With less than eight days to go to the polls, the police in the ||Kharas Region are ready for deployment at the 171 fixed and mobile polling stations in the region. 

Only 11 out of 21 political parties have participated in the process of validating the election material dispatched to diplomatic missions, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) says.

Finance Minister Iipumbu Shiimi's mid-term budget features a N$1.1 billion allocation to the goods and services across various government departments.

This includes a specific allocation of N$200 million aimed at supporting the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN).

Over three million ballot papers for the 27 November Presidential and National Assembly Elections arrived at the Hosea Kutako International Airport today.

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has raised concern about the transparency and credibility of the Electoral Commission of Namibia's (ECN) handling of the emergency procurement tender for printing ballot papers for the upcoming elections. 

At the United People's Movement's (UPM) manifesto launch by Jan van Wyk, it became clear that the party was divided into two, with each faction claiming to be in charge.

Despite a court order to reinstate expelled members of one of the factions, Van Wyk went ahead and launched the party manifesto.

The production and printing of the final ballot papers for the Presidential and National Assembly Elections has commenced in Johannesburg, South Africa.

This follows the verification and sign-off of the designed sample ballot papers by 18 political parties.

Digital communication and printing company Ren-Form CC has threatened to take legal steps to protect its name and reputation against what it terms false, malicious, and unsubstantiated allegations against it.

The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) has led a protest over the granting of the printing tender for ballot papers to a South African-based company, Ren-Form.

The Republican Party explained that it withdrew from the delegation that went to oversee the design, printing, and delivery of ballot papers in South Africa because it does not support the awarding of the tender to Ren-Form CC.

RP is one of the three parties that pulled out of the trip.