Aerial operations continued for a fifth straight day on Wednesday to battle wildfires sweeping through the Franschhoek Valley in South Africa's Cape Winelands.

 Namibia and South Africa have signed a memorandum of understanding to formalise cooperation between the two judiciaries.

The agreement was signed by Chief Justice Peter Shivute and his South African counterpart, Mandisa Maya.

The Grape Growers Association has highlighted several challenges facing the industry, such as restrictions preventing the export of selected products to neighbouring South Africa.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has returned to Namibia from Johannesburg, South Africa, where she attended the G20 Summit as an invited guest of South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa.

President Nandi-Ndaitwah landed at the Keetmanshoop Airport. 

Women and men across the country today participated in the National Women's Shutdown Namibia, a coordinated silent lie-down held in solidarity with Women for Change in South Africa. 

The 15-minute standstill called on the government to declare gender-based violence and femicide a national disaster.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has departed for the G20 summit in South Africa.

The summit is set to take place in Johannesburg from the 22nd to the 23rd of November.

The Kenyan and South African governments are engaging with Ukrainian authorities regarding their nationals who say they are trapped in Donbas and other regions. 

The ban on horticulture exports to South Africa has been lifted.

 Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Land Reform, Inge Zaamwani, has confirmed the resumption of exports as of Thursday, October 23; previously withdrawn trade permits have also been reinstated.

The Lungu family says it is ready to bury the late Edgar Lungu if President Hakainde Hichilema steps aside.

Mental health experts have raised an alarm over the growing number of professionals taking their own lives, saying decent and meaningful employment remains crucial to individual well-being and national productivity.