The Kavango West Regional Council has dispatched a team to visit all council-funded projects across the region to assess their progress.

As the tour kicked off, some projects showed promising progress, with others requiring intervention from regional authorities. 

The Eneas Peter Nanyemba dual-carriage freeway is still under construction and has not been completed by the set date, due to various delays.

Namibia is taking a step towards stronger governance and accountability by hosting the African Peer Review Mechanism Governance Index National Dialogue and Data Validation Workshop at Swakopmund.

Pensioners who gathered at the Otjomuise Community Hall have expressed frustration over delayed pension payments by Epupa.

Those who spoke to the NBC News team today said an announcement was made last week on the radio, stating that their pensions would be paid on Monday, 1 September.

A family of five at Otjiwarongo's informal settlement was left homeless after their corrugated iron house was gutted by fire last night.

The family said a 70-year-old grandmother was trying to light her smoking pipe in the house.