The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has urged potential presidential candidates and members of the National Assembly to acquaint themselves with the prerequisites for a position on November’s ballot, with registration closing in five days.
Tributes continue to pour in from across the country as Swapo Party members in the Karibib District gathered in Usakos to celebrate the life of the late President Hage Geingob. They hosted the candlelight ceremony while singing traditional hymns.
Members of the Namibia Seaman and Allied Workers Union (NASAWU) at Luderitz staged a demonstration accusing the management of sidelining employees and failing to regularly consult and disclose their benefits from the Trust Fund that was established 26 years ago.
The leader of the Landless Peoples Movement (LPM), Bernadus Swartbooi, has urged his party members to serve in the interest of the nation and remain steadfast in their commitment.
Swartbooi made this appeal during the LPM's Political Action Committee meeting, which took place in Windhoek.
The Swapo Party Vice President has called for unity among party members, regardless of which candidate they supported during last year's Congress.
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah made the call at a party rally held in Rehoboth to formally communicate the outcomes of the 7th Swapo Party Congress.
President Hage Geingob has expressed his gratitude to Namibians for wishing him a speedy recovery.
He also took the opportunity to advise young people to take their health seriously.
Dr. Geingob recently underwent a minor aortic stenosis operation in Cape Town, South Africa.
The Revolutionary Union (RU) has made allegations against Rent-a-Drum management, claiming that workers were being retrenched in retaliation for joining the union in Swakopmund.
New members and a chairperson have been elected for the management committee of the Zambezi Regional Council.
Matengu Simushi of the Swapo Party and Councillor of the Katima Rural Constituency has been re-elected chairperson of the Zambezi Regional Council's Management Committee.
The Swapo Party's Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has urged members to remain united and focused on strengthening the party if it is to withstand an increasingly competitive political climate.
She addressed a party rally at Walvis Bay.
Some members of the Uis community have boycotted the Dauredaman Festival demanding the removal of their traditional leader, Chief Zacharias Seibeb.
The community handed over a petition to the chief.
