The VaSambyu Traditional Authority representative, Bertha Kwandu, urged parents not to keep deaf children at home but to enroll them in educational institutions.

The Pretoria High Court has indefinitely adjourned the hearing of the leave to appeal, where the family had made an application to be heard following their failure to accept the judgement that was passed to allow the Zambian government to repatriate and bury the remains of the late Edgar Lungu in Zambia.

The Mayor of Swakopmund, Blasius Goraseb, has praised the town's rising profile as Namibia's hub for sports tourism.

The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, James Sankwasa, has removed all members of the Katima Mulilo Town Council from office and taken over their responsibilities with immediate effect.

 The decision was published in the Government Gazette on August 15. 

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has returned from the 45th SADC Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Governments in Madagascar.

The Summit addressed critical issues, notably the recent US tariff challenges impacting the region.