More than eight million Zimbabweans are expected to head to the polls on Wednesday.

Eleven candidates are participating in the Harmonised General Elections, but it seems to be a two-horse race between the incumbent president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, and Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens Coalition for Change."

The Ministerial Committee further expressed sympathy and solidarity for the gas explosion that occurred on Wednesday in Johannesburg, South Africa.

One person died in the explosion, and 48 were injured.

The Central Bank will make its monetary policy announcement on Wednesday.

The ultimate objective of monetary policy in Namibia is to see if it is necessary to either raise or decrease the repo rate.

The repo rate is the premium the Bank of Namibia charges banks for money it advances.