambezi region this year. This was revealed by the minister of health and social services Esperance Luvindao yesterday. Luvindao informed The Namibian on Monday regarding the reports of…

Kambimba Senior Primary School needs assistance to construct a proper community hostel to accommodate about 66 pupils from surrounding villages. School principal Maria Dinyando says the current community hostel, situated in the Mukwe constituency of the Kavango East region, that…

Zambezi regional governor Dorothy Kabula-Simushi says traditional authority leaders must use their influence within local communities to strongly advocate for climate-resilient adaptation and natural resource management. She made this call during the regional stakeholders consultation on the review of the…

Livestock farmers in the Zambezi region say they are facing financial hardships since the Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) stopped operating the Katima Mulilo abattoir in June. Meatco, which has been operating the Katima Mulilo abattoir since 2021, has handed…

The Central Procurement Board of Namibia (CPBN) says it will cost N$268.7 million to elevate the grounds of the flood-affected Muzii Combined School in the Zambezi region over the next three years. In a media statement issued on Thursday, the…

The Katima Mulilo Town Council has forbidden local event organisers from hosting their Yo Maps headliner show during the same time as the annual Zambezi Bream Festival. The ninth Zambezi Bream Festival will take place from 30 August to 6…

Zambezi senior labour inspector Richard Mushaukwa says 80% of the retailers and wholesale shop owners in the region are not paying the minimum wage of N$18 per hour to their workers. Mushaukwa revealed this to the parliamentary standing committee on…

Mayeyi Traditional Authority chief Boniface Shufu has labelled Sangwali village in the Zambezi region as the least developed in the area. He said this during the annual Batshara Cultural Festival at the village on Sunday. Shufu said Sangwali village is…

Vice president Lucia Witbooi says traditional leaders must work together to promote unity and nation-building among the citizens who follow them. Witbooi made this call during the annual Batshara Cultural Festival at Sangwali in the Zambezi region on Sunday. The…

Wildfires continue to destroy hundreds of hectares of grazing land in the Dâures constituency as emergency teams and communities battle to contain the blaze. The fight to put out the blaze has been ongoing for weeks. However, efforts have been…