The deployment of the Namibian Navy on the Zambezi, Chobe, and Kavango rivers has reduced security challenges such as illegal border crossings, unregulated fishing, poaching, and drug smuggling, among others. 

This was said by the Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs, Frans Kapofi, during the renaming of Naval Base Impalila to Naval Base Lieutenant General John Sinvula Mutwa.

The Namibian Navy sailed from Walvis Bay on Tuesday and arrived at the Luderitz harbor Wednesday morning to support the Cray Fish Festival, scheduled to start on Friday.

To find out what role the Navy plays in this exciting event, nbc News Reporter Renate Rengura and Camera Operator Martin Stephanus spoke to the Commanding Officer of the vessel, Captain Simon Kombonde.