Residents of Maputa Village in the Kavango East Region are unhappy with the registration process conducted by the Ministry of Home Affairs. They claim that they are being asked to provide supporting documents that they do not possess.
28,000 people have so far registered for national documents since the launch of the Mass Registration for National Documents campaign in February.
The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security is conducting the mass registration outreach programme across all 14 regions of Namibia.
The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, and Safety and Security launched the "community against crime" initiative through a tournament hosted in Kalimbeza in the Zambezi Region.
In a move aimed at enhancing internal security and ensuring credible national registration, Namibia and Zambia have embarked on a collaborative effort to share expertise and best practices in the fields of civil registration and identity management systems.
The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security has refuted claims that it has banned click characters.
The Ministry was responding to a publication in a local daily newspaper that reported that the Ministry had turned away an individual whose surname comprises a click character.
Namibia's Cabinet has approved the introduction of contactless microchip identity documents.
Undocumented and stateless residents from Bravo Settlement in Kavango West got an opportunity to be registered by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security.
The initiative was held on Africa Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Day, usually celebrated on August 10 each year.
The Councillor of Musese Constituency in Kavango West Region, Kosmos Katura, has urged the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security to enhance civil registration outreach programmes within his constituency.
