The High Court Judges Hosea Angula, Beatrix Jagger, and Thomas Masuku will deliver judgement on the matter in which the Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) have taken the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to court after the ECN deregistered NEFF as a political party within seven working days.

The ECN deregistered NEFF and the Christian Democratic Voice last month for failing to submit financial statements as required by the Act.

Advocate Gerson |Narib, representing the ECN, argued that the Electoral Court lacks jurisdiction to hear the NEFF's case.

The Coalition of Churches and Organisations (CCO) has called on the government to change its legal team and to appeal the recent ruling in which the Windhoek High Court decriminalised the colonial Sodomy law.

The former Minister of Education, Arts, and Culture, Katrina Hanse-Himarwa, died early this morning at the age of 57, after a battle with cancer.

Family and close friends gathered at the Hanse-Himarwa residence in the capital to grieve the death of the renowned politician.

Those who gathered described her as a formidable politician and a passionate educator.

Hanse-Himarwa's prominence in the political sphere started after she concluded her term as a Swapo party councillor overseeing the Mariental Rural constituency in the Hardap Region.

Lawyer Mbanga Siyoumunji, who is representing the Fishrot accused, Nigel van Wyk, says his client has exhausted all avenues regarding the recusal of Judge Moses Chinhengo.

Van Wyk petitioned the Supreme Court after Judge Chinhengo declined Van Wyk's application for his recusal and subsequently denied his leave to appeal.

The matter was dismissed last week. 

However, the petition was also rejected by the appeal judges of the Supreme Court, Sylvester Mainga and Elton Hoff, and the acting judge of appeal, Theo Frank.

The newly elected leadership of the Namibia National Students Organisation (NANSO) wants free tertiary education in the next two years.

NANSO held its 18th National Student Congress over the weekend at Döbra, where it was founded.

First Lady Sustjie Mbumba has lamented that murders in Namibia have become somewhat fashionable and fun.

The First Lady was speaking at the Omkhai Namibia Trust, where senior citizens were treated to cosy blankets and grocery packs in Windhoek's Tobias Hainyeko residential area.

The Minister of Industrialization and Trade, Lucia Ipumbu, has unveiled the ministry's Customer Service Charter.

Ipumbu says the initiative demonstrates the Ministry's commitment to excellence, transparency, and accountability.

The Customer Service Charter outlines the standards of service that the public can expect, from responsiveness to inquiries and complaints to integrity in interactions.

With the Presidential and National Assembly Elections slated for November 27, there are currently twenty (20) registered political parties with the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN). 

The ECN deregistered the Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) and Christian Democratic Voice (CDV) in June this year.

The NEFF has had two seats in the National Assembly since March 2020, while the CDV has had one seat.

The registered parties are:

The Namibian Police Force (NAMPOL) on Friday morning intercepted four habitual robbers at the Oshivelo checkpoint in the Oshikoto Region.

The Omaheke Region shows the lowest number of registered voters since the commencement of the General Registration of Voters (GRV) last month.

During the week of June 24 to 29, over 23,000 eligible voters registered in that region, while the |Khomas Region leads with eligible voter registration with 130,595 thousand voters registered.