The Otjozondjupa Regional Electoral Officer, Victoria Amutenya, says only 148 out of the 204 trainees will be appointed as registration officials in the Otjozondjupa Region. 

General voter registration is scheduled to start on June 3 and last until August 1.

420 trainees graduated at the Windhoek Vocational Training Centre (WVTC) in Windhoek today (Friday).

Of the graduates, 36% are female and 64% are male.

44 trainees from the Karibib Gemstone Centre graduated in gemstone cutting and polishing.

For decades, foreigners would come to Namibia to buy raw gemstones, with the value addition taking place elsewhere.

Trainees from the marginalised communities sponsored by Palms for Life at the Tukurenu Community Skills Development Centre at Rundu are not happy with the treatment they receive from the sponsors.

Hundreds of trainees from the Tukurenu Community Skills Development Centre at Rundu staged a demonstration demanding payment of their residue funds.