The number of people with mental illnesses detained in police holding cells in Namibia's coastal towns is on the rise due to a lack of psychiatric wards.

Community members at Walvis Bay have condemned the not-guilty verdict of Azaan Madisia (30) and her brother and co-accused, Steven Mulundu (25).

The pair stood accused of murdering 22-year-old Shannon Wasserfall, a close friend of Madisia, in April 2020. 

The Namibian Navy sailed from Walvis Bay on Tuesday and arrived at the Luderitz harbor Wednesday morning to support the Cray Fish Festival, scheduled to start on Friday.

The Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) want young people at Walvis Bay to benefit from jobs through the Governmental Objective Fishing Quota.

The party mobilized jobless youth to petition the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources.

Responding to the taxi drivers who have petitioned the municipality over poor roads, Walvis Bay mayor Trevino Forbes says the council has already started repairing some of the main roads. 

There is a growing recognition that places of detention have become targets for the recruitment of potential violent extremists.

This was revealed at the first-ever regional workshop on preventing radicalization into violent extremism in prisons.

More than 15 art and craft vendors travelled to Walvis Bay from Kunene, Otjozondjupa, northern and Kavango regions to sell their products to tourists on the Queen Mary 2 passenger vessel.

The art and craft vendors are mostly women who support their families through the sale of souvenirs to tourists.

The coastal towns of Walvis Bay and Swakopmund received a boost, with the arrival of more than 2 000 tourists on the Queen Mary 2 Passenger Vessel.

The branch of the Independent Patriots for Change in Erongo has called on the mining industry to plough back into the communities in which they operate.

Its Chairperson, Aloysius Kangulu, says his party wants the industry to add value to resources instead of exporting them in raw form.

Residents of Omatjete Settlement and surrounding villages in the Daures Constituency have joined in the fray to get the Minister of Mines and Energy, Tom Alweendo, to keenly look into dealings of small-scale mines and license holders.