Motorists with outstanding warrants of arrest have until the end of January next year to settle their admission of guilt fines.

Speaking at a media briefing, NamPol's Inspector General, Lieutenant General Joseph Shikongo, said a total of 348,438 warrants of arrest are yet to be executed.

These settlements, the Inspector General says, can be done at any magistrate's court as well as at traffic offices within the magisterial district where the tickets were issued.

"The National Criminal Justice Forum took cognizance of various factors, such as the financial burden on motorists and the need for traffic offenders to pay bail upon arrest and defend their case in court. Therefore, an amnesty was declared on the warrant of arrest for motorist traffic offenders."

The warrants of arrest include all those issued by municipal traffic services and road transport inspectors.

"I am appealing to members of the public to make use of this amnesty period as an opportunity to clear their names of warrants of arrest and change their behaviours on the public roads. I appeal to Namibians to stop drinking and driving."

The police chief at the media briefing said NamPol and their Zambian counterparts have joined forces to keep the peace between the two countries, especially along the borders.

They will also tackle issues of cross-border crime and control.