The SADC Committee of Senior Officials of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation is meeting to discuss the political and security situation in the region.
Delegates at the 7th Swapo Party Elective Congress started arriving today from all 14 regions.
Preparations for the congress were slowly but surely gaining momentum at the Safari Hotel in Windhoek.
A 28-year-old resident of Otjomuise Extension 8 in Windhoek, Marciel Tjerivanga, died in the early hours of Sunday morning after he was allegedly stabbed to death by his brother at the family's home.
President Hage Geingob has urged the staff of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security to be vigilant against the forging and corrupt issuance of national documents.
The Central Procurement Board of Namibia has awarded 37 procurement contracts to the value of N$1.4 billion between April and September this year.
The Acting Chairperson of the board, Amon Ngavetene, revealed this at a media briefing in Windhoek.
Two white rhinos have been shot and their horns removed at farm Otjisauona, in the Windhoek district.
The Namibian police report that the incident took place between Friday and Monday.
The rhinos are valued at N$660 000.
The good rain received in Windhoek yesterday has brought with it some misery, leaving some residents homeless.
When it rains, it brings relief. But in most cases, the people who live in Windhoek's informal settlements fear floods when they see dark clouds.
Twenty years since its construction, the High Energy Stereoscopic System telescope, situated about 120 km west of Windhoek, remains an outstanding example of technical precision and awe.
It was a rainy afternoon with hailstones in some parts of the capital city, Windhoek, presenting a welcome relief from the past days of hot weather conditions.
Last week, the capital city experienced warm to hot temperatures of between 28 and 35 degrees Celsius.
The President of the African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW) has called on African countries to appropriately place water at the top of their socioeconomic development agenda.
