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Oshakati Senior Secondary School is a school in Oshakati, Iipumbu yaShilongo street, in Oshana Region, northern Namibia. It was established in 1973 and has 34 classes. The principal is Mr. Kamati.
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Oshana is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, its capital is Oshakati. The name Oshana describes the most prominent landscape feature in the area, namely the shallow, seasonally inundated depressions which underpin the local agro ecological system. Although communications are hindered during the rainy season, the fish which breed in the oshanas provide an important source of dietary protein.
Ohangwena is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, its capital is Eenhana. The northern and western parts of the region are the most densely populated of this essentially subsistence agricultural region in which small scale mahangu cultivation and the keeping of cattle form the predominant activities. Although the region depends on rain fed agriculture, other crops can be established under intensive cultivation.
Elim is a village in the north-east of the Republic of Namibia. It is the district capital of the Elim Constituency in the administrative Omusati Region. It is situated in a formerly forested area that has largely been converted into agricultural grassland.
Oshakati is a town of 37,000 inhabitants in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It is the regional capital and was officially founded in July 1966. The city was used as a base of operations by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the South African Border War.
The Oshakati City, also known as FNB Oshakati City due to sponsorship reasons, is a Namibian football (soccer) club from Oshakati. They play in the country's second division, the Namibia First Division. Oshakati is based in Oshakati city in the northern part of the country, it was there for name after the original town Oshakati and most of the players are based from that town.The club have a huge spomsorship backing by First National Bank of Namibia and a local business tycoon Benjamen (Kagau-B.H) Hauwanga the owner of the BH Group of Companies operating in Namibia and Angola.The club colors are red and white.
Oshakati Independence Stadium is a football stadium in Oshakati, Oshana Region, Namibia. Home to Oshakati City F.C. formerly of the Namibia Premier League, Oshakati Independence Stadium can seat 8,000 spectators. It was built over seven years at a cost of 20 million Namibian dollars, but needed N$55,000 worth of repairs just a year later. In February 2008, two people died at the stadium during intense flooding across northern Namibia.
The 1988 Oshakati bomb blast was a bombing in Oshakati, Ovamboland, South West Africa which killed 27 people and left 70 others injured on 19 February 1988. The target of the bombing was the Barclay's Bank in the town. The perpetrators were never identified or convicted. Both the South African police and South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), the major independence movement in Namibia, were blamed. At the time of the blast, both SWAPO and the South African authorities blamed each other.
Okaku Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It has 19,262 inhabitants, its district capital is the settlement of Okaku.
Oshakati East is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It contains the eastern parts of the town of Oshakati and has 22,634 inhabitants. The Okatana River separates Oshakati East from the Oshakati West constituency.
Oshakati West is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It contains the western parts of the town of Oshakati and has 20,015 inhabitants. The Okatana River separates Oshakati West from the Oshakati East constituency.
Ehenye is a village on the edge of the town, of Oshakati, Namibia. The village was formed in the 1950s by people who were forcefully removed from Erundu by the South African apartheid regime to pave way for the development of the town.The village has approximately 58 homestead and the population of 400 people, of which 45% of the population are elderly people over the age of 50. The village has a primary school known as Ehenye PS which was established in 1997,the school is having 15 teachers, 470 students and its from grade 1-7. Since moving to Ehenye village, villagers has been living in peace and harmony until 1992, when the Oshakati town council approached them for the first time concerning their land.
Oshali West Combined School is a school in Oshakati, Oshana Region, Namibia, near the border with Angola.
Okatana is an ephemeral river in the north of Namibia. It forms part of the Cuvelai basin. It has two channels, one running through Oshakati, serving as the boundary between the constituencies of Oshakati West and Oshakati East; the other running east of town. The two channels rejoin south of Oshakati, and the river flows into the Etosha pan. The river provides a source of water to people who leave nearby the river and food during rainy season. During rainy season it affects the community economically, socially and educationally. The ways are cut off; schools are closed due to this river. This is always made difficult for the students and teachers to close this river.
Ekuku is a village located nearly 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north of Oshakati in Okatana Constituency, Oshana Region, Namibia. The mayor of the village is Leevi Shipepe ya Shipepe, and its population is about 3,000.
Onimwandi is a settlement in the Oshana Region in northern Namibia. It belongs to the Oshakati West electoral constituency and is situated 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) away from Oshakati on the left hand side of the main road on the way to Okahao. The headman of the Oniimwandi village is Mr Erastus Amupolo and his assistant is Mr Juuda Amupolo.
Oshakati Airport is an airport serving Oshakati in the Oshana Region of Namibia.
Ogongo is a settlement in the Omusati Region, in the central North of Namibia. Its neighbouring places include Outapi, Elim and Oshikuku.
Trustco Bank Namibia, Ltd., formerly the FIDES Bank Namibia, is a commercial bank in Namibia owned by Trustco Group Holdings. Its main commercial activity is to provide microfinancing services.