Raw sewage overwhelms Leevi Hakusembe Secondary School

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2025-10-07

NKURENKURU, 25 September 2025-Teacher houses for Leevi Hakusembe Secondary School in Kavango West region. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

NKURENKURU, 07 OCT (NAMPA) – Leevi Hakusembe Secondary School in the Kavango West Region is facing a health and sanitation crisis as raw sewage is overflowing into hostels, classrooms, and teacher accommodation.
The sewage system of the school, which has 900 learners, has been failing since 2010, creating what principal Amandus Hamutenya has described as “unbearable conditions,” with faeces floating in overflowing water in hostel blocks and the s...

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NKURENKURU, 25 September 2025- The school hall that is about to collapse at Leevi Hakusembe Secondary School in Kavango West Region. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

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