Over 15,000 hopefuls for 200 jobs at the Namibia Correctional Service are queuing up at various police stations in the capital to acquire police clearance certificates.

A total of 15 867 candidates were chosen from a pool of 33 259 applicants, with only 200 needed.

Since last week, police officers have been working tirelessly to make sure that no one is turned back.

This is despite the region not having enough machines to speed up the process, according to |Khomas Regional Commander David Indongo.

Indongo says that there is no other way to speed up the process to assist people.

However, he called on the public to be patient as they are making ways to assist them to avoid long lines.

Last Friday, he says, they made an exception to assist people and worked as late as ten o'clock in the evening.

Although the majority of those who join the queues are shortlisted for NCS positions, others are waiting to have paperwork for their work and study visas processed.