Community members in Tsumeb, under the banner of the Aitsama Madan organisation, have called on the Police to review the 48-hour waiting period associated with missing-person reports.

Residents of Kuvukiland informal settlement in Tsumeb have raised concerns over open trenches dug a year ago during a water project that have become a safety hazard. 

Residents say the open trenches have raised fears for children's safety, during the rainy season.

Hundreds of anti-immigration protesters took to the streets of Durban on Thursday, with vehicles set ablaze and foreign-owned businesses targeted as unrest swept through the city centre.

The City of Windhoek has launched its third consecutive International Fire Safety Week, running from 7 to 10 October.

The week aims to raise awareness about fire prevention and encourage communities to take a more active role in reducing fire-related deaths and property losses.

A 16-year-old boy has been commended for his swift actions after rescuing twin babies who were thrown into a pond by their mother in Omutundungu village, located in the Omusati Region.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, in her capacity as Patron of Road Safety in Namibia, is calling for heightened alertness on the roads during the festive season. 

An increase in suicides, road fatalities, and violent attacks dominated the weekend police report.

The lifeless body of Hofeni Shoombe (49) was discovered inside a silver VW Kombi on Kupferberg Road in Windhoek, with a gunshot wound to the head; no foul play is suspected.

Cholera has now spread to 8 of the 10 provinces of Zambia as the country records its 9th death since the disease broke out in August this year.

2 new cases of cholera recorded in North Western Province of Zambia bring the number to 8 of the 10 regions of the country.

Two Namwater employees died on the spot after they were reportedly electrocuted at Nankudu Village in the Kavango West Region on Thursday.