Alcohol abuse, a lack of emotional self-regulation and listening skills are the top social causes of gender-based violence and suicides in Namibia.

This is according to a therapist from Swakopmund, Marcella Katjijova, who has urged the public to prioritise mental health care.

The Deputy Minister of ICT, Emma Theofelus, held a consultative meeting with the Erongo Regional leadership on the Nationhood and National Pride (NNP) campaign, as part of the reactivation of the campaign.

Three Gender-Based Violence (GBV) survivors and activists who arrived in Swakopmund after walking 370 kilometres from Windhoek say suicide is not a solution to GBV.

Reverend June Dolley Major, a South African national, has urged survivors to speak out and for communities to stop shaming them.