Kavango communities get safe water access amid crocodile threats
The ministry of environment, forestry and tourism has constructed infrastructure at Popa and Mutjikuu villages in the Kavango East region to reduce human-wildlife conflict involving crocodiles and hippos along the Kavango River. Ministry spokesperson Vilho Angula says the new infrastructure will provide community members with safer access to the river for essential activities such as washing and collecting water, while promoting peaceful coexistence between people and wildlife. “The infrastructure was constructed through the ministry’s Human-Wildlife Conflict and Wildlife Crime Project, to provide community members safer access to the river for washing and collecting water,” he says. “This initiative augments other