President Hage Geingob has spoken out on claims by the 'so-called' Caprivi Concerned Group, that Zambezi Region is not part of Namibia.

President Hage Geingob took his series of Town Hall meetings to the Zambezi Region where residents raised issues such as high levels of poverty, youth unemployment, the water crisis, effects of the drought and none availability of livestock markets.

-One person died on the spot Saturday evening after the Open Corsa bakkie he was traveling in left the road and overturned at Namalubi in the Zambezi Region.

Cabinet has approved plans by a Chinese company to grow tobacco and maize in the Zambezi Region.

The Ministry of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare rolled out its Food Bank programme in the Zambezi Region.

The Integrated Regional Land Use Plan (IRLUP) aims to find solutions on how to utilise land.

Regional leaders of the Zambezi Region have joined the uniformed forces and other stakeholders to create awareness on road safety.

-Some residents in the Zambezi Region continue to deny officials of the malaria control programme access to spray their houses, despite Government's efforts to control disease in the area.

Zambezi Governor, Alufea Sampofu, says a number of capital projects were implemented in the last financial year in the region despite economic difficulties.

While learners returned to school on Monday, five schools in the Zambezi Region could not open due to floods.