CATTLE farmers in the Uuvudhiya farming area of the Oshana Region can rest assured that their livestock will have enough water until the end of the year, as Lake Oponona is full to the brim.
“Lake Oponona is full. To be honest with you, Lake Oponona will not get dry this year,” the councillor for the Uuvudhiya constituency, Amutenya Ndahafa, told The Namibian.He said in addition to Oponona, other smaller lakes in the area such as Uupeke and M’lunga were also full of water.Ndahafa said there were an estimated 15 000 to 20 000 cattle in the Uuvudhiya farming area.Lake Oponona is the largest water body in the Cuvelai Drainage System, which covers a huge area of 7 000 square kilometres spanning southern Angola and northern Namibia.The lake is of critical importance to the local population, whose livelihoods depend on subsistence farming and fishing.Situated about 70 km north of the Etosha National Park, the lake is also the source of the Ekuma River that flows intermittently into Etosha Pan.To be honest with you, Lake Oponona will not get dry this year,” the councillor for the Uuvudhiya constituency, Amutenya Ndahafa, told The Namibian.He said in addition to Oponona, other smaller lakes in the area such as Uupeke and M’lunga were also full of water.Ndahafa said there were an estimated 15 000 to 20 000 cattle in the Uuvudhiya farming area.Lake Oponona is the largest water body in the Cuvelai Drainage System, which covers a huge area of 7 000 square kilometres spanning southern Angola and northern Namibia.The lake is of critical importance to the local population, whose livelihoods depend on subsistence farming and fishing.Situated about 70 km north of the Etosha National Park, the lake is also the source of the Ekuma River that flows intermittently into Etosha Pan.
