The Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security, Lucia Iipumbu, toured various border posts in the Zambezi Region.

These visits were aimed at assessing service delivery challenges. 

The Namibian police's Women Network in the Zambezi region commemorated 16 years of its existence.

The event held at Katima Mulilo was held under the theme "Honouring the past, empowering the future of women". 

Taxi drivers in Katima Mulilo have bemoaned a high number of unregistered taxis in the town.

They say unregistered taxis are benefiting more than them from the recent two-dollar increase in taxi fare, as they do not pay set road transport charges.

The Ngoma border post in Katima Mulilo has faced criticism again after travellers reported waiting for hours early yesterday morning without assistance.

When NBC News visited the border, the situation had returned to normal, with two immigration officers attending to both departure and arrival counters.

Cattle farmers in the Zambezi Region demonstrated to demand Namibian Defence Force (NDF) assistance in securing the porous border and combating cattle theft.

Vincent Siliye, chairperson of the Liselo-Kamenga Anti-Stock Theft Association, said the security situation has become untenable.

Nurses in the Zambezi Region gathered at the Katima Mulilo open market in celebration of International Nurses Day under the theme, "Our Nurses, Our Future, and Empowered Nurses Save Lives."

The Namibian Police in the Zambezi Region held a power transition with a "handing and taking over" ceremony for outgoing Regional Commander Commissioner Andreas Shilelo and incoming Commissioner Julia Sakuwa-Neo.

The takeover of the Katima Mulilo abattoir by ZamCo from MeatCo is underway, with the two institutions conducting information sessions on operations ahead of the handover scheduled for 1 July.

Zambezi Police are investigating a series of road-related incidents.

This includes a hit-and-run on Friday along Dr Sam Nujoma Drive near the Bebi 1 location involving a pedestrian.

The incident occurred on a section of road currently under rehabilitation. 

Police in the Zambezi Region is involving traditional authorities to minimise stock theft through.

The police have reported a case of stock theft involving 678 cattle that occurred between 2025 and 2026 along Namibia's borders with Botswana and Angola, specifically in February.