Category: Zambezi News

By Mary Mashete and Kimmie Mikatazo A comprehensive Supplementary Registration of Voters (SRV) campaign in preparations for the Regional and Local Authority elections, is currently underway in Zambezi Region, running from August 4 – 19, 2025. The initiative aims to engage first-time voters, particularly the youth who have recently turned 18 years of age, individuals…

By Mary Mashete and Kimmie Mikatazo In a significant cultural achievement, and a major milestone in the preservation of indigenous languages was reached this year, when Prof. John Makala Lilemba, a seasoned educator and indigenous language advocate, unveiled a new dictionary aimed at preserving the Chifwe language. The project, which took nearly a decade to…

By Staff Reporter ZAMBEZI Region will now be in control of a female governor, Hon.Dorothy Mareka-Kabula, aged 62 , the former Linyanti Constituency Councillor who is the sixth Regional Governor , and first female governor for Zambezi Region. Honourable Kabula is the former Member of the National Council in 2004 – 2010, and Regional Councillor…

By Staff Reporter IN the just ended By-Elections held on Tuesday June 17, the ruling SWAPO Party of Namibia has returned its stronghold Kabbe South Constituency with its candidate Mr. Raymond Kamwi Sezuni scoring 1 356 votes, against Mr. Sydney Sitali Shamwazi, of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) , an official opposition party in…

By Staff Reporter THE Namibia Defence Force (NDF) and its Botswana Defence Force (BDF) counterpart, have started the Civil–Military Cooperation (CIMIC) Sensitization Campaign which officially kicked off on Monday June 9, 2025 with the first community visits to Ngoma Sub-Khuta and Chinhimane Sub-Khuta in Zambezi Region. The Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs has announced…

By Staff Reporter THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) , has arrested an employee of Zambezi Regional Council, and two contractors over N$4 million tender supply of drought relief food on Wednesday. ACC stated on the statement that a Zambezi Regional Council employee and two accomplices were arrested by the Anti-Corruption Commission in connection with a drought…

By Staff Reporter Katima Mulilo Urban Constituency Councillor , Hon. Kennedy Simasiku was sworn in as a new member of parliament in the National Council on Wednesday. He replaced Hon. John Musialela Likando, former National Council member of parliament  and Kabbe South Councillor, who was sworn in by Chief Justice Peter Shivute , on 25…

By Risco Lumamezi TWO siblings of the physically challenged woman have expressed concerns on the failure of the allocation of the residential plot,  and basic services to their elder sister Mundia Sandema (40) , and are calling  government to intervene on the matter with urgency. Elias Liyelelo , a younger brother expressed concern to the…

By Staff Reporter UNIVERSITY of Namibia’s Katima Mulilo Campus has donated teaching materials and sanitary pads ,  to learners of Alufea Sampofu Combined School in Katima Mulilo on Friday. According to Dr. Samuel Mafwila, Campus Director revealed that the School was selected by UNAM in collaborations with other Germany partners to support the school in…