With the extension of the SIM card registration, Kalkfeld residents are calling on Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) to visit their settlement again.

In Keetmanshoop, a last-minute surge has seen scores of residents line up at the MTC office, eager to register their SIM cards.

The scene underscores a sense of urgency, with some locals reporting waits of over three hours in long queues.

There will be no extension to the registration of SIM cards. There are only two weeks left, and once the deadline hits, service providers will suspend the numbers of all unregistered subscribers.

The Councillor of Musese Constituency in Kavango West Region, Kosmos Katura, has urged the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security to enhance civil registration outreach programmes within his constituency.