The Electoral Commission of Namibia will announce the first official results of the Presidential and National Assembly Elections later this evening.
With extended voting still going on at identified polling stations until nine o'clock this evening, Namibians had been keenly awaiting results.
A significant number of people cast their votes this morning at Okandjengedhi Community Hall and Onawa Kindergarten polling stations in the Oshana Region.
Stampriet residents have expressed mixed feelings about the upcoming elections, with some intending to vote while others may choose to abstain from voting.
Stampriet is a village in the Hardap Region, located east of Mariental.
Uncertainty looms over Stampriet as the upcoming elections approach.
Just as is with every eligible voter, journalists too want to exercise their rights and heeded the call to register.
The media are essential to democracy and act as a crucial watchdog to democratic elections, safeguarding the transparency of the process.
Citizens, including government officials, are focused on the voter registration process to exercise their democratic right to vote.
South African nationals residing in Namibia are participating in their home country's national elections.
Voting commenced on Friday and will continue until 19:00 tonight.
744 South Africans registered online in February to vote at the designated polling station in Windhoek.
The decision to extend voting in selected wards by a day after the late distribution of ballot papers, which resulted in delayed polling, has not been well received by the opposition in Zimbabwe.
Our nbc News reporter Luqman Cloete and Camera operator Simon Isak were on the ground to update us on the voting process.
The election was necessitated by the withdrawal of the former regional councillor for the constituency Gerrit Witbooi by his former party LPM.
The Swapo Party Secretary General, Sophia Shaningwa, has urged voters to rally behind the party's candidate, Elias !Kharuxab, in next week's by-election to reclaim the Keetmanshoop Rural Constituency.
