Category: Caprivi News

By Staff Reporter Zambezi Region will now have its female police commander for the first time since independence, Police Inspector General Joseph Shikongo announced the appointment on Tuesday. Commissioner Julia Sakua-Neo will now serve as the Regional Commander for Zambezi with effect May 1, 2026. She was transferred from Kavango West Police Regional Headquarters. However,…

By Staff Reporter Three (3) flood affected schools in the eastern Zambezi are expected to move to higher grounds. The Office of the Prime Minister announced on Sunday. The decision to move happened after a stakeholder engagement. The Office of the Prime Minister led this engagement in the Zambezi Region last week. The affected schools…

By Staff Reporter Mr. Geoffrey Kupuzo Mwilima (Senior), a former Caprivi High Treason Prisoner and Member of Parliament, died on Thursday at Windhoek Private Hospital, at the age of 70. His death occurred just over a month after his release from a Namibian prison on December 24, 2025. Prior to his release on remission by…

By Mashete Lumamezi Zambezi Regional Director of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts, and Culture, Mr Alex Sikume, has addressed the current state of education following the announcement of the 2025 examination results for Grade 11 (NSSCO) and Grade 12 (NSSCAS) in the Zambezi Region. In an interview with Caprivi Vision recently, Mr Sikume clarified that for the…

By Mashete Lumamezi  The Katima Mulilo Town Council’s former Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Charles Nawa Nawa, died on Friday, January 2, 2026, after an illness in Windhoek. The late Mr. Nawa died at the age of 57 and served as the Chief Executive Officer from 2012–2016. Former Mayor Mr. Charles Mukaya Matengu expressed his heartfelt…

By Staff Reporter The National Democratic Party (NDP) held its two-day conference in Katima Mulilo over the weekend to review the outcomes of the recently concluded Regional Councils and Local Authority Elections. Addressing party members and supporters, Hon. Martin Lukato, President of the NDP and Member of Parliament (MP), emphasized the importance of their gathering…

By Mashete Lumamezi Zambezi Police Regional Commander Andreas Shilelo has urged all livestock farmers in the region to stop hiring Zambian nationals as cattle herders, due to the alarmingly high reports of stock theft against them. Commissioner Shilelo told Caprivi Vision that it is high time for now that the livestock farmers should put aside…

By Staff Reporter The Namibian Police in the Zambezi Region have re-arrested five escapees who broke out of the Ngoma Police Cell on December 7, 2025. Zambezi Regional Police Commissioner Andreas Shilelo confirmed to Caprivi Vision that Joseph Munalula, Simasiku Sikwezi, Mushe Simasiku, Moonga Kahiyata, and Kwalela Namushi were rearrested at the villages of Kabulabula,…

By Mashete Lumamezi   Supporters of the United Democratic Party (UDP) held a peaceful march on Wednesday in Katima Mulilo, calling for Namibian President Dr Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah to consider a lasting solution to the long-standing issue of Caprivi’s right to self-determination. Their planned peaceful demonstration was earlier rejected, as petitions were submitted by the four…