The Information and Communication Rights in Africa conference is currently underway in Windhoek, Namibia.

The regional conference seeks to contribute to ongoing efforts towards combating the major challenges affecting digital rights, access to information, freedom of expression, and media in Africa.

It will also touch on human rights and the digital transformation of media.

The conference will also deepen comprehensive access to information, promote digital rights and inclusion, and promote the public information commons.

Some corporate companies took up the responsibility of organising a cleaning-up campaign in Windhoek's Katutura suburb.

Employees from the diamond industry exchanged their usual working tools such as rakes, spades and wheelbarrows all in an effort to keep Katutura clean. 

It was a hive of activity as these men and women gathered dried grass, plastic and bottles. 

The student population at the International University of Management is growing rapidly, with this academic year, the university enrolled more than 16 000.

Since its inception, the IUM has conferred 1,900 qualifications. Of these, 74% were female students.

This information was revealed during the winter graduation ceremony in Windhoek.

Attorney General Festus Mbandeka, in his keynote address, urged the graduates to create job opportunities with the skills they gained.

Saturday night was one to remember as the Miss Namibia Organisation put on a glamorous show in the capital, Windhoek.

Not only that but there was diversity in both beauty pageant contestants and those on the carpet.

It was all fun and glamour under the blue lights.

During the preliminary round, 30 beauty pageant contestants competed for the first ten spots.

The rest are appreciated for their participation, and they can always try next time.

Over a hundred residents of Katutura in the capital, through a committee, are demanding from the City of Windhoek that they write off their water and electricity debts.

The committee also wants the removal of Red Force as a debt collector.

Speaking at a media briefing, the Chairperson of the Committee, Benistus Kandundu, said the City of Windhoek's account estimation policy is old-fashioned and needs to be abolished.

The World Mission Society of God Young Adult Workers Volunteer group held its environmental clean-up campaign in the Havana Informal settlement in Windhoek.

More than 40 young adults gathered to participate in the ASEZ WAO volunteer activity. 

The group picked up trash amounting to 50kg. 

The leader of the ASEZ WAO group, Hendrick Munepapa emphasized the importance of young adults taking part in such initiatives. 

37 tenants at a Windhoek salon are left stranded following the sudden closure of their workstations.

What appear to be unresolved management matters have left renters saddened by the abrupt closure of the salon where they worked for years.

They woke up to a message informing them to collect their belongings without notice.

Terming the act as unfair, the 37 tenants are left with many unanswered questions, mainly where to go and how to survive amid the rising inflation and unemployment rate.

Residents of Windhoek's Hakahana Habitat 11 area are calling for the installation of prepaid water meters for their households. 

More than 100 residents in the area share a single prepaid water meter.

Residents claim that their meter readings are only done after six to seven months, resulting in huge amounts owed. 

The community regards the communal meter as punishment, noting that many here are unemployed and thus unable to help settle the rising debt.

The City Police confiscated 32 iPhones from a local cellphone repair shop in Okuryangava, Windhoek, this morning.

The discovery happened after Sydney Tjipuka, who was robbed of his cellphone, reported the incident to the police.

In a short period of time after reporting the incident, Tjipuka's cellphone was recovered at a cellphone repair shop.

A 38-year-old woman is in critical condition at a Windhoek hospital after she allegedly shot herself in the head with a pistol this afternoon.

The police say the incident happened at an Engen Service Station in Pionierspark.

CCTV footage at the service station, the police say, showed the woman running behind the service station with the pistol in her hand, whereafter she sat on the floor at the car wash next to the service station and shot herself.

The husband, according to the police, took his wife home and then to the hospital.