Voter turnout for the regional council and local authority elections has seen a drastic decline from 81% in 1992 to 38% in 2020.

IIkwambi said that, despite a recent modest upward trend in local authority elections, they remain lower than national elections, and this, he said, is not impressive. 

The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) has announced a major staff retrenchment, reducing its workforce from 49 to 14 employees due to financial constraints following the recent elections. 

The leaders of the Landless People's Movement criticised the Minister of Urban and Rural Development, James Sankwasa, for allegedly intimidating regional and local councillors and attempting to impose the Swapo Party manifesto over constitutional governance.

Members of Parliament in the National Assembly have raised concerns that women’s empowerment initiatives are excluding rural women and neglecting the needs of boys in empowerment campaigns.

Namibia ranks first in Africa and eighth in the world in the Global Gender Gap Annual Report published by the World Economic Forum.

This was revealed by the African director of the forum, Chido Munyati, during a courtesy call with President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah.