The Oshikoto police revealed that the recent increase in the number of fatalities and serious injuries resulting from road crashes on the national roads places an obligation upon all relevant stakeholders to intensify road safety activities.

The Kavango West Region has recorded 168 road accidents between April and August this year, while GBV cases have reduced.

This was shared during the national prayer day held at Nkurenkuru.

Works and Transport Minister Veikko Nekundi says driving school instructors will have to undergo training to make sure that they are able to train others on how to drive. 

Nekundi says most driving schools only teach how to pass without the technicalities of how to actually drive. 

The Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Housing, George !Garab said road accidents have reached a point where they can no longer be treated as an ordinary transport challenge, as they constitute a national public health, social, economic, and development crisis.

The National Council Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Housing had an engagement with the Ministry of Works and Transport, the Roads Authority (RA) and the Ministry of Health and Social Services to discuss the motion on the urgent need for critical measures to combat the rising road accident crisis

Vice Chairperson of the National Council Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Housing, Christopher Likuwa, says there is a need for Namibia's transport systems to be designed, managed and regulated in a manner that prevents deaths or serious injuries.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport Infrastructure and Housing has called for collective responsibility in reducing the rising accidents on the country's roads.

The committee chairperson, MP George !Garab, made the call during a public hearing that deliberated the motion on road accidents. 

Two hundred and twenty-nine people have died since the start of the year as a result of motor vehicle accidents across the country.

The Motor Vehicle Accident Fund said personal responsibility from every road user is the only way to reverse the trend.

Former President Hifikepunye Pohamba expressed deep concern over serious social challenges facing Namibia, notably gender-based violence (GBV) and road accidents.

Ten people died during the Easter weekend, matching last year's death toll.

The Motor Vehicle Accident Fund recorded 49 crashes resulting in 115 injuries and 10 fatalities across the country.